by Donna Bartlett | May 19, 2022 | WELLhood Blogs |
It’s worth mentioning that many older adults are healthy indeed. This week has been a great reminder of the people I meet in the community at health fairs and what I bring back to the classroom. In the Community I hear, many times over, from participants of...
by ncormierdesign | Mar 2, 2022 | Podcasts |
Listen, watch, and pass along the video with Debbie Lyn Toomey, MSN, RN, CIPP, FIEL -Injury Prevention Coordinator -Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery and Donna Bartlett PharmD, BCGP, RPh review Is it Age or Medicine? as we talk about polypharmacy, aging...
by ncormierdesign | Jan 15, 2022 | WELLhood Blogs |
What constitutes frailty? You may be surprised by the extent of the answer. Frailty score is a value related to the number of challenges or deficits one has. Interestingly, frailty is not necessarily measured by age or disease states. Frailty scores vary. Some scales...
by ncormierdesign | Dec 2, 2021 | WELLhood Blogs |
It’s that MOST WONDERFUL time of the year again….Medicare Open Enrollment Reminder: Medicare Open Enrollment Ends December 7 I am happy to introduce a guest blogger/author for this segment: Clara Morose Are you 65 years and older without private insurance? Then...
by ncormierdesign | Nov 3, 2021 | WELLhood Blogs |
November is a time for thanks and especially time to thank caregivers! November is National Caregivers Month. Listening to the homily at church this past Sunday, Fr. Cotter mentioned the fact that there are 613 commandments in the Old Testament. The New Testament has...
