Introduction Working with older adults often means trusting that medical decisions are being made with caution and with their well-being at the highest priority. Rather than focusing solely on healing, medication is frequently used to manage side-effects, behaviors,...
The quote that surprised me the most from the readings was, “A lot of Americans have dementia: 5.3 million in 2015, which is more than four and a half more people than have AIDS – and some estimates suggest that only about half the people with dementia has been...
Blog Post 3: The Medicalization of AgingBy Tammara A. Beach Reading Chapter 4 in both Overmedicating Old Americans by Cruikshank and Elderhood by Aronson made me think differently about how we treat older adults in this country, especially when it comes to medication....
After reading both texts, the fact about medication and older adults that surprised me the most was the amount of medication being prescribed to the patients despite knowing or ignoring the harm that is and/or can be caused by it or as Aronson (2019) calls it,...
When reading about medication and older adults, I was surprised to learn about how many older adults are being prescribed medication and the dosage amount per year. Even more, older adults are being prescribed medicine simultaneously. Continuing, reading about...
