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Annals of Medicine: The Way We Age Now | Atul Gawande, MD
Medicine has increased the ranks of the elderly. Can it make old age any easier? The job of any doctor, Bludau later told me, is to support quality of life, by which he meant two things: as much freedom from the ravages of disease as possible, and the retention of enough function for active engagement in the world. Most doctors treat disease, and figure that the rest will take care of itself. And if it doesn’t—if a patient is becoming infirm and heading toward a nursing home—well, that isn’t really a medical problem, is it?
Elder-Care Costs Deplete Savings of a Generation - New York Times
To care for her ailing 97-year-old father over the past three years, Elizabeth Rodriguez, a vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, has borrowed against her 401(k) retirement plan, sold her house on Staten Island and depleted nearly 20 years of savings.
Fix a Health Problem or Live With It?
New York Times article on the dilemma of deciding whether to follow guidelines and take recommended medications despite debilitating side effects...or live with a disease...especially when you're nearing 90.
2007 NIH State-of-the-Science Conference Statement on Prevention of Fecal and Urinary Incontinence in Adults
NIH Consensus and State-of-the-Science Statements. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH).
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