http://www.elderhope.com/ For those who care... 2008-05-12T07:50:39-05:00 en http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=320 St. Jude Medical has created this educational site with lots of patient education videos about the heart and various heart conditions. It is an excellent educational resource. If you, a friend, or someone you love has a heart condition or is facing treatment, this will be a helpful site to learn more about proposed treatments. St. Jude Medical has created this educational site with lots of patient education videos about the heart and various heart conditions. It is an excellent educational resource. If you, a friend, or someone you love has a heart condition or is facing treatment, this will be a helpful site to learn more about proposed treatments. ]]> 2008-04-04T10:07:09-05:00 Cardiovascular Disease http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=319 A new program developed at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, this program is designed to help parents who have cancer and are caring for a child younger than sixteen. If you have read the book Fatherloss by Neil Chethik, you understand how profoundly and seriously the loss of a parent can alter the life of a child. There are things that can be done that can help mitigate the outcomes of such a painful loss. This site can help as can Chethik's book. Fatherloss by Neil Chethik, you understand how profoundly and seriously the loss of a parent can alter the life of a child. There are things that can be done that can help mitigate the outcomes of such a painful loss. This site can help as can Chethik's book. ]]> 2008-02-23T23:33:28-06:00 Children Dealing with Illness http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=318 As featured on WFAA's Good Morning Texas, Dr. Ken Johnson with Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital discusses the diagnosis of heart disease and what can be done to prevent it. An excellent summary. Good Morning Texas, Dr. Ken Johnson with Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital discusses the diagnosis of heart disease and what can be done to prevent it. An excellent summary. ]]> 2008-02-21T06:51:07-06:00 Medical Information http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=317 This web site is a relatively new initiative from Iowa (October 06). It helps caregivers and the elderly plan for their future, check out resources, and make referrals in Iowa. Looking for Iowa advance directives (Living Will, Medical Power of Attorney)? Go here. here. ]]> 2008-02-10T00:16:52-06:00 Iowa http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=316 Link to the Iowa Department of Elder Affairs. If you're looking for Iowa advance directives, go here. go here. ]]> 2008-02-10T00:12:46-06:00 Iowa http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=315 The National Association of Home Builders has begun a program dedicated to certifying specialists in Aging in Place. What does that mean? Imagine that you are fifty-three and are looking at your retirement years. You are also planning to do a remodel of your home. You have a good level of foresight and plan on staying in your home for the remainder of your days. How do you prepare your home so you don't have to extensively remodel it when you get older, ill or become inform? How do you design it ... Aging in Place. What does that mean? Imagine that you are fifty-three and are looking at your retirement years. You are also planning to do a remodel of your home. You have a good level of foresight and plan on staying in your home for the remainder of your days. How do you prepare your home so you don't have to extensively remodel it when you get older, ill or become inform? How do you design it so that you can stay in your home? That's what this section of the National Association of Home Builders deals with. It certifies folks as specialists in Aging in Place. They tell you what changes you can do to make your home safer now and make preparations for later -- while you're doing your present remodel. Then, when necessary, you can make minimal changes later as needed. So, check this site out! To find a Certified Aging in Place Specialist go here. ]]> 2008-01-19T20:02:34-06:00 Safety http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=314 The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has dedicated this site to the enhancement of knowledge about women and heart disease. As women have a much greater chance of not recognizing a heart event, it is all the more important that they follow up on any signs that there may be difficulties. This site has information that will help discern how you or your loved one can best attend to her needs. 2008-01-18T00:55:01-06:00 Gender http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=313 So, if you haven't heard, women have a much greater chance to have heart disease misdiagnosed or under-treated. This site is dedicated to communicating that message and to giving concrete tools that will help women better be able to recognize the need to follow through on their doubts, get a diagnosis - if there is one - and get treated. 2008-01-18T00:51:06-06:00 Gender http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=312 An educational site about pain management primarily for health care professionals. Among the areas that are especially interesting are: 1) The Patient Pain Management Notebook; 2) A http://www.painedu.org/Downloads/NIPC/Patient_Medication_Management_Agreement.pdf to be signed by patient and physician; 3) Full-fledged pain education classes; 4) Articles on pain in the elderly: Treating Pain in the Elderly Patient and Pain in the Elderly and Pain in the Cognitively Impaired Patient. These articles ... The Patient Pain Management Notebook; 2) A http://www.painedu.org/Downloads/NIPC/Patient_Medication_Management_Agreement.pdf to be signed by patient and physician; 3) Full-fledged pain education classes; 4) Articles on pain in the elderly: Treating Pain in the Elderly Patient and Pain in the Elderly and Pain in the Cognitively Impaired Patient. These articles alone would make this site a necessity to anyone wanting to treat pain professionally. Yet, there are many more helpful places to explore on this site. We easily make this an ElderHope First Stop! ]]> 2007-12-24T19:45:51-06:00 Pain Management http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=132 Here's some Texas Advance DIrectives in Spanish. If someone will translate this for me into Spanish, I'll update it here. Gracias! ]]> 2003-07-04T04:33:48-05:00 End of Life Care http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=8 This site has tools to help locate an attorney specializing in elder law. It also has some resources in their public links area. 2003-05-05T03:34:52-05:00 Ethics and Law http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=5 An abundance of information about hospice, care-giving, bereavement and inspirational material. 2003-05-05T03:34:13-05:00 Hospice http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=229 We would be wise to re-examine this history before applying knee-jerk solutions to the current and future crises in long term care. Karen Stevenson Brown, publisher of ElderWeb, has this very special section about the history of long term care on her site. Well worth a visit! ElderWeb, has this very special section about the history of long term care on her site. Well worth a visit! ]]> 2004-08-14T01:25:19-05:00 Long Term Care http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=4 Information on what hospice is and what it can do for you. Extensive listing of end-of-life care web sites. Printable information on a variety of topics for patients, caregivers and physicians. 2003-05-05T03:33:54-05:00 Hospice http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=86 You can download Texas Out-of-Hospital DNR Orders from this web page using Adobe Acrobat Reader. 1969-12-31T18:00:01-06:00 Advance Directives http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=73 An on-line form to help you evaluate the features of three different long term care facilities. From ElderWeb.com, an ElderHope First Stop! 1969-12-31T18:00:01-06:00 Long Term Care http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=289 An excellent site with information for seniors, information about medicines and supplements (herbal and otherwise), and lots of interactive tools. 2007-01-23T18:37:43-06:00 Directories http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=311 A very interesting article on the choices that must be made when making decisions about end-of-life care for our pets. We know how important pets can be: Two sweet Golden Retrievers bless our lives each day. Making decisions on the behalf of our pets can be equally as hard as making decisions for our human family. 2007-11-13T08:02:03-06:00 Pets http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=308 This is an animation of what happens during the usual Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG or commonly called a bypass - though there are many kinds of bypasses so that is not really a desirable - uhh - bypassing of what should probably be said ). Anyway, the technique involved in bypass is slowly changing a bit so the technique may be significantly different than is described here. Nonetheless, this is a helpful general idea of what goes on in CABG surgery. ). Anyway, the technique involved in bypass is slowly changing a bit so the technique may be significantly different than is described here. Nonetheless, this is a helpful general idea of what goes on in CABG surgery. ]]> 2007-08-11T00:59:46-05:00 Cardiovascular Disease http://www.elderhope.com/modules/weblinks/singlelink.php?lid=307 Every day of my work week, the hospital I work at cares for folks who are dealing with heart arrhythmias, such as atrial fibrillation. They can sap the life right out of you. This link is a video of the congenial Dr. Dean Edell discussing atrial fibrillation on Medical Breakthroughs. It is an interesting video that explains the diagnosis in a way that laypersons can understand it. Medical Breakthroughs. It is an interesting video that explains the diagnosis in a way that laypersons can understand it. ]]> 2007-08-11T00:48:50-05:00 Cardiovascular Disease