Tag: geriatrics
Geriatric Nurses: Guardians of the Elderly?
Silver hairs, sunken eyes and wrinkled faces – The human race is an interesting creation of God. It begins to take breath in the [more…]
‘Another World’ by Pat Barker – Review of a Novel at the Intersection of Medicine and Literature
Let’s dive straight into the subject of my blog: Pat Barker’s novel ‘Another World’. A family helter-skelter – a middle-aged professor, Nick, and his heavily [more…]
Of Shrunken Leaves and Bowed Down Trees: Loneliness and Depression in Old Age
“Do you know that a simple phone call will make them happy? A simple hello can make them smile? You cannot do a kindness too [more…]
Geriatric Care: Rising Life Expectancy as a Harbinger of Opportunity and Hope
Recent studies suggest that future generations born within the next two decades can expect to live 100 years or longer. Today the average lifespan of [more…]
Behavioral Therapy for Psychogeriatric Patients: The Role of Positive Reinforcement
It is a common prejudice that older people are very innocent and behave like children; perhaps, both are more or less the same with respect [more…]
