by KathyKastner | Jan 26, 2015 | Blog, Information, Medical Decisions
A tool to help assess post-operation risks, based on pre-operation health. This is a picture of what you’ll be asked to complete Reviewed by Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, August 23, 2013 For the first time, surgeons have a sophisticated risk calculator...
by KathyKastner | Jan 12, 2015 | Blog, Inspiration, Medical Decisions
Long distance caregiving When a parent becomes very ill, living far away is stressful. Growing up in Lebanon, Nada studied and worked in the US, before migrating to Canada – where she set about restarting her career. Always, in the back of her mind, was the need to...
by KathyKastner | Jan 1, 2015 | Blog, Information, Medical Decisions
Oral Care: in eldercare, the mouth is often overlooked Our mouths – so important for so many reasons – seems overlooked, dismissed, ignored in its role in overall health and well-being. Consider the work we expect from our mouth: in addition to the vital task of...
by KathyKastner | Jan 1, 2015 | Blog, conversations with
Music has charms they say.. (Joe Jackson: ‘Slow Song’) Amy Clements-Cortes For Amy Clements-Cortes, PhD, MusM, MTA, the charm of music is its ability to accomplish a multitude of health and wellness goals. One of Amy’s areas of specialty is end of life music therapy...
by KathyKastner | Jan 1, 2015 | Blog, Information, Medical Decisions
Dr Michael Gordon on playing music together, information vs knowledge and sex. Dr Michael Gordon, Geriatrician (amongst other things) What a wonderful wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Michael Gordon, Geriatrician, Writer, and Ethicist. Not necessarily in that order....
by KathyKastner | Dec 14, 2014 | Blog, Information, Medical Decisions
An Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is not an Implantable Cardiac Device (ICD) You may have seen them in sports clubs, bars and public transit locations. Unlike an ICD (implantable cardioverter defibrillator), which have been known to keep a person alive even as...
