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Should I put my relative with Alzheimer's or other dementia in a nursing home?

The level of care and assistance a person requires increases as the disease progresses. Basic activities such as eating, dressing, bathing, using the bathroom, and simply moving around become more difficult or impossible for the person to

Should I put my loved one who has had a stroke in a nursing home?

When brain cells are damaged or die, the body parts controlled by those cells lose their ability to function. The loss of function may be mild or severe, temporary or permanent. This depends on where and how much of the brain is damaged a

Caregivers / Families of Nursing Home Residents

Caregivers / Families of Nursing Home Residents

Antipsychotics Still Widely Used in U.S. Nursing Homes (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Many Americans in nursing homes still get powerful antipsychotic medications, despite recent attempts by the U.S. government to rein in the practice, two new studies show.

Breast-feeding: Learning how to nurse

When you breast-feed, you provide your baby with the best possible nutrition. The best way to stimulate milk production is to have your baby feed directly from your breast. If this isn t possible, your baby can drink expressed breast

Nursing Homes: Finding and Rating Them

Care at the End of Life

You will face many hard decisions as you near the end of life. Those decisions will include what kind of care you d like to receive, where you d like to receive care, and who will make decisions about your care should you not be able to m

Surgery: What to Expect

Surgery is done for many reasons. Often it is done to repair an injury, such as a broken bone, or to relieve symptoms, such as numbness caused by a herniated disc. Sometimes it is done to diagnose a condition (biopsy) or to cure

Transitional Care Planning: Supportive care - Health Professional Information [NCI PDQ]

This PDQ cancer information summary provides comprehensive, peer-reviewed information for health professionals about patient transition from inpatient to outpatient. This summary is reviewed regularly and updated as necessary by the PDQ Supportive an