by Severino Health Advisors | Jul 30, 2018 | Dementia, Prevention, Prevention and Planning
The most common and familiar type of Dementia Alzheimer’s Dementia; however, did you know that Lewy Body Dementia is the second most common type of dementia? Unfortunately, this illness is also the most misdiagnosed form of dementia. The Lewy Body Dementia...
by Severino Health Advisors | Jul 18, 2018 | Aging, Dementia
Occasionally in the early evening, my phone will ring with my mom asking if I can take her home. These occurrences seem quite strange because she is at her home, the same home that she has been living in for the last 65 years. Each of these phone calls consists of my...
by Severino Health Advisors | Jul 11, 2018 | Aging, Dementia, Prevention and Planning
Over a year ago, my mother’s dementia dramatically worsened after back to back illnesses. She developed a cold but recovered in about two weeks. A few days later, I found her extremely weak, confused, and short of breath. Thinking she may have pneumonia, I decided we...
by Severino Health Advisors | Jul 4, 2018 | Aging, Dementia
Before the start of my business as a health advocate, I was a physician assistant for the department of internal medicine. One of my responsibilities was to provide medical consultations to all patients admitted to the geriatric psychiatry unit. Many of the patients...
by Severino Health Advisors | May 5, 2018 | Aging, Case Study, Dementia, End of Life, Falls, Health and Wellness, Medications
The following article, “How a Health Advocate Can Save You,” is by guest blogger Aviv Bliwas — Elder Law Attorney ### When my mother was dying of cancer, her oncologist recommended she get chemo in another part of her body where there was cancer. It was...
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