Article: ‘Cookbook Medicine’ Won’t Do for Elderly
The New Times reported in their Personal Health section on ‘Cookbook Medicine’ Won’t Do for Elderly
This recent New York Times article caught our eye. The piece recommends that Doctors check on several factors that could lead to falls.
“Risk of falls. Checking balance, gait and strength is easy, he said. “I would meet you in the waiting room, watch how you stand up from a chair and walk to the exam room. I’d throw a pen on the floor and ask you to pick it up. I’d ask you to sit in a chair and stand up three times as quickly as you can. Can you get up and down without using the arms of the chair? If the patient uses a cane, how is it used and is it the right height?”
Click to see the full article.
Add comment January 6th, 2009
