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About 2300 Australians die of osteoporosis each year, but it’s hoped an updated management guide will help GPs with early diagnosis and bone health management. The latest osteoporosis management guide has been released to help general practitioners (GPs) care for patients over 50 years of age with the condition. The latest edition, called Osteoporosis management …
Often derided and not supported as meaningful work, caregiving can be messy but also intellectually, spiritually and psychologically rich experience, Elissa Strauss found.
Dr. Bob Ross cares for the aging residents of Ortonville, Minn, even as he wonders whether he, and the presidential candidates, are up to all their tasks.
Understanding how loss affects our brain and body can help us realize that healing from a loss takes time, and we need to be gentle during the grieving process.
There are many social assumptions about how to best ‘get through’ grief. We interview 95 people about their experiences of loss and found we need to rethink what grief looks and feels like.
It’s 11 years since I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, and my husband has seen me in some terrible states. But we refuse to let that define our relationship
When Elmo, the beloved red Muppet, asked “How is everybody doing?” on X, he unwittingly unleashed a torrent of trauma dumping. The responses say something about us — and Elmo’s status as a safe space in which to voice our deepest angst.
It’s hard to describe the loneliness and isolation that accompanies grief or a critically sick child or any other life-changing event. It’s like living in this state of abject terror, and still having to make sure there’s enough milk in the fridge.
When she can’t remember words, or entire life events, I don’t correct her. I try to enter her reality
Singer Mark Seymour can’t recall how long his mother, Paula, was living with dementia in the end. But he clearly remembers the point at which everything changed.
Looking after a sick family member can mean putting your own life on hold, often with little recognition or outside support.
There can be slow grief associated with dementia – not only for the person diagnosed with the condition, but also for their loved ones. As dementia is a progressive condition, there are often waves of grief at various stages and each person deals with their grief differently.
A suicide attempt is traumatic for survivors and their loved ones. How can you support someone through this crisis? Experts explain.
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I have received many lovely messages in the weeks since my dad died – including one that will always stay with me, writes Adrian Chiles
After a decision to spare her further interventions, she lives a full two months more – and teaches us a few things along the way
On my to-do list sits one job that’s been there for months and hasn’t been ticked off.
A social worker explains ‘living loss’ and provides five ways for clinicians to help patients, and their families, acknowledge and move through their grief.
As Myfanwy Jones and her family cared for her father in his last days, she was struck by the beauty, the memory and the burrowing in
The move to a long-term care facility is often difficult but necessary for frail patients. For their partners, it can mean a new set of challenges.
Look, I get it. People tell me that they don’t want to make it worse by bringing it up, by saying the wrong thing that would cause more heartache.
This year is a critical moment to make home care accessible to all Americans who need it.
Casey McIntyre died from cancer on 14 November, but she devised a plan to cancel the medical debt of others as a parting gift
Brothers Harry and Gerry never felt closer than when each suffered a sudden, devastating medical crisis.
Those who do not see friends or family are 77% more likely to die of any cause – and even monthly visits can make big difference
The principal duty of friendship is merely presence.
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