
Age-related cognitive changes & forgetfulness need proper evaluation; can progress to dementia.

Unintentional weight loss in older adults: concerns and common causes.

Falls & dizziness in elderly: falls is major concern, preventable. Dizziness: causes & treatments.

Dr. Gordon's new book "Looking Through the Lens: Reflections on Medicine, Ethics, and Society".

Dr. Gordon on treating older individuals with multiple ailments, proper assessment, monitoring to prevent polypharmacy.

Challenges of 'having the conversation' in healthcare for older population, including CPR and feeding tubes.
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Medical Narratives podcast launch with Dr. Michael Gordon, a geriatrician with 56 years of experience, discussing medicine and real patient stories. Co-hosted by Regina Starr.

For the 6 months that I have not been able to drive because of medical reasons I have become a regular user of Uber.

When caring for older adults with comorbidities, especially those at the extreme upper limits of life…

For those of us who are planners, it seems perfectly natural to anticipate the possibilities of the future...

It’s understandable that physicians and nurses are primarily concerned with the medical conditions they’re responsible for treating.

I have often talked about how important stories are when it comes to medical care.
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The mothers of all living species appear to have a biologically determined need to feed their young.

Physicians usually become adept at choosing medications for the complaints and illnesses that patients bring to their attention.

Physicians usually become adept at choosing medications for the complaints and illnesses that patients bring to their attention.

Physicians usually become adept at choosing medications for the complaints and illnesses that patients bring to their attention.

A while back there was a headline in the New York Times about a well-known retired politician…

At the time of my medical training, the term medical ethics was hardly used when discussing complex issues related to patients and families.

There are days in my clinic where I seem to be having the same conversation over and over…

One of the great things about the history of medicine is how new ideas and approaches to care replace those that were previously the "gold standard" fall by the wayside and are replaced with newer and more effective treatments.
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When I graduated from medical school in 1966, geriatrics was already one of the medical subspecialties in Scotland...

If one is in medical practice long enough it sometimes seems like that sense one gets when sitting in a waiting room and picking up a years old copy of Time® magazine and not realize that it is years out of date, as many of the stories seem to be the same or very familiar.

Elderly members of society face end of life struggles while acknowledging physical and mental difficulties associated with the coming of life's end.

I have for many years enjoyed my family name, Gordon, and all the connections I can make with it.

When one thinks of music and movement, the natural association is dance.

In North America, although Canada and the United States are separate countries, and each State and Province have their own areas of jurisdictional responsibility, both countries share the legal formulation that Supreme Court rulings set precedential interpretations of the law.
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It is clear to anyone who has cared for someone experiencing dementia that the issues of memory and recall are not the ones that play havoc with the individual and their caregivers, but the behavioural challenges.

Most health care professionals involved in eldercare have had the experience that some of those we look after seem to be able to recall past experiences with a degree of intensity that may be very disquieting and may even lead to what gets interpreted as agitated behaviour.

As I entered the living room, I could see the small walnut side table my wife emailed me about while I was away.

What I found surprising about the National Post article was that one would think after reading it that offering dying patients more choices in their end-of-life care was a novel idea...
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Often in a geriatric medicine practice one of the salient complaints by families is how often their loved one tells them the same thing over and over again.

Often in a geriatric medicine practice one of the salient complaints by families is how often their loved one tells them the same thing over and over again.

I am reading the biography of a well-known author. Like other biographies...

I recently saw the movie, The Iron Lady that looks at the developmental and political life of...

Dementia poses many difficult challenges and choices to those living with the condition...