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Dementia Blog

Michael Gordon MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP, FRCPEdin
Physicians usually become adept at choosing medications for the complaints and illnesses that patients bring to their attention.
Michael Gordon MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP, FRCPEdin
Physicians usually become adept at choosing medications for the complaints and illnesses that patients bring to their attention.
Michael Gordon MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP, FRCPEdin
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.
Michael Gordon MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP, FRCPEdin
When I graduated from medical school in 1966, geriatrics was already one of the medical subspecialties in Scotland...
Michael Gordon MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP, FRCPEdin
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gets when sitting in a waiting room and picking up a years old copy of Time® magazine and not realize that it is years out of date, as many of the stories seem to be the same or very familiar.
Michael Gordon MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP, FRCPEdin
Elderly members of society face end of life struggles while acknowledging physical and mental difficulties associated with the coming of life's end.

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Michael Gordon MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP, FRCPEdin
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.
Michael Gordon MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP, FRCPEdin
There are pros and cons of the new digital world.
Michael Gordon MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP, FRCPEdin
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.
Michael Gordon MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP, FRCPEdin
As I entered the living room, I could see the small walnut side table my wife emailed me about while I was away.