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I'm 78 and the oldest remaining person in my family of 28 that includes 2 RNs and frankly the occasional mothering advice from them is kind of cute. I am not put off by the inclusion of caregivers. It's not that difficult to glean the information that is useful to my wife and me. If we're paying attention maybe we won't need our family to care for us. We all live near each other and are connected in distance, church, and love for each other. Dr. K's four recommendations are difficult to argue against. I'm second to none with regard to exercise, especially strength and vigorous cardio. My biggest challenges are diet and resistance to marketing under the guise of medical science. I salute Dr. Kernisan for her reasonable, disspassionate and thorough presentations.
I am an 84 year old man, vegetarian non smoker who drank but very rarely. My BP is usually 115/70 often lower. Random glucose is usually 70/80. Need spectacles for reading (main preoccupation) I live and manage alone except for the cleaner. I find your blogs particularly intersting with much illuminating detail. Excellent service for people like me.
I’m watching this at 3:30 a.m. I am 70 years old. I’ve been on an antidepressant and a benzodiazepine for many years. I went off one a few months ago and it’s been a disaster. I’m trying to go back on and the side effects are horrific. Losing weight down to 100 lbs, not sleeping. Yes, emotional health is vital. Unfortunately, I’ve done all I know to do, yet I’m not doing well. I’m in a critical situation mentally and will work out what’s best with the help of my doctors. I never imagined I’d be at this place. I’ve listened to you in the past and found your content excellent. I’ve always taken excellent care of myself, so to be at this place is very scary with medications horrible side effects. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I’m 60 and have been vegetarian since age 24. Maybe today I wouldn’t be called vegetarian: I don’t eat mammals or birds but I do eat occasional fish, dairy, and eggs. I think most people today wouldn’t consider me vegetarian; being vegan is much more common. I feel like my diet has been sensitive to animal welfare in any case, and it’s kept me quite healthy over the years.
I just subscribed to your channel. I think you're great. And trust me, I don't like too many Health Professionals because they don't care about you, or they're trying to sell you something; like those long videos that they say are short. lol 🙄 I enjoy your videos very much. I learned a lot. I'll be checking in, Thank you.
It's VERY important for decling elderly to have a sense of purpose. Those that do not seem to be more depressed and decline quicker, both cognitively and functionally. I have a 97 year old patient that lives in a nursing home. He has some mild memory deficits but his purpose is to support other residents emotionally that don't have family or friends visit. He spends all day, every day doing this. He is truly a phenomenal human.
Thank you for the info regarding statin medication, Im on atorvastatin. I recently listened to a podcast that said crestor was less likely to breach the brain than atorvastatin and the brain needs the cholesterol.
Thank you so much Dr. Kernisan for all of your wonderful videos. Your explanation are stellar and I enjoy the summaries as well. I appreciate all you do to educate older adults.
I take Oxibutinin for bladder 3 times a day 5 Mg only one I can afford. Citalopram 40 mg. Was taking omeprozole for acid reflux now take Pantoprazole 40 mg. I take 50 mg synthoid for thyroid. Nasal spray for allergy.I am starting to have balance issues and memory concerns.
.??? Where / how can I get the handout for tapering off Xanax? I’ve tapered down to half of a blue pill which I think is .05 But I not sure of the strength. I listened to your watnings of4 classes of drugs & Xanax was one of them & you said we could get a handout to taper off. I can’t find it. Could you please make it easier for me? Please I’m old & would like to taper off completely. Thanks Joan
This article is certainly interesting ….BUT….the presenter speaks waaaaaaaay too quickly. I’m finding it difficult to cope with the speed of the speech - I’m a tertiary educated 84yr old woman, but my ears have obviously slowed down. This is just ‘gabble’!
We can show down or speed up RU-vid videos in the settings. This makes it easier to customize depending on needs. There is also closed captioning and the ability to rewind to rewatch as needed.
I'm sorry that I often speak quickly. As another watcher pointed out, you can slow the speed to 0.75 speed and turning on the captions is also a good idea. Thank you for your interest.
AMAZING, Amazing, amazing...content, delivered so thoroughly ..hmm.."satisfyingly"!! This upload could have been three separate segments! Because you so thoroughly introduced the "mental, psych, emotional" picture of aging...I would like to include the benefits of READING..for our mental health. And..reading can be accomplished so much more comprehensively using today's internet resources. Dr. Kernisan you could develop a wonderful podcast about the geriatric benefits of reading. As an aside..and as you are in the geriatric field..I recommend James A. Michener's fiction novel "Recessional" to you. Thank you for the great help you are offering with your Podcast and these RU-vid uploads.
thank you so much for taking your time to provide us such educational lectures on this subject. I really enjoy them, and have subscribed to your channel, and also recommended to my friends and colleagues!
Historically, cognitive decline was not a normal part of aging. Good nutrition, exercise and emotional well being are essential for brain and overall health and avoiding toxins is essential.
Can you tell me of a multivitamin that is small so it’s easier to swallow? My 90yr old MIL cannot swallow large pills so she’s not taking a multivitamin. She does take a Vit D3 & a B12 daily.
I don't know of any small multivitamins, unfortunately. If it's any comfort: we don't know much about the daily impact of taking an MVI when you are 90; the people in the cognitive substudy of the COSMOS randomized trial had an average age of 69. I think social engagement and physical activity are more likely to be important at your MIL's age.
The language in the intro infantilizes ‘older adults’. It presents the topic to family of these individuals, rather than directly toward them. I think this is a great service, but I hope you’ll consider the language.
A lot of these types of presenters speak to folks who know older people, rather than to "us." It is very frustrating! I try to glean the information I can use. BTW, someone just posted that this presenter is speaking so quickly she can't understand what is being said. I agree. The presenter is speaking so quickly it would be difficult for even a 20 year old would have trouble taking notes!
@@susanmann5286Did you know that you can slow down or speed up RU-vid videos? You can rewind if you need to play something again, too. 20 year olds know about this 😉
I think your message is muted by referring to "aging parents" so often. Most of us take care of ourselves. If you are speaking about dementia make that clear. Otherwise your message can be spoiled by sounding as if you are patronizing adults able to care for themselves.
I'm a bit perplexed by this. Although many of my other videos ARE for people caring for an aging parent, this one is not. I just checked the transcript and the word parent turned up five times, one of which was in the intro and three of which are in the section at the end "if you're worried about someone else's brain health."
I agree. Most of us are not caring for aging parents. We are caring for ourselves. Perhaps you can focus on cognitive impairment for caregivers and distinguish those episodes vs self caring.
