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35. The Wrong Drug at The Wrong Time

35. The Wrong Drug at The Wrong Time

FromAging Angst and Alleluias


35. The Wrong Drug at The Wrong Time

FromAging Angst and Alleluias

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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Jul 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Maybe one day, the medical profession will understand and improve the quality of the pieces of the puzzle of dementia. For now, though, the research and emphasis are more about dealing with the symptoms than addressing the cause and management of dementia.  Why can we not do more training and improvements with the medical communities' skillset? Many questions need to be addressed.    Host Mary Anne Oglesby-Sutherly and producer Sue Duffield share the discrepancies and difficulties of a recent family's despair in treating and diagnosing their loved one. You'll feel their anger, shock, and broken hearts due to a short stay in a Geriatric Psychiatric Facility administering a cocktail of medications. The result was life-threatening and a debilitating brain bleed. Now, the family is facing one of life’s hardest decisions.     Due to a recent FDA ruling that approved a new medication for agitation for those living with dementia, many experts in the field of dementia are shaking their heads. Why? Because the FDA did not lift the “Black Box Warning" for those living with dementia. This episode will give viewers an insight into this new drug, Rexulti.    Counseling and fighting for families has been and will always be the heart of Mary Anne and The Veranda Ministries in Gallatin, TN. Human beings with dementia are just as valuable and important as anyone. There has to be a better way... People's lives are counting on it.    www.verandaministries.org    
Released:
Jul 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (51)

Mary Anne Oglesby-Sutherly, the director of the Veranda Ministries in Gallatin, TN, is the host of this conversational journey on aging, care-giving and most of all - loving the elderly. You will learn, laugh, cry and desire to do more to help those who qualify as the "invisible elderly." This bi-monthly podcast will feature some of today's experts on dementia, Alzheimer's, senior advocacy and aging. It's Mary Anne's desire to see Christians and the church be on the forefront of caring and showing respect and dignity to our aging population. She not only preaches it - she lives it. Mary Anne is also the author of the book "Remember For Me" - Life Lessons from Those Living with Dementia. www.theverandaministries.org