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There were 36.3 million Americans over age 65 in 2000, and
it is projected that there will be 86.7 million by 2050.
2000 CENSUS,
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There were 33.9 million family caregivers of elders in 2004,
and it is projected that there will be 81 million by 2050.
CAREGIVING IN THE
U.S., NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CAREGIVING AND AARP, 2004. |
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Monitoring
Your Parents’ Medications
by Maryjo Cleveland,
M.D., The Summa Center for Senior Health
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| Which pills are taken when? Didn’t
I just refill that bottle? Monitoring multiple medications
of a parent can be tricky. Learn how to juggle this task,
and what questions all adult caregivers should ask the
doctors. |
Maryjo Cleveland, M.D.
Maryjo Cleveland joined Summa Health System in 1992 and
has served as the medical director of The Summa Center
for Senior Health since 2002, where she oversees
the ambulatory arm of Summa’s geriatric program in addition to
implementing quality measures and new programs. Dr. Cleveland is also
a clinical assistant
professor at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and Pharmacy
(NEOUCOM) and at Ohio University. She graduated from Michigan State University
Medical School in 1987 and completed her residency at Summa Health System
in 1990 and a geriatric fellowship at University Hospitals in Cleveland
in 1992.
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