Better Health While Aging

Have you noticed worrisome changes in your aging parent?

Maybe they’ve been mostly okay but now you’re seeing problems with memory, such as forgetfulness or asking the same questions repeatedly. Or maybe you’ve noticed trouble with driving, keeping up the house, managing stairs, or paying bills. 

Some aging parents simply begin to seem more withd...

Sleep. Everybody needs it. Many of us don’t get enough of it.

These are common truths that almost everyone knows. But a few years ago, I had the opportunity to learn quite a bit more about sleep, and how it affec...

Have you ever had questions about what might be going on with an older loved one’s health? But then you find that your older relative is unable — or unwilling — to let you in on the health details?

Dear Dr. K,

Any ideas on how I can relieve my mother’s anxiety about her thinking an animal got in the house? I can’t find anything and have moved the couches but she is convinc...

Have you been told that you — or someone important to you — has heart failure?

This wouldn’t surprise me, as this is one of the most common heart conditions affecting older adults. People are sometimes alarmed by the term “heart failure”; does it mean the heart is about to stop working?  Luckily, that’s not usually the case.

Heart failure actually means tha...