Patient Education

This patient information website is dedicated to our geriatric patients in order to provide information and health tips to maintain optimal health and wellness.

• Acute Bronchitis
• Acute Low Back Pain
• Advance Directives/Living Wills
• Alcoholism
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Anxiety Disorders
• Arthritis
• Arthritis Illustration

• Barium Enema
• Bone Mineral Density Testing
• Breast Self Exam
• Bursitis

• Calcium and Vitamin D
• Colonoscopy
• Colorectal Cancer Screening
• Complications of Diabetes
• Consumer Questions and Answers About BSE
• Cook Voiding Diary
• Coumadin

• Depression Center
• Do Not Resuscitate Order
• Deep Vein Thrombosis

• Flu Shots

• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
• Gout

• Heartburn
• Heart Failure
• Health Topics A-Z
• Hemoglobin A1C Test
• Home Blood Pressure Monitoring
• Hypertension

• Indwelling Catheter Care

• Kegel Exercises For Bladder Control

• Living Will

• Metered Dose Inhalers

• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

• Osteoarthritis
• Osteoporosis in Women

• Parkinson's Disease
  
• Pneumonia Vaccine
• Power of Attorney for Health Care
• Prostate-Specific Antigen Test
• Peptic Ulcer Disease

• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Routine Health Care For Men
• Routine Health Care for Women

• Sinusitis
• Skin Cancer
• Sleep Apnea
• Smoking Quitting
• Sore Throat
• Stroke

• Testicular Cancer
• Tetanus Vaccine
• Total Cholesterol Test
• Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Test
• Tuberculosis

• Urinary Incontinence
• Urine Culture
• Upper G.I. Barium X-Ray
• Urinary Tract Infection Men
• Urinary Tract Infection Women

Centers For Disease Control and Prevention - National Immunization Program.

• Influenza
• Pneumonia
• Tetanus - Diphtheria

Food and Drug Administration offers a number of helpful brochures online.

• Arthritis Treatment
• Bladder Problems
• Cold & Flu
• Diabetes Quick Information
• Eating Well as We Age
• Hearing Loss & Hearing Aids
• Keep Your Food Safe
• Medicines and Older Adults

Other Related Links.

• AARP
• AARP Research
• Alcoholics Anonymous
• American Diabetes Association National Foot Care
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• National Council on Aging American Society on Aging
• National Library of Medicine
• NIH Senior Health.gov
• U.S. Preventative Services Task Force