Elder care

A new study indicates there may be a link between a person's exposure to the pesticide DDT and their chances of developing Alzheimer's disease. Researchers in the U.K. found Alzheimer's patients had four times as much DDT lingering in their bodies as people without the disease...

In families with several children there always seems to be one responsible one. New research finds that daughters are most often making decisions for their elderly parents when they're in the hospital. Researchers say elderly hospital patients are frequently too impaired to make their own medical decisions, and often need a surrogate decision maker...

Dehydration can pose risks to everyone regardless of age. But as an elder, the recovery and healing processes take much longer and can be detrimental.