Getting Older Doesn’t Have To Equal Bad Health.
Dr Lipski’s Best Selling Book, “Your Elderly Parents Failing Health. Is It Ageing Or A Treatable Condition” dispels the myths of getting older and shows you how you can help your parents live happy, healthy lives well into their 90s and beyond
Retired Australian Geriatrician, Dr Peter Lipski harnesses over 40 years of clinical expertise to show that age really is but a number!
Get access to leading information about common elderly conditions and how you can help your parents live long, happy and healthy lives. This book highlights treatable major geriatric medical syndromes.
This book describes a generational change
in our attitudes to “ageing”
and how we treat older people.
If you have elderly parents, then you NEED this book
See how you and your parents can live a healthy life as you age
“This is a very welcome book that will provide hugely valuable information and advice to carers of frail older people.” Australasian Journal on Ageing.
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“Book dispels myths about health issues due to old age.”- Ageing Agenda.
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“Old age will not kill you.”-Central Coast Express.
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“A valuable contribution to the field of Geriatrics. Inspires a re-examination of how society views older peoples’ health”. Highly recommended-Chicklitcafe.com
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“It’s never too late to treat an older person”- On The Coast Over 55. NSW Central Coast.
“This is a very welcome book that will provide hugely valuable information and advice to carers of frail older people.” Australasian Journal on Ageing. 🔴 “Book dispels myths about health issues due to old age.”- Ageing Agenda. 🔴 “Old age will not kill you.”-Central Coast Express. 🔴 “A valuable contribution to the field of Geriatrics. Inspires a re-examination of how society views older peoples’ health”. Highly recommended-Chicklitcafe.com 🔴 “It’s never too late to treat an older person”- On The Coast Over 55. NSW Central Coast.
The greatest change in Western Medicine in over 40 years!
Dr Lipski’s book and his 2007 White Paper describe the massive transformation in medical care needed now given the rapidly ageing population.
Ageing and getting older does NOT make you sick!
- 70% of people aged 85 years and over are well, active and completely independent in their daily lives.- It is never too late to treat an older patient!
- The greatest risk to the health of the elderly is ignorance, blaming “old age” for everything and presenting late to the Doctor.
-Older people deserve the same active medical care that would be offered to younger patients taking into account their Advanced Care Plans and wishes.
- There is usually something that Doctors can do to alleviate symptoms, potentially improve function and quality of life, and day to day function of even the very frail disabled elderly.
-While we can’t “fix” and cure every older patient , even for chronic irreversible conditions there is usually something we can do to reduce symptoms of chronic pain, breathlessness, agitation and distress.
-Older people with dementia can still benefit from good medical care for acute and chronic medical problems.
Click on topics at top of page for more information
Dementia
A new diagnosis of dementia is not the end of the world!
There is so much that can be done with good holistic medical care.
What is dementia
Definition of dementia
Alzheimer’s vs dementia
Why should dementia be diagnosed?
Causes of dementia
Early signs of dementia
Types of dementia
Dementia stages
Dementia symptoms
Early onset dementia
Aggression in elderly persons
Dementia treatment
Dementia and falls
Agitation, hallucinations, paranoid delusions, aggression, wandering in dementia
Sundowning in Dementia
Insomnia in elderly dementia
Can I drive with dementia
Swallowing problems with dementia
Frontotemporal dementia
Lewy Body Dementia
Capacity to consent
Dr Lipski’s book has 4 main goals:
1. Extinguish the huge myths and negative stereotypes about getting older.
2. Emphasise that normal ageing does not mean declining health.
3. Explain that it’s never too late to treat an older person.
Old age will not kill you! Dr Lipski wants to improve the way the health care system is treating older people. This web site has lifted the lid on misdiagnosis, malnutrition and other harmful medical myths.
Many families experience the frustration of watching their elderly relatives’ health decline every day only to be told that it’s just “old age” that causes dizziness, falls, confusion, malnutrition, and breathlessness and more. Families hear time again “what do you expect- he is 89 years old you know!”
Many older people are denied proper medical care because their symptoms are commonly blamed inappropriately on “old age” rather than treatable medical conditions. No one should ever blame old age for failing health!
Dr Peter Lipski has been one of Australia’s leading Geriatricians with many years of experience treating complex frail older people. His latest book “Your Elderly Parents Failing Health. Is It Ageing Or A Treatable Condition” Third Edition highlights many of the important Geriatric Medicine topics on care of the elderly that families and carers need to read.
4. Advise that with good holistic general medical care frail older people can have dramatic and spectacular improvements in their health. Treating delirium is just one example.
“Old age” is just a state of mind, it has no medical meaning!
“Old age” is something you should long for, not fear! I’ve always said that life begins at 90!