Medical Marijuana and the Elderly Patient

Medical Marijuana is of interest to readers of the Reverse Parenting Blog because it can be used to treat a number of conditions that plague the elderly, and can be used to reduce the total number of medications they are dependent upon.   Marijuana (also pot, grass, weed, ganja) are the common names for the Cannabis plant, which has been used as a medicine for thousands of years. In fact, it was commonly used in […]

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What Happens (Or SHOULD Happen) When Mom Goes to Rehab?

The days of holding patients in a hospital until they are cured are long gone. Patients are now discharged when they are “stable,” meaning that they are not actively dying. But stable, and able to go home are not the same thing. Frequently, patients are too weak to take care of themselves at home, or are not mentally capable of living alone. In those cases, patients are sent to a “Skilled Nursing Facility” (SNF) aka […]

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