Improve Muscular Strength for Leaving the Bed and Going to the Toilet 強化肌力 離床如廁變容易(英文)
2020/1/10As the elders gets older, their disability becomes more serious. However, too much care may aggravate the incapacitation.
Xerostomia in Patients with Advanced Cancer 癌症末期病人口乾的處理注意事項(英文)
2020/1/8Physical weakness, treatment and drug effects reduce salivary secretion and make it sticky.
Care of Lower Extremity Edema in Cancer Patients 癌症病人下肢水腫的照顧注意事項(英文)
2020/1/8Poor nutrition or tumor compression leads to poor circulation in the lower extremities and decreased renal function, which results in lower extremity edema. If you press your finger to the skin and it leaves a dimple that doesn't go away after a few seconds, you have what's called lower extremity edema.
Care for Loss of Appetite in Advanced Cancer 癌症末期食慾不振的照顧須知(英文)
2020/1/8Due to physical weakness, tumor obstruction (compression of the gastrointestinal tract) or nerve compression (esophageal dysphagia), chemicals released by the tumors themselves at the advanced stages lead to deterioration of gastrointestinal digestive function, and deterioration of muscular functions in the mouth, tongue and esophagus, resulting in loss of appetite or dysphagia.
Home Care for Parkinson’s Disease (2) 巴金森氏病居家照顧(2)(英文)
2020/1/8Avoid spine deformity by adjust the body postures at rest. For example, lie flat on the firm mattress without using a pillow to prevent spines from bending forward.
Home Care for Parkinson’s Disease (1) 巴金森氏病居家照顧(1)(英文)
2020/1/8Make it clearly to patients that Parkinson’s Disease is not a shameful disease. This will reduce the uneasiness for the patients.
Early Symptoms of Dementia 失智症早期症狀(英文)
2020/1/8The early symptoms of dementia vary in individuals, but usually start with deterioration of short term memory and being forgetful.
Dysautonomia 自律神經失調(英文)
2020/1/8The symptoms of dysautonomia include sleep disorder, palpitation, dizziness, headache, sore on neck or shoulders, fatigue, loss of appetite, melancholy, and restlessness.
Diagnostic Neurological Blockade 診斷性神經阻斷術(英文)
2020/1/8Many patients, between ages 30 and 50 years old, suffer from long-term soreness and pain in the neck, numbness in the arms and fingers or stiff neck. Such condition has had impacts on the individuals, family, and workplaces. In general, diseases related to the neck may cause similar soreness and pain locally, even leading to radiated pain to the upper limbs and head.
Delirium, Illusion, Auditory Hallucination, Changes of Consciousness 譫妄、幻覺、幻聽、意識改變(英文)
2020/1/8The symptoms of delirium syndrome include illusions, lethargy, and changes of consciousness.
