Senior Driving: Treating health problems to improve function can help older adults drive safely. Age alone shouldn’t be a reason to quit driving… Instead, the focus should be directed towards the individual's functionality. To increase the awareness of safer senior driving options that exist, AARP Driver Safety offers a variety of programs to educate older drivers.

What are the Facts?Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical procedure used to treat a variety of disabling neurological symptoms—most commonly the debilitating symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD), such as tremor, rigidity, stiffness, slowed movement, and walking problems.

Essential Tremor (ET) is fairly common amongst the elderly population, yet may begin at any age. ET is different from the PD tremor in that it affects both hands, often involves head tremor and a shaky quality to the patient’s voice.For more information on the entire article, click on this link:https://www.

Serving Seniors Blog: October 15, 2010Parkinson’s disease is a process which leads to impaired movement, affecting approximately one million Americans. Many patients who have Parkinson’s have symptoms such as lack of motivation and may be misdiagnosed with depression.