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oh my God, Angelica!!! Its 22 years for me. I had terrible hallucinations a couple of years ago after taking Amantadine. I take a low dose of Rytary now which does not help much but dyskinesias are minimal. It is my belief that meds cause a lot of trouble, bad sides. Did they really help your husband at one time? never helped me much. I had bilateral DBS in 2003 -----Original Message----- From: angelica horaitis Sent: Friday, January 05, 2018 6:10 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Leaving the house linked to longevity in older adults (Reuters 12/26/17) Happy New Year and better health in 2018 to all !!!!!! My husband who has Parkinsons disease for 30 years, he is 65. Recently he has been hallucinating and crawling all over the floor for hours, no real aim just wandering and crawling. He is swearing, nasty, verbally combative and more obstinate than ever. I am also concerned about his ability to see clearly. He tries to pick something up and he misses it by 4 or 5 inches. He has not changed medicine ie Rytary, carba dopa levodopa, depacote, seroquel, melatonin. Any adice or comment? > On Jan 5, 2018, at 1:24 AM, Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi Kathleen good to hear from you. 10 years ago I was leaving the house > to protest the war. Now I can barely stand. I do about 3 hours of > motorized cycling daily. Better treatment cant come soon enough for me > as Im 82 now. I'm wondering how others are doing. > > -----Original Message----- From: Kathleen Cochran > Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2018 7:37 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Fwd: Leaving the house linked to longevity in older adults > (Reuters 12/26/17) > > Happy New Year! And here’s hoping for some of those long awaited > breakthroughs to happen. Those in colder climates, stay warm!But try to > get out at least a little. (See article below.) > > Cheers and Best wishes, Kathleen > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > > Subject: Leaving the house linked to longevity in older adults (Reuters > 12/26/17) > > Leaving the house linked to longevity in older adults > > *Carolyn Crist <https://www.reuters.com/journalists/carolyn-crist>* > DECEMBER 26, 2017 / 1:30 PM / UPDATED 21 HOURS AGO > > *(Reuters Health) *- For older people, getting out of the house regularly > may contribute to a longer life - and the effect is independent of medical > problems or mobility issues, according to new research from Israel. > > For study participants in their 70s, 80s and 90s, the frequency with which > they left the house predicted how likely they were to make it to the next > age milestone, researchers report in Journal of the American Geriatrics > Society. > > “The simple act of getting out of the house every day propels people into > engagement with the world,” said lead author Dr. Jeremy Jacobs of > Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem in a phone > interview. > > “We saw similar benefits that you’d expect from treating blood pressure or > cholesterol with medicine,” Jacobs said. “Social factors are important in > the process of aging.” > > Jacobs and colleagues analyzed data on 3,375 adults at ages 70, 78, 85 and > 90 who were participating in the Jerusalem Longitudinal Study. > > Based on their responses to questions about how often they left the house, > participants were grouped into three categories: frequently (six or seven > days per week), often (two to five times per week) or rarely (once a week > or less). > > People who left the house frequently at any of the ages examined were > significantly more likely to live to the next age group. For example, > among > people who left the house frequently, often or rarely at age 78, 71 > percent, 67 percent and 43 percent, respectively, survived to age 85. > Among > people who left the house frequently, often or rarely at age 90, 64 > percent, 56 percent and 38 percent, respectively, made it to 95. > > At all ages, people who left home less frequently tended to be male, less > educated and to have higher rates of loneliness, financial difficulties, > poor health, fatigue, poor sleep, less physical activity, bladder and > bowel > problems, history of falling in the last year, fear of falling, visual and > hearing impairments, chronic pain and frailty. > > The link between leaving the house and longevity, however, remained after > the researchers accounted for medical or mobility issues such as chronic > pain, vision or hearing impairment, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease > and kidney disease. > > “We included people who had mobility difficulties, so this isn’t just > about > people moving their legs up and down,” Jacobs said. “That’s quite > exciting. > There’s something about interacting with the world outside that helps.” > > The study did not examine the effect on participants of leaving the house, > such as their sense of wellbeing or purpose. It also didn’t look at > environmental factors that might foster or prevent going out, the authors > note. > > Future studies will look at the oldest cohort (age 95) as they reach 98 to > 100 in coming years, Jacobs said. He and his colleagues are also > interested > in the role that optimism, social engagement and environmental aspects > such > as community sidewalks play in longer life. > > “Studies show that if you create walkways that are friendly for walking, > people start walking,” he said. “In neighborhoods with older adults, > walkways with benches could encourage them to get out of the house and be > social.” > > Researchers are interested in finding ways to encourage adults to leave > their home more and to develop systems that help them do that, said Dawn > Mackey of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, who wasn’t > involved > in the study. > > “It may be helpful for older adults and their caregivers to make plans to > go out of the house more often,” she told Reuters Health by email. “And > try > to build up to going out of the house every day.” > > They could plan these outings with these questions: When will it work best > for me to leave the house? Where do I want to go? Is there someone to go > out with or to meet when I am out? What are my options if the weather is > bad or if I’m not feeling well one day? > > “The wellbeing of our older adults is of paramount importance for public > health and economic viability,” she said. “Going out of the house is an > important way to maintain mobility and social engagement and ward off > loneliness.” > > SOURCE: bit.ly/2DVrdwP Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, online > November 22, 2017. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn