Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget proposals could flood the state’s nursing home system, which likely doesn’t have enough beds for the tens of thousands of seniors who might need them if senior services are cut. Schwarzenegger has proposed deep cuts to the state’s adult day care and in-home care programs, which are aimed at keeping the [...]

Thursday is Alzheimer’s Action Day in the State Capitol–an effort to draw legislative attention to the budget cuts of agencies servicing people with this dementia.  Advocates are concerned that the governors proposed elimination of Medi-Cal benefits for adult day health care centers would mean that 37,000 Californian’s would lose services. About 64 percent of the [...]

Dehydration occurs when the body does not have enough water and this can happen rapidly in extreme heat or through exercise.  Symptoms of dehydration can include headaches, lethargy and hallucinations.  In extreme cases, dehydration may even result in death. Researchers have discovered that a region in the brain called the mid cingulate cortex predicts how [...]