Too often older Americans suffer the ravages of illnesses and even dementia without knowing there are remedies. Anita Heisterman (University of Virginia)and Susan Garrett (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities) evaluate the efforts of a team of medical personnel in Charlottesville, who, in working in central Virginia, discovered a “fix” is often quite simple.

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Also featured: Neuro-psychologist Stephen Harkins (Virginia Commonwealth University) corrects a few misconceptions about pain in the elderly.

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