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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I noticed that as my father aged, medical staff was more often disregarding his symptoms or input. I was his advocate, but it depressed me to think of all the seniors who don't have someone looking out for them or speaking up for their needs.[/quote]

Perhaps because there comes a point in a persons life that there isn’t really a benefit to treating something. Or doing the most aggressive treatment. [/quote]

Family member was 80 and was told just that, no reason to treat the prostate cancer because dr said had “had a good life.” Family member rejected the do nothing approach and got treatment and lived another 20+ years in their own home- alert, healthy, mindful and self-sufficient until day died, over 100. [/quote]

This happens in minuscule cases of elderly with health issues. Maybe 80 was too young to not treat but very very few people are living to over 100 alert, healthy, mindful and self-sufficient. Most likely there was a family member (most likely a female) who was sacrificing to make this happen. Factoring in how long a patients patents live is probably important. As well as their quality of life. If your parents lived to be 95 and relatively healthy you have a better chance as well.[/quote]

My relative had a tumor removed at 100.  The oncologist did not recommend chemo or radiation but said removing the tumor would be an easy surgery that would make them more comfortable and give them another good year.  They actually lived 8 more years and was mobile and cogent until the end.  OTOH, my mom’s orthopedist has told her not to fix her torn rotator cuff in her late 80s because it’s a difficult painful recovery particularly because she has had a lot of previous shoulder work.  He told her just to not raise her arm above shoulder level.

I think there’s a lot of questions that go into it and you hopefully have a doctor that can consider all the pieces and not just “fix” the one problem in front of them.  We find the hardest part is coordinating different conditions that overlap but are treated by different specialists.  One may put them on a medication that makes the other problems worse.  Luckily we have some medical professionals in our family that can check for these things, but most people don’t.[/quote]

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