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What Every Senior and Family Needs to Know: UTIs, Dementia Meds, Driving, and Hard Conversations
Hosts Vicki Jones and Rebecca Cox sit down with Melanie Fortenberry, FNP-C, Nurse Practitioner at Goshen Family Medicine in Dawsonville, Georgia, who serves sixteen senior living communities across North Georgia. This episode is packed with practical, honest information that every family with an aging parent needs to hear.Topics Covered:- What nurse practitioners do and how they differ from doctors- Why preventive screenings and checkups matter more as we age- How UTIs present differently in seniors (confusion, falls, and behavior changes instead of pain)- At-home UTI test kits and how…
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