Home Health Aides Provide Transitional Care After a Hospital Stay
Following a surgical procedure or hospital stay, the words we look forward to hearing most are, “Here are your discharge papers – you’re able to head home now!” What a feeling of relief there is in entering the front door, sinking into a favorite chair, and unwinding. Nonetheless, there are often quite a few tasks […]
What You Need to Know About Common MS Symptoms
Its cause is still not known, but affecting over one million people in the U.S. alone, multiple sclerosis may cause a wide and unpredictable range of symptoms and severity. What we do know is that women are much more likely to develop MS, and that every person will experience it in different ways, with signs […]
The Importance of an Annual Senior Eye Exam to Optimize Ocular Health
Those of us in the age 40+ demographic know how it feels to begin to have trouble with small print, finding the need to start wearing reading glasses, increasing the font size on our electronic devices, or holding books at arm’s length to try and eliminate blurring. Growing older and becoming challenged with vision changes […]
Shopping for Senior Care Services: Questions to Ask
Finding the right care solution for a senior family member is one of the most significant as well as daunting decisions you will face. Ensuring the safety of the senior is paramount, but there are some additional considerations as well, for example, whether the senior’s quality of life and capacity to thrive and continue to […]
Signs & Symptoms of Dehydration in Seniors
During the warmest time of year, maintaining correct hydration is essential, especially for seniors. As a matter of fact, nearly 1/2 of all seniors are chronically under-hydrated, as outlined by a newly released UCLA research study, which could bring on multiple health risks, such as kidney stones, urinary tract infection, and in some cases a […]
Beat the Heat: Summer Safety Tips for Seniors
The longer days of summer mean more time for swimming, family cookouts, gardening, and all of those other wonderful seasonal outdoor activities. However, it also means an elevated risk for a variety of health concerns for older adults, who are more prone to heat-related issues such as: Heat syncope (faintness/dizziness) Heat cramps Heat edema (swelling) […]
Safety Tips for Senior Drivers
Remember that feeling as a teenager when you first climbed behind the steering wheel, experiencing the exhilaration of being in a position to go wherever you wanted? The freedom that being able to drive grants us is beyond compare! Nevertheless, once we grow older, multiple factors can come into play that affect our ability to […]
How Do People Get Mesothelioma?
Mesothelioma is a rare cancer that develops after being exposed to a toxic substance called asbestos. Many people were unknowingly exposed to asbestos for the majority of the 20th century. It usually takes between 20 and 50 years for mesothelioma to develop after exposure, making the disease more common for seniors than younger age groups. […]
How a Geriatric Care Doctor Benefits Older Adults
With most seniors already seeing a multitude of medical professionals, could there really be any benefit to adding yet another? In the case of a geriatric care doctor, the answer is a resounding, “Yes!” A geriatrician is board-certified in either internal or family medicine, much like a primary care physician, but with the extra advantage […]
Safety Tips for Traveling with Someone with Dementia
After spending a significant amount of time in social distancing and isolation, this summer may lead you even more than usual to want to travel to visit family and friends, or to simply experience a change of scenery and some pleasant activities. And if you provide care for a senior with Alzheimer’s or dementia, having […]