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Whether you're researching for short term or long term health care solutions, we have and will continue to assemble articles of interest to help you better understand various issues impacting our elder population.
- Senior Safety 101 - Top Tips for Keeping Senior Citizens Safe
Avoid the common mishaps that often plague senior citizen safety. Learn what you can do to prevent falls, fires and other accidents from happening to you or a loved one by following a few critical tips.
- Senior Consumer Safety Tips - Protecting Against Con Artists and Their Scams Targeting Seniors
Today virtually everyone is at risk when it comes to scams and con artists. Unfortunately, the most vulnerable are our senior citizens and criminals don't hesitate to prey on them when they're looking for easy money. Discover the basic safety precautions you can take to ensure your safety or the safety of your loved ones.
- What You Need to Know When Choosing an In-home Companion Care Company
Generally, home care is appropriate whenever a person prefers to stay at home but needs ongoing care that cannot easily or effectively be provided solely by family and friends. More and more older people, electing to live independent, non-institutionalized lives, are receiving home care services as their physical capabilities diminish.
- Alzheimer's Care - What to Consider for Patients and Their Families
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive brain disorder that gradually destroys a person's memory and ability to learn, reason, make judgments, communicate and carry out daily activities. Approximately one in ten American families has a loved one with Alzheimer's disease.
- Stroke - The Warning Signs and How You Can Help As the Caregiver
Stroke is the primary cause of serious, long-term disability in adults in the United States. It occurs when an area of the brain is deprived of blood flow. Causes may vary, but most frequently blood vessels are blocked by a clot or narrowed to the extent that blood can no longer pass through.
- Senior Exercise and the Benefits of Whole Body Vibration
According to the American Stroke Association, almost 40 percent of people over the age of 55 report no leisure-time physical activity. Generally, people become less physically active as they age. The problem, though, is that the older people become, the more they need regular exercise.
- Senior Nutrition - Requirements, Results, and Risks
Seniors 65 and over are at an increased risk for poor nutrition. An adequate, balanced diet is undoubtedly the best way to ensure proper nourishment but much scientific evidence suggests that complementing the diet with a daily multivitamin-and-mineral supplement is a sensible precaution to help avoid nutritional deficiencies. - Senior Health Care Considerations for Parkinson's Patients
Parkinson's is a disease that affects the nervous system. It shows no partiality to gender, ethnic, social, geographic, or economic background. It generally develops after the age of 65, however approximately 15% of those diagnosed with the disease are under 50.
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