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Is your senior loved one safe at home?

Jun222016Adminfall prevention, falling, home care, home care services, home safety, in home senior care, safe home, senior health, senior monitoring

In-home safety is the number one concern of adult children for their aging parents. “Will they be safe staying in their home?” It’s a question we hear all the time. The answer is usually ‘yes’ (with exceptions, of course), but there are things that the children need to do for their parents to make sure they can stay at home…

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Is Your Loved One Protected During These Hot Summer Months?

Jun072016Admincaregiver, caregivers, drugs, Elder Care, Exercise, Exercise Program for Seniors, fall prevention, falling, Heat awareness, heat stroke, home assisted, home health care, in home senior care, Memorial Day, program for seniors, Senior Care, senior health, senior monitoring

Most of us love being outside in the summer when the weather is warm and the sun is shining. With kids out of school, summer has unofficially begun. With the fun of the summer months also comes heat, which can be deadly, especially for seniors (as well as infants and pets). Below are 3 tips to help you keep your…

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Health Risks You Should be Aware of with Veterans

Jun022016Admincaregiver, caregivers, drugs, Elder Care, Exercise, Exercise Program for Seniors, fall prevention, falling, home assisted, home health care, in home senior care, Memorial Day, program for seniors, Senior Care, senior health, senior monitoring, seniors, soldiers, veterans

Chances are that your dad, uncle, grandfather or a female relative has served in one of the armed forces. My dad was in the Army, stationed in Key West during the Bay of Pigs invasion. It may have seemed like a prime place to be stationed, but not so close to Cuba during those trying times! On behalf of everyone…

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Could You Identify Someone Having a Stroke?

May182016Admincaregiver, caregivers, drugs, Elder Care, Exercise, Exercise Program for Seniors, fall prevention, falling, healthy eating, home assisted, home health care, in home senior care, program for seniors, Senior Care, senior health, senior monitoring, seniors

Since May is National Stroke Awareness Month, we want to share some facts and prevention tips about strokes: Did you know that strokes are the number 5 cause of death and the number 1 cause of disability in the United States? Did you know that a stroke is caused by blood flow being cut off from the brain? There are…

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Thank You Nurses!

May122016Admincaregiver, caregivers, drugs, Elder Care, Exercise, Exercise Program for Seniors, fall prevention, falling, healthy eating, home assisted, home health care, in home senior care, program for seniors, Senior Care, senior health, senior monitoring, seniors

During National Nurses Week, we want to say ‘thank you’ to all of the men and women who have chosen nursing as their vocation. These professionals often go unnoticed, but the medical community could not function without them! As a nurse, they are able to touch the lives of those who are in need of care on a personal level,…

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Is Your Mother Okay?

May052016Admincaregiver, caregivers, drugs, Elder Care, Exercise, Exercise Program for Seniors, fall prevention, falling, healthy eating, home assisted, home health care, in home senior care, program for seniors, Senior Care, senior health, senior monitoring, seniors

This Sunday is Mother’s Day, a day to recognize and thank our mothers for all the hard work they’ve done throughout the years to raise us right. Whether or not you see your mother often, you may go to see her on Mother’s Day. There might be flowers, candy or a meal out. You will talk and laugh, letting her…

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Can Your Loved One Safely Drive a Car?

Apr292016Admincar crash, caregiver, caregivers, driving, drugs, Elder Care, Exercise, Exercise Program for Seniors, fall prevention, falling, home assisted, home health care, in home senior care, mental cognition, prescriptions, program for seniors, safe driving, Senior Care, senior health, senior monitoring, seniors

By Richard Ueberfluss In general, senior citizens are less distracted while behind the wheel than younger adults. In fact, more senior citizens wear their seat belts (as drivers and passengers), drive slower and in better weather condition, and do not drive after drinking. With all of those good driving habits, one would think that accidents among with senior citizens would…

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Risk of Daily Low-Dose Aspirin is Outweighed by Benefits to Prevent Heart Attacks and Strokes

Apr192016Adminaspirin, bleeding, cardiovascular, caregiver, caregivers, drugs, Elder Care, Exercise, Exercise Program for Seniors, fall prevention, falling, heart attack, heart disease, home assisted, home health care, in home senior care, osteoporosis, program for seniors, Senior Care, senior health, senior monitoring, seniors, stroke, surgery

By Richard Ueberfluss A Senior Journal story related the fact that more than half of older Americans – those age 45 through 75 – take an aspirin every day, even though this use is not recommended by the Food and Drug Administration for most people who have not yet had a heart attack or stroke. The American Journal of Preventive…

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Research Confirms Exercise is Top “Prescription” for Arthritis

Apr052016Adminarthritis, caregiver, caregivers, drugs, Elder Care, Exercise, Exercise Program for Seniors, fall prevention, falling, healthy eating, hip fracture, hip surgery, home assisted, home health care, in home senior care, osteoporosis, program for seniors, Senior Care, senior health, senior monitoring, seniors, surgery

In the old days, seniors who were suffering from arthritis were advised to take it easy. Sit down most of the day so as not to stress your joints, well-meaning doctors would say. Sit in a rocking chair for easy, soothing motion, at the most. Rest your joints. If it hurts, don’t do it. We know now that this was…

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Osteoporosis Drugs Are Effective but Be Wary of Side Effects

Mar152016Admincaregiver, caregivers, drugs, Elder Care, fall prevention, falling, hip fracture, hip surgery, home assisted, home health care, in home senior care, osteoporosis, program for seniors, Senior Care, senior health, senior monitoring, seniors, surgery

By Richard Ueberfluss More than 50 percent of women and 25 percent of men over fifty will suffer from an osteoporosis-related fracture. Osteoporosis occurs when bone breaks down faster than it is replenished, leaving the skeleton porous and brittle.  Women lose bone density more rapidly during menopause, so they are more susceptible to osteoporosis than men. Multiple medications, poor vision…

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