Transitional Home Health Care: Help After a Hospital Stay
After a surgical procedure or hospitalization, the words we look forward to hearing most are, “Here are your discharge papers – you are free to head home now!” What a sense of relief there is in coming through the front door, sinking into a favorite chair, and relaxing. Nonetheless, there are often a variety of […]
Living With Multiple Sclerosis: Know the Common Symptoms
Its cause continues to be unknown, but affecting over one million people in the United States alone, multiple sclerosis can cause a wide and unpredictable range of symptoms and severity. What we do know is the fact that women are more likely to be diagnosed with MS, and that every person living with multiple sclerosis […]
The Importance of Optimizing Eye Health for Seniors
Those of us in the age 40+ demographic know how it feels to start to have trouble with small print, finding the need to begin wearing reading glasses, increasing the font size on our electronic devices, or holding books at arm’s length in order to cut down on blurring. Getting older and becoming challenged with […]
Shopping for Home Health Care for Seniors: Questions to Ask
Choosing the best care solution for a senior family member is one of the most important as well as daunting decisions you will face. Ensuring the safety and security of the older adult is extremely important, but there are some additional factors to consider as well, for example, if the older adult’s quality of life […]
Symptoms of Dehydration in the Elderly: Don’t Overlook This Health Risk
During this warmest time of year, maintaining proper hydration is crucial, particularly for older adults. In fact, approximately 50% of all seniors are chronically under-hydrated, as documented in a recently available UCLA study, which can lead to a plethora of health problems, such as kidney stones, urinary tract infection, as well as a greater risk […]
Summer Heat Safety Tips for Seniors
The longer days of summer mean extra time for swimming, family cookouts, gardening, and all of those other wonderful seasonal pursuits. However, it also means an increased risk for a number of health concerns for seniors, who are more prone to heat-related complications such as: Heat syncope (faintness/dizziness) Heat cramps Heat edema (swelling) Heat exhaustion […]
Tips to Help Keep Senior Drivers Safely Behind the Wheel
Remember that feeling as a teen when you first climbed behind the steering wheel, experiencing the exhilaration of being in a position to go anywhere you wanted? The freedom that being able to drive offers us is beyond compare! However, as we get older, a range of factors come into play that influence senior drivers’ […]
How Geriatric Specialists Benefit Older Adults
With most seniors already seeing a variety of medical professionals, could there really be any advantage to adding yet another? In the case of geriatric specialists, the clear answer is a resounding, “Yes!” A geriatrician is board-certified either in internal or family medicine, much like a primary care physician, but with the extra benefit of […]
Management Tips and Risk Factors for Chronic Kidney Disease
They are only around the size of your fist, but they’re imperative to your body’s functioning. Kidneys serve as filters to get rid of waste from the body, but they also regulate our blood pressure and assist in the creation of red blood cells. For people diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, successful management is vital […]
Multiple Elderly Health Issues May Be Associated with More Adverse Drug Effects
Anyone who has taken a prescription medication knows that it normally includes a comprehensive list of possible adverse side effects to watch for. Even though prescriptions are, of course, intended to help us, the harm that could result from these negative reactions can often outweigh the benefit. For older adults, nearly all of whom take […]