Falls can take the life from the party. Fall Prevention must be a daily practice for aging adults. After reading the Home Care Fall Prevention Quiz, we can understand how real the danger is. For the elderly a fall can be life or death. This is the reason we take .....Read more
Falls can take the fun right out of life. I remember cold (-10 degrees), icy days growing up in Central New York where slipping on ice-covered steps was a daily threat for me. I was much younger then and the most I’d worry about was a bruised tail-bone and .....Read more
It is becoming more evident that eating fresh foods will help you live better, healthier and longer. We should all be working on replacing corn and wheat based product (which make up a majority of the US food market) with healthy fruits and veggies. WebMD Feature Archive Healthy Whole Foods .....Read more
We all feel this way sometimes, groggy, irritable and dreaming of "Hitting the Hay," as my dad use to say. It's simple to see that we, as people, are not getting enough time behind the eyelids. As a caregiver, I can attest to this being accurate. Caregivers especially have it .....Read more
Some of you may have heard this term while in a hospital or nursing home. Some may have heard the term in the private sector. There seems to be a lot of confusion about who they are and what they do. The role has changed somewhat over the last few .....Read more
