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Preventing Brain Injury in Seniors
The topic of preventing brain injury in seniors is relevant as March is the awareness month for brain injury. The main aims of the Brain Injury Association of America are: Through increasing awareness, reducing the stigma attached to brain injury. Enabling brain-injury survivors and those who look after them to move forward and achieve. There…
Read MoreSeniors with Alzheimer’s: Retaining Short-Term and Long-Term Memory
Alzheimer’s is known to be a progressive disease, that affects memory. Seniors with Alzheimer’s suffer from the worry of how the disease will affect them in the future. As a result, many seniors focus actively on how can they go about retaining short-term and long-term memory. How Alzheimer’s Affects the Memory Amyloid deposits on…
Read MoreChoosing the Right Physician: Caring, On Top of Current Events & More
In choosing the right physician many seniors look for a host of special qualities. What make a physician right for one person, might not be the deciding factor for the next person. 7 Points in The Search for the Right Physician Here are 7 points to help a senior focus on which things matter…
Read MoreDoes Your Physician Support a Healthy Senior Lifestyle?
Asking a question like “Does your physician support a healthy senior lifestyle?” might seem a little odd. After all, physicians are there for the sole purpose of promoting health! What we are really asking, is whether the physician actively promotes concepts that will make a positive difference. In order to analyze that, we have to…
Read MorePost Stroke Rehab – Tips for Spoken Communication Within the Family
Spoken communication within the family changes when a stroke affects a member of the family. When one person in a family is struggling to communicate, the whole family is affected. Everyone in the family needs tips for spoken communication within the family. The survivor especially, needs tips and support, so that they can find solutions…
Read MoreStroke Rehab: Adaptations to the Home
As a follow-on to the article called Fear of Going Home Following a Stroke, let’s look at adaptations to the home. Why would a person want to make adaptations to the home? And which adaptations to the home might a person make? Why Make Adaptations to the Home? When a senior is physically affected…
Read MoreStroke Rehab: Fear of Going Home Following a Stroke
What can a senior do when they have fear of going home following a stroke? The Medical Journey of a Stroke Patient Senior patients who have experienced a stroke, receive care in the hospital for their emergency care. Many seniors opt for continuing that care in a post-acute rehab setting. In a post-acute rehab…
Read MorePromoting Healthy Weight for Seniors with Recreational Activities
It’s never too late to enjoy life a little! Being that this week is National Healthy Weight Week, let’s join up the topic of healthy weight with having fun. Promoting healthy weight for seniors is not a matter to be taken lightly. Weight as a Predictor of Health in Seniors Many studies have been…
Read MoreInnovation – Smart Shoes to Help Seniors in Rehab
It would be so nice to have smart shoes to help seniors. As technology advances, we have smart ‘everythings’. These innovations range from smart toothbrushes to smart clothing. There is more to life than fun and games. That is one possible response to news from Brilliant Sole, a leader in developing smart shoes for virtual reality…
Read MoreAging Gracefully: National Celebration of Life Week
Well, the new year has rolled in. To some of us, it means facing new obligations that we put off dealing with last year. To others the start of a new year is typified by trying to remember to write the correct year when writing a check! And then, there is National Celebration of Life…
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