Here’s a scary statistic. According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine last year, one in five Medicare patients will return to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. It’s not surprising when you think about…
Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash It is estimated that one out of every 10 male Americans will develop dementia if they live past the age of 55, and that figure jumps to 1 in 6 for women. In…
Photo by pasja1000 on Pixabay In Oxford and elsewhere around the country, it’s always a worthy objective to help our seniors enjoy the best possible quality of life, and that means allowing them to have a full and independent existence, to whatever…
Photo by Mathias P.R. Reding on Unsplash You may not have heard of this annual observance, but on January 23rd this coming year, citizens of Water Valley and elsewhere in the country will observe Measure Your Feet Day. While this day may not…
Home Caregivers near Carlsbad are Encouraged by Pizza Restaurant’s Service Here in southern California, we haven’t been endangered too badly by the frigid temperatures freezing the rest of the country. But seniors in areas farther north have been confined to…
Have you ever wondered what licensing, certification, or qualification a person must hold in order to work as a professional geriatric care manager in San Diego County? Everyone is familiar with the many years of education required to become a…
Geriatric Social Workers Help Protect the Elderly Most people know that social workers assist with family interventions and oversee issues like foster care and child protection. You may not realize, however, that they also assist with care for the elderly.…
Photo by pasja1000 on Pixabay Since January is International Quality of Life Month, it’s appropriate to consider exactly what constitutes a good quality of life for our senior loved ones. In Stanwood and elsewhere around the country, most people consider that…
Photo by geralt on Pixabay If you haven’t heard the term before, ‘sundowning’ is a phenomenon that occurs seasonally, and is marked by significant differences in the weather, the duration of daylight, and other factors. It is often felt more…
It probably is not practical to think that you can get completely through a holiday season with no stress whatsoever, because life’s little uncertainties are bound to produce at least some anxiety around that time. In Pontotoc and elsewhere, stress is…