Nursing Assistants Make A Big Difference in Quality of Care Perhaps one of the most under-appreciated positions in the medical field is the nursing assistant. While it doesn’t take the same amount of schooling that becoming a registered nurse requires,…
Seniors Over the Age of 55 Face Greater Risk of Cataracts If you or someone you love is experiencing vision problems and is over the age of 55, cataracts may be the culprit. Although cataracts can occur in younger patients…
Skilled Nurses Can Help Seniors Remain at Home When seniors experience a health condition requiring a hospital visit, they often need additional care beyond the length of their stay. Recovery can be a long process, especially following a surgery or other…
Happy Mother’s Day! Over on FamilyAffaires.com they just published an article that we wrote for them with suggestions for celebrating Mother’s Day with older loved ones. We hope that you’ll read the article there and enjoy it. The article at FamilyAffaires.com Mother’s…
Should Your Elderly Loved One Be in the Hospital? Hospitals provide wonderful care for acute medical problems such as a heart attack, stroke, or necessary surgery. But for the chronic issues faced by many elderly people, the hospital may not…
National Health Center Week (NHCW) is an annual celebration with the goal of raising awareness about the mission and accomplishments of America’s health centers over the past five decades. This event is an opportunity to recognize the vital role that…
New Study May Represent Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s Treatment For many years, doctors have relied on drugs and behavioral management to treat elderly patients with Alzheimer’s. To date, no one has been able to identify a cure or procedure that will…
Dementia Patients Need Different Intervention A new book by Dr. G Allen Power seeks to challenge conventional wisdom about how to treat dementia and Alzheimer’s patients. Dr. Power argues that dementia should be approached not as a disease, but as a…
What Seniors Need to Know About Organ Donation Organ donation can sometimes seem like an intimidating topic for families to discuss. It may seem unloving to talk about what will happen to a loved one’s body after death, but seniors…
Divorce Rates Rising Among Seniors Divorce rates among seniors have taken a sharp upturn in the last 25 years. Reasons for the rise in senior divorce rates may include a greater emphasis on the individual in recent years, encouraging people to…