Tag Archives: Personal Care
What Are the Roadblocks to Early Ambulation?
Early ambulation is an essential healthcare service for recovering patients who have been injured or sick and have suffered from limited mobility. However, early ambulation may not be accessible to all due to certain “roadblocks.” Let’s tak...
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Home Health Care Services
It is difficult to accept that most of us, as we grow older, will need some type of care assistance. You may be used to doing things on your own, but in the end, a little help from family members and even caregivers should be welcomed. Most seniors w...
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Resources for Seniors Facing Food Instability
According to “The State of Senior Hunger in America in 2018” report, 5.3 million seniors, or 7.3% of the senior population, were food insecure in 2018. These rates have lowered in recent years but are still higher than pre-recession levels in 200...
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Dementia: Responding to Long-Term Memory Loss
It can be scary to learn that a loved one is diagnosed with dementia. This can cause fear and worry about how this disease will affect your loved one’s long-term memory and how it’s going to be like in the years to come. Long-term memory is where...
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The Advantages of Getting Hospice Care for Your Loved One
We all feel the burden of a terminal illness diagnosis, even if we’re not the patient. Hospice care is a health service provided to both the patient and their family to help them through tough times. A responsible hospice care team gives physical, ...
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Long-Term Diabetes Complications with the Eye
Diabetic retinopathy is one of the leading causes of visual disability. Significant vision loss is rarely evident in the first five years of insulin-dependent diabetes. However, over the following two decades, most of the people with diabetes develop...
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