Some of the data is staggering. Between 2000 and 2010, according to the nonprofit Alzheimer's Association, the number of deaths from breast cancer dropped by 2 percent, prostate cancer by 8 percent Read More
What Is A Skilled Nursing Facility?
Maybe you’ve used the term “nursing home,” possibly even interchangeably with “old folks home.” But if specificity is important anywhere, certainly it is important among the bureaucratic language of Read More
Senior Care | Advocacy Is The Key
From infancy to old age, people need some form of care. Babies usually have their parents to care for them. In midlife, we can generally look to spouses or hire the care we need – from medical Read More
Tips for Senior Independence and Caregiving
The circumstances for older Americans are changing as people live longer and an influx of baby boomers are now becoming elderly. Older people need an environment where they have control and input Read More
Senior Care Solutions | Increasing Options
The American socioeconomic landscape is radically different than the one today’s senior population knew growing up. Stay-at-home moms are relatively uncommon. An extra adult in the house is more Read More
What Is a Registered Nurse?
To the layperson, nursing may seem a confusing profession of nursing assistants and nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists. The designation we seem to hear most often is “registered Read More
Coordinated Care | Benefits for Seniors
Coordinated care is extremely important with an aging and geriatric population, especially when the individuals are dealing with complex and chronic conditions. This means the health care Read More
Home Health Aides Emerging as an Important Service for Baby Boomers
In the United States, our service economy is emerging. Whereas the nation once supplied the world with manufactured goods, Americans are now more and more the brains behind those goods rather than the Read More
Health and Injury Considerations for Older Adults
The fastest growing age group is older adults - the baby boomer population. These are people who were born during an extended population growth from 1946-1964, and are now reaching an age where they Read More
What Is Parkinson’s Disease?
Following a diagnosis, anyone would be eager – even desperate – to get answers. What is Parkinson’s disease? While the simple answer is that this is a disease affecting the central nervous system, Read More
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