Low Blood Pressure in Elders: What You Should Know
When it comes to health and wellness, avoiding high blood pressure is often a topic of discussion. However, it is also important to be mindful of blood pressure that is too low, as that can be dangerous too. It can make exercise and daily activities difficult to do, and can cause injuries if a fall […]
Worried about your loved one falling? Here’s how to prevent falls in elders
Falling, or accidentally and unexpectedly landing on the ground, usually happens in familiar environments while you are doing your normal, daily activities. You may fall when something pushes you, you trip, you lose consciousness (from a seizure, stroke, or other health problem), or you are experiencing the symptoms of a new illness. Falls have serious […]
Importance of Healthcare Professionals
A health care professional is an individual who is certified to provide preventive and curative services as well as rehabilitative facilities in a systematic manner to families and community. A health care professional may offer the health services in all branches of health including medicine, pharmacy, surgery, dentistry, medicine, surgery, psychology or in allied health […]
Taking Care of Mom is a Full-Time Job: What Can I Do?
Aging is a fact of life and it affects all families. As adult children, when imagining our parents as seniors, we may not fully comprehend the extent to which their aging will affect them or how it will affect us. Indeed, if they are already seniors and still in good health and living independently we […]
3 things to look at while choosing the perfect Assisted Living Facility
The options of Assisted Living facilities has increased notoriously throughough the years and figuring out how to find the perfect senior home care for your elder family member or yourself can be a difficult choice to since there are so many factors to evaluate before taking this decision. You must be prepared to rate hygiene, […]
Moving Elderly Parents Into Assisted Living: A Checklist!!
Change. It’s one of the most constant things in life. With that, moving can be an overwhelming experience for anyone, but especially for seniors who making some difficult decisions about what to take with them. Still, moving to an assisted living actually promotes independence among seniors and provides the freedom they may have been missing. […]