Transitional Care at Home: Help After a Hospital Stay

After a surgical procedure or hospitalization, the words we anticipate hearing most are, “Here are your discharge papers – you’re free to go home now!” What a sense of relief there is in entering the front door, sinking into a well-loved chair, and unwinding. However, there are often quite a few tasks needed for proper […]

Common Signs and Symptoms of MS

Its cause is unknown, but impacting over one million people in the U.S. alone, multiple sclerosis can result in an extensive and unpredictable range of symptoms and severity. What we do know is that women are much more likely to develop MS, and that every person will experience it in different ways, with symptoms changing […]

Reduce Eye Injuries in Seniors with Regular Eye Exams

Those of us within the age 40+ demographic know how it feels to start to have trouble with small print, finding the need to begin wearing reading glasses, increasing the font size on our electronic devices, or holding books at arm’s length to try to cut down on blurring. Getting older and becoming challenged with […]

Questions to Ask When Looking for In-Home Care Assistance

Discovering the right care solution for a senior family member is one of the most important, as well as overwhelming, decisions you’ll face. Ensuring the safety and security of the older adult is extremely important, but there are some other considerations as well, for example, if the older adult’s quality of life and capacity to […]

Dangers of Dehydration in Seniors: Don’t Overlook This Health Risk

In the warmest time of the year, keeping up with proper hydration is essential, especially for older adults. As a matter of fact, close to 1/2 of all seniors are chronically under-hydrated, as documented in a recently available UCLA research study, which may bring on numerous health risks, including kidney stones, urinary tract infection, and […]

Summer Safety Tips for Seniors

The longer days of summer mean more time for swimming, family cookouts, gardening, and all of those other delightful seasonal pursuits. However, it also means an enhanced risk for a number of health concerns for the elderly, who happen to be more vulnerable to heat-related issues such as: Heat syncope (faintness/dizziness) Heat cramps Heat edema […]

The Importance of Being a Safe Senior Driver: Tips for Older Adults

Do you remember that feeling as a teen when you first climbed behind the steering wheel, that great excitement of being in a position to go wherever you wanted? The freedom that having the ability to drive offers us is beyond compare! Nevertheless, as we grow older, numerous factors will come into play that impact […]

How a Geriatric Medicine Specialist Benefits Older Adults

With most older adults already seeing several different doctors, could there be really any advantage to adding still another? When it comes to a geriatric medicine specialist, the answer is a resounding, “Yes!” A geriatrician is board-certified either in internal or family medicine, very much like a primary care physician, but with the additional benefit […]

Vacation Safety Tips for Traveling When a Loved One Has Alzheimer’s

After spending a substantial amount of time in social distancing and isolation, this summer may lead you more than usual to want to journey to visit friends and family, or even to simply experience a change of scenery in addition to some pleasant activities. And if you provide care for a family member with Alzheimer’s […]

Top Tips for Managing Chronic Kidney Disease

They are only around the size of your fist, but they’re imperative to your body’s functioning. Kidneys work as filters to eliminate waste from the body; however, they also regulate our blood pressure and aid in the creation of red blood cells. For individuals diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, successful management is critical in order […]