Winter is in the air so it’s the right time to think about pneumonia in the elderly. Pneumonia starts when a virus, fungus, or bacterium get into one of your lungs. It causes the tiny sacs inside your lungs to become inflamed and fill with fluid or pus. Healthy people who get treated immediately can …
Researchers at Baylor University in Waco, Texas say that sleep loss for caregivers of dementia patients can be between 2.5 to 3.5 hours of sleep per week. The researchers reviewed 35 studies that included nearly 3,300 caregivers. The findings were published online recently in JAMA Network Open. Two Reasons for Sleep Loss for Caregivers …
Subacute care (also called subacute rehabilitation or SAR) is health care for people who are not severely ill. SAR is time-limited. The goal of subacute care is to improve your functioning so that you can get back home. SAR centers fill the gap between hospitals and nursing homes. That’s because hospitals are acute care facilities …
Most seniors benefit from the personal care that they can get by growing older in their own homes. But parenting seniors is often fraught with anxiety and indecision. How can we make it easier to take care of our parents at home and give them the quality of life that they deserve? 1. Home Sweet …
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