Elderly Care
Elderly Depression
By David Mcevoy · 17 years ago
Depression is more common in the elderly than in any other age group, affecting 20% of those living in the community and 40% of those who are living in care homes, according to the Mental ...
Five Excuses People Use For Not Buying Long Term Care and Why None of Them Hold Water
By Robert D. Cavanaugh, Clu · 17 years ago
From my experience in working with seniors, here are the five most offered reasons why people have not purchased long term care. In most cases, the reasons are not valid. It’s not that they don’t ...
Elderly opt for live-in nursing
By Siobhan Mcgeady · 17 years ago
Government cutbacks on NHS staff have been felt heavily by qualified nurses looking to obtain positions within the health service. However, new independent research carried out with the elderly may hold out a ray of ...
Three Ways to Buy Long Term Care Without Paying Premiums Out of Your Pocket
By Robert D. Cavanaugh, Clu · 17 years ago
Stop 100 people over 65 on the street and ask them if they will ever need to go to a nursing home and 99 will say, “No!” Folks tend to equate long term care insurance ...
Caregiving's Costly Burden
By Clay Cotton · 17 years ago
Hey - If I had known that official government policy toward caring for elderly parents was that their children would have to do it all, well I would have had 10 kids.
While it's said ...
Medical Alert Bracelets for Seniors
By Richard Romando · 18 years ago
Senior citizens are an ideal age group for medical alert bracelet use. Medical alert bracelets for seniors are available in a wide array of materials. More so, these bracelets are vital in the event of ...
Wheel Chairs
By Jennifer Bailey · 18 years ago
Millions of people around the world suffer from a walking disability; wheel chairs have given them a new life by giving them a means of mobility. A wheel chair is a chair mounted on large ...
The Benefits of Discount Adult Diapers
By Steve Valentino · 18 years ago
Millions of Americans suffer from varying degrees of incontinence. Because of this, the market for adult diapers has become a big business. Anyone who has experienced incontinence for prolonged period of time can tell you ...
Elderly: the benefits of owning an air purifier
By John Ugoshowa · 18 years ago
Are you considered a senior citizen? If not, do you know someone who is? Whether you are increasing in age or you are close to someone who is, you may be a little bit worried ...
The Benefits of Electric Wheelchair Lifts
By Kent Pinkerton · 18 years ago
Electric wheelchair lifts help to move the wheelchair to various places at multiple levels. Electric wheelchair lifts are less expensive than hydraulic wheelchair lifts and are easy to maintain. They contain an emergency, battery-lowering device ...
The Benefits of Adult Disposable Diapers
By Steve Valentino · 18 years ago
Perhaps the most recognized form of incontinence absorption is the adult disposable diaper. We have all seen television advertisements for top selling brands like Depends. Adult disposable diapers are similar to diapers used by young ...
How to Treat Adult Diaper Rash
By Steve Valentino · 18 years ago
Adult diaper rash is a common concern for incontinence sufferers. Typically, adult diaper rashes are similar in cause and symptoms to children’s diaper rashes. It is most often caused by skin irritations such as prolonged ...
An Online Memorial: The Future of Remembrance
By Ian Mcintosh · 18 years ago
Headstones corrode, statues are weathered and plaques tarnish. Memorials in some shape or form have been around for centuries, but none have been able to stand the test of time, until now. This is thanks ...
Buying Adult Diapers
By Steve Valentino · 18 years ago
Incontinence suffers have many options if they need to buy adult diapers. Disposable adult diapers are available at all discount stores and pharmacies. Many of these stores also carry cloth adult diapers and the plastic ...
Take your Grandparents on a long Walk to the Fishing Hole
By Simon Evans · 18 years ago
I have previously written about the power of exercise and omega-3s to protect the brain and improve function. Several more studies, released this week, added support for methods to keep elderly brains fit and agile. ...
The Advantages of Electric Wheelchair Scooters
By Kent Pinkerton · 18 years ago
Electric wheelchair scooters, or mobility scooters, are specially designed for providing mobility to disabled people. Electric scooters are high performance in terms of speed as well as safety. They are adaptable, affordable, durable and come ...
Caregiver Contracts Make Things Clear
By Clay Cotton · 18 years ago
Caregiving is not the kind of topic that makes for pleasant chit-chat over tea, much like long term care and long term care insurance. Yet these are crucial issues to address boldly with vigor and ...
Adult Incontinence Diapers
By Steve Valentino · 18 years ago
It is estimated that more than 19 million Americans suffer from varying degrees of incontinence. We have traditionally and incorrectly assumed incontinence to be a normal side effect of childbirth or that it is something ...
AEDs - Automated External Defibrillators saving lives in USA
By Michael Rad · 18 years ago
Statistics give us more and more information related to sudden cardiac arrests and other heart failures. More and more people and in earlier and earlier stages of their life die of a heart disease. Statistics, ...
Retirement: Living or Just Existing?
By Barbara Morris, R.ph. · 18 years ago
Are you planning to retire?
If the answer is yes, are you preparing financially? If so, that means you will have enough money to do all the fun things you look forward to doing, instead ...