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Maintain Your Brain – Strategies to Help Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease Maintain Your Brain – Strategies to Help Prevent Alzheimer’s DiseaseIt’s almost become a joke. Forget the word you wanted to use and joke ‘Must be early Alzheimer’s.’ Lose track of where you left your keys? “Doh! Guess I’m getting Alzheimer’s.” Alzheimer’s Disease is no joking matter, though, and we know it even under the casual, joking jabs at our own memory problems. I suspect that more than one of us, w

Finding Nonmedical Home Care There are a number of ways to get nonmedical supportive services inside a home. But regardless of what level of service you are looking for, odds are you will find yourself facing one choice: Should you find and hire an independent contractor or someone who works for an agency? Here’s a closer look at both options. Nonagency ServiceNonagency workers, or independent contractors, are hired by either a family member or the person needing help. Whil

Understanding Home Care Agency Options As people age, the desire to remain in their homes, close to family, friends and familiar surroundings, deepens. However, the ability to remain totally independent within one’s own environment often diminishes. Millions of Americans spend part or all of their day assisting and caring for family members or friends who need help to stay in their homes. Often, however, paid outside help is needed to supplement this care because of the car

Which of These 4 Personal Mobility Scooters Will You Own? Which of These 4 Personal Mobility Scooters Will You Own?There are many makes and models of personal mobility scooters to choose from. Break them down and they fall into the 4 following categories of scooters. Here they are:1) Folding/Easily Transported Scooters: Your scooter wont do you much good if you have to go onto a trip and cant take it with you. Thats when this type of scooter comes into play. Usually this ty

Buying Furniture for the Elderly with Special Needs If you are challenged with buying furniture for an elderly person, there are a few things you should keep in mind as you start your search.First, how is that persons health and physical condition? Can he or she easily rise from and sit down into a chair? If not, furniture with special options are available. The seats of chairs and recliners rise to a higher level with the push of a button. The elderly person can simply bac

Elder Care Services – Determining Your Level of Care The condition of the person seeking nursing care is the key factor in your choice of a long-term care facility. All skilled/intermediate care nursing facilities provide personal care and residential services including rooms, meals, planned activities and programming to meet social and spiritual needs. The levels of nursing and therapy services offered vary quite widely, and these should be carefully matched to the individ

Massage Therapy for Senior Citizens Massage therapy can offer senior citizens a number of benefits that will greatly improve their sense of health and wellbeing. As the population continues to age, it is important to consider ways that we can work to improve the lives of those affected by the passing of time. A number of studies have shown that massage therapy can have a direct impact in managing the effects of aging. It has also shown promise in bringing comfort to those s

Emergency Response Systems: My Experience One of the best ways to protect the indepencence of an elderly parent, or parents, as the case may be, is to set them up with an emergency response system.First of all, the emergency alert system will give them the freedom of living alone because help, when needed, is only the push of a button away. I know, because my 86 year old mother slipped and fell in her bedroom just a few feet away from her phone, but could not get to it