According to recent numbers, the average person living in a senior care facility has twelve different chronic conditions at any given time. When more than one condition exists at a time, it is referred to as a comorbidity. And … [Read more...]
Can the Flu Shot Reduce Risk of Stroke?
It’s getting to be that time of year again… Flu Season. It’s easy to forget about the flu, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the flu still presents a very real danger to us, especially for the older … [Read more...]
A Better Understanding of Huntington’s Disease in Seniors
Like many other diseases and illnesses, Huntington’s disease can have a much bigger impact upon the elderly than it would on younger folk. Like other degenerative diseases, symptoms tend to get worse and worse over time, meaning that the … [Read more...]
Senior Care and the Real Estate Business
One of the common trends that we’ve observed over the last couple years is a symbiotic relationship between senior care companies and real estate businesses. This often takes the shape of one company developing the land and constructing the … [Read more...]
Minority Access to Elder Care
All across the country, care services are severely understaffed. As you’ve probably experienced, this creates a lot of inconvenience for those of us that are used to the routines we established before the pandemic began. But … [Read more...]
Preventing Falls, the High Tech Way
One of the coolest things about this day and age when it comes to senior care is the huge advances that we’ve seen in technology and how it can help improve lives for the elderly. We’ve seen big advances in how we communicate with one … [Read more...]
Factors that Might Make Strokes Worse
New research shows how substances that are commonly found in a healthy brain can cause damage in the brain after a stroke or a traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs. The hope is that this new found information can help lead to better stroke … [Read more...]
Most Common Symptoms of Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. But even those that suffer from the same illness will experience different symptoms. Younger and older patients tend to see different symptoms even when they … [Read more...]
Loneliness and Heart Disease
A new study confirms something that anecdotal observation has pointed to for many years. Social isolation and loneliness has a profoundly negative impact on our physical health. This research comes from the American Heart … [Read more...]
Should I Get the Flu Shot?
We have all just gone through a very strange, difficult time. The COVID-19 pandemic was unlike anything we’ve experienced before and it forced us all to rethink our lives. It forced us to look at our jobs, our family life, and our personal … [Read more...]
Anxiety Disorder Amongst Senior Citizens
Anxiety is one of the most common types of mental illness, and it impacts seniors just as readily as it impacts other populations. There are several different types of anxiety. All of them are categorized by a sense of dread or … [Read more...]
Refugees and Senior Care
Ever since the COVID pandemic began, people with elderly family members have become a lot more aware of alternative types of senior care that exist. One of the sad realities of the pandemic was that those who were residing in nursing homes … [Read more...]
