When someone suffers from a stroke, there tends to be a whole range of physical and mental complications that arise from this. A stroke occurs when there’s a blockage of oxygenated blood flowing to the brain, and this can cause things like … [Read more...]
Self View an Important Part of Managing Disability
For some of our readers, this story will not be a surprise at all. For others, it might seem a little odd. Before I go into any details on the study being referred to, it’s important that we keep in mind that mental health is a big part of … [Read more...]
Link Between Emergency Department and Disability
A study that was recently published indicates that those senior citizens who go to the emergency department find themselves at a higher risk of suffering from a long term disability in the next six months than those seniors who do not go … [Read more...]
Are New Stroke Prevention Meds Safe?
You’ve probably heard a lot about the new drugs that are supposed to help prevent strokes from occurring. If you’re like others with elderly parents or grandparents, you are probably also wondering just how safe these new medications are. … [Read more...]
Active Lives Lead to Better Senior Health
An interesting study that concluded recently found that individuals that were not quite in their senior years (here defined as ages 50-64) who worked or volunteered on a consistent basis were far less likely to develop physical … [Read more...]
Psoriasis is More than a Skin Disease for Elderly
Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease that primarily impacts the skin, causing itchy, scaly sections to form on the bodies of those affected. However, psoriasis is not just a skin disease. There are a host of other problems that can come along … [Read more...]
MS Patients at High Risk of Disability
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a devastating illness, causing reduced usage of your body, and eventually disability. Many MS patients also suffer from dementia and breathing problems, too. As someone with MS ages, the symptoms get worse, and … [Read more...]
Helping Prevent Hip Fracture
If an older loved one needs total knee replacement because of osteoarthritis, there is a stronger chance of a hip or vertebral fracture in the decade following the surgery than there was beforehand. A recent study out of Sweden shows that … [Read more...]
Helping to Understand Stroke Disabilities
After experiencing a stroke, many people experience both physical disability and difficulty speaking. For a long time, it was assumed that this was because when blood and oxygen flow to the brain was impaired, the region of the brain that … [Read more...]
Caring for Stroke Disabilities
Stroke prevention is one of the areas of elder care that is in need of improvement. Strokes have the potential to play a large role in whether or not someone becomes permanently disabled, but many times, doctors are still not able to … [Read more...]
Planning Ahead for a Stroke
In the United States, there is a lot of variance on the results of a stroke dependent upon where you live. In other words, strokes tend to have more severe outcomes in different parts of the country. A newly published study found that of … [Read more...]