Elderly Care
Finding the Right Nursing Home
By Robert Mccormack · 12 years ago
Finding the Right Nursing Home
As human longevity continues to increase at an astonishing pace, we live longer and healthier lives, being match and active even decades beyond our retirement. It could be laborious for ...
Caregivers Observe Assisted Living Residents For Signs Of Pain
By Gloria H Schneider · 12 years ago
How many times have you heard the so called reminder, "Big boys don’t cry," coming from a mother or father? It’s no wonder some of us, and in many cases, grown men, tend to ignore ...
Home Care Services
By Robert Mccormack · 12 years ago
Most individuals are retiring in higher health than ever before and will stay up for decades of active and fulfilling life. When you initially retire, especially if you retire early, health care may be one ...
Life Cycle Funds
By Rebert Mccormack · 12 years ago
If we tend to have cash to speculate for our retirement savings, whether through a 401(k) arrange at work, in an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), or through taxable savings, we tend to have an nearly ...
Senior Caregiver Home Safety Tips
By Rhiannon Acree · 12 years ago
The elderly are more prone to accidents at home for a variety of reasons. A senior caregiver can help your elderly loved ones avoid accidents by creating a home safety checklist. By taking a few ...
Stephen Hawking - Master of the Wheelchair
By Alan Stewart · 12 years ago
Stephen Hawking - Master of the Wheelchair
Stephen William Hawking, 69 year-old English theoretical physicist and cosmologist whose scientific books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity. (Cosmology – the astrophysical study of ...
What You Should Know About Wheelchair Seat-Depth
By Alan Stewart · 12 years ago
What You Should Know About Wheelchair Seat-Depth
Wheelchair seat-depth is measured from the front to the back of the seat. To determine the existing size, you need to measure the distance from the front edge ...
What You Should Know About Wheelchair Lateral Supports
By Alan Stewart · 12 years ago
What You Should Know About Wheelchair Lateral-Supports
Lateral trunk supports, are also known as laterals, lateral-supports, lateral-thoracic-supports, trunk-stabilizers or just plain wheelchair stabilizers. They are rectangular-shaped devices that mount to the back-posts of a wheelchair ...
What You Should Know About Wheelchair Controllers
By Alan Stewart · 12 years ago
What You Should Know About Wheelchair Controllers
The powered wheelchair controller and its associated modules and components serve as the command center for use of the wheelchair and its functions. There are two types of ...
What You Should Know About Wheelchair Arm Rests
By Alan Stewart · 12 years ago
What You Should Know About Wheelchair Armrests
Learning the basics of wheelchair armrests can improve your comfort, functionality, convenience and help to improve your satisfaction with your life and the wheelchair, itself. The decision to ...
Refractive Lens Exchange for Older People
By Kathryn Dawson · 12 years ago
Refractive lens exchange or RLE is essentially a cataract surgery but used exclusively for correction of refractive errors, most especially in people over 50 years old.
Ageing brings along many changes that include psychological, physiological, ...
What You Should Know About Wheelchair Elevating Leg-Rests
By Alan Stewart · 12 years ago
What You Should Know About Wheelchair Elevating Leg-Rests
Most wheelchairs have a number of items that are adjustable and that can be aligned, as well, for comfort and convenience. These rests are used to elevate ...
What You Should Know About Wheelchair Camber
By Alan Stewart · 12 years ago
What You Should Know About Wheelchair Camber
Camber is the angle made by the wheels of the chair. It is the angle between the vertical axis of the rear-wheels and the vertical axis of the ...
What is Long Term Care Insurance and How it Works
By Ashley Owens · 12 years ago
Long term care insurance is an important product to ensure your health and protect your assets the moment you need assistance with daily activities and supervision for cognitive impairment or illnesses. Although its importance is ...
Explaining The Use Of A Power Chair Lift
By Jonathan Anderson · 12 years ago
If you have decided on power chair lifts, you should know that it has quite a few aspects you would find enjoyable. With the technology of today, it has created a wider approach to this ...
Rolling Over Your 401(K)
By Robert Mccormack · 12 years ago
As a lot of and a lot of firms are providing 401(k) plans to their employees for retirement savings rather than traditional defined profit plans, a lot of of us are left with a massive ...
Some Considerations When Choosing A Live In Caregiver
By Carrie Governor · 12 years ago
If you are responsible for the well being of an elderly parent or friend, there may come a day when you will have to consider hiring a live in caregiver. This is one decision that ...
A Senior's Guide to Prescription Medications
By Jeremy Smith · 12 years ago
With the rising cost of health care and deteriorating economy, concerns about medical services and insurance for the elderly seem more pressing than ever. According to information released recently by the Agency for Healthcare Research ...
Tips for Caregivers When Dealing with Seniors
By Jeremy Smith · 12 years ago
When parents and loved ones get older, many times the care of the person falls to their children or other relatives who live in close proximity. Caring for a senior that has multiple health problems ...
Fifteen live-in carers take part in dementia care training
By Asa Stevens · 12 years ago
FIFTEEN live-in carers took part in a dementia training day, organised by Corinium Care.
The one-day course, held at the agency’s head office in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, featured all aspects of dementia from emotional issues to ...