Posts Tagged ‘Medicare’
Respite Care for Caregivers who Work 24/7 without Pay
Can anyone work at a job 24/7 without a break and also not get paid? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), close to six million seniors over the age of 65 receive home health services for acute and chronic diseases. These include Alzheimer’s disease. In fact, more than five and a…
Read MoreIncentive for Eating Prescribed Healthier Foods can Result in Better Health
More and more research is showing the importance and benefits of eating healthy foods to prevent major chronic diseases, cardiovascular events and diabetes. Chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease and diabetes can lead to disability or death and no real way has been found to prevent these, other than by following a good nutritious and healthy…
Read MoreNational Skilled Nursing Care Week and the Silver Tsunami
The National Skilled Nursing Care Week began on Mother’s Day The National Skilled Nursing Care Week (NSNCW) sponsored by the American Health Care Association (AHCA) began on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 13, 2018, and will continue until May 19.The Van Duyn Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Syracuse NY began the week with a festive…
Read MoreHearing Loss in Seniors
Age Related Hearing Loss Most hearing loss in seniors is from aging and is called presbycusis. According to the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), this is one of the most common age-related problems that afflict the elderly and it is estimated that 1 in 3 seniors in the United States between…
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