You may be able to reduce the risk of spread of COVID-19 by taking the same steps as you would to prevent infection from the flu and the common cold: Wash hands often with soap and water. Use hand sanitizer if water is not available. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed [...]
Disability Care: Home And Community-Based Services Adults with disabilities, especially those with severe disabilities, often require home- and community-based services to optimize their health, functioning, and well-being while enabling them to live in their homes and participate in their communities. Such services may include a variety of health services, such as home health care [...]
Efforts to prevent drug abuse overpoweringly focus on youth. But, the requirement for addiction treatment in older adults continues to grow, as the baby boomer generation continues to age. Today, senior citizens are using illicit drugs, being arrested for drug-related charges and dying from drug overdose deaths at rates higher than ever before. Moreover, [...]
Wash Hands, Wash Hands, Wash Everything: “Top Things You Can Do, To Stay Healthy At Home” Wash or sanitize your hands after you come home from public places. Wash hands before preparing food, before eating, between handling uncooked fruit and vegetables and raw meats, and after toilet use. Use safe cooking practices. Foodborne illnesses [...]
“In-home-care” If you have an elderly parent, researching care options can be overwhelming or might be very tough to decide what will be best for your seniors. Few options like moving to a nursing home setting require considerable money and big lifestyle changes. But helping your parents age comfortably and gracefully at home is [...]
“A society is evaluated by how it cares for its elderly citizens” Aging is the fact of life. It affects everyone. Visualizing your parents aged, you may not entirely comprehend the extent to which their aging will affect them and how it will affect you. An overall decline in mental and physical liveliness may [...]