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When – and How – to Choose Companion Care
After recovering from an illness, or after hospitalization, or simply as a result of general age-related decline, it may be necessary for seniors to have a little bit of help in order to safely remain living at home. The situation may be temporary, until a full...
A Spoonful of Knowledge Helps the Medicine Go Down
The average senior takes five prescription medications per day and fills between 9 – 13 prescriptions each year. That is a startling number of pill bottles lining the typical seniors’ counter, each one representing an opportunity for a mistake to be made. Older...
Stay on your feet this fall
Medical alarm and protection company LifeCall made the catch phrase “I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up” part of our popular culture and the punchline of many jokes. But the reality is that falls by seniors that result in injury are nothing to laugh at. Many occupants of...
Disaster Planning for Those with Special Needs
News reports filled with heartbreaking images of the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas are still fresh in many of our minds. While Long Island is frequently spared from the damage of such severe storms, we still remain vulnerable to natural and...
Put Your Own Oxygen Mask on First…Even if You Never Fly
All of our lives we have been taught the importance of working hard and taking care of others, but it is equally important to make time to take care of ourselves. On an airplane, flight attendants remind us during the safety drill to put our own oxygen...
No Holiday from Good Health
Happy summer! I hope that you enjoyed all that June and early July had to offer…Father’s Day, graduations, Fourth of July celebrations and more! With summer in full swing, you may be thinking about vacation plans and relaxing with friends and family. But please don’t...