Older Patients, Wiser Care Should You Tell Someone He or She Has Alzheimer’s? By Leslie Kernisan, M.D., Caring.com Senior Medical Editor Dear Dr. Kernisan: Should an elderly person (83) be told that she’s been diagnosed as being in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease and what to expect as the disease progresses? –Caring.com community member [...]
Home Helpers in Nashville TN Supports Men's Health Awareness June 13-19 There is an ongoing, increasing and predominantly silent crisis in the health and well-being of men. Due to a lack of awareness, poor health education, and culturally induced behavior patterns in their work and personal lives, men's health and well-being are deteriorating steadily. Society [...]
June 13-19: Help Bring Awareness During Men's Health Week in Nashville TN Goal of Men’s Health Week June 13-19 The purpose of Men’s Health Week is to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys. This week gives health care providers, public policy makers, [...]
Communicating With Elders Who Cannot Speak by Carol Bradley Bursack, Editor-in-Chief Many elders who have suffered strokes or have dementia are not capable verbal communication. If they are confined to a nursing home, often people are reluctant to visit, as the visitor doesn’t know what to say or do. People stay away out of fear. [...]
National Nutrition Month 2011 The theme for March 2011 is "Eat Right with Color." National Nutrition Month® is a nutrition education and information campaign created annually in March by the American Dietetic Association. The campaign focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. The newly [...]