The transition of care from hospital to home is vitally important to you or your loved one's health and wellbeing. In the medical world, such a transition is called a transitional care strategy. According to an article by Stephanie Rennke, MD and Sumant R. Ranji, MD, entitled, "Transitional Care Strategies From Hospital to Home, A Review for the …
Keeping Healthy Teeth As You AgeÂ
Through the years, your teeth get a lot of use. It’s important to take time for good dental hygiene while you’re young and becomes even more important as you age. Keeping healthy teeth can help you avoid dentures, prevent many dental problems, and even improve the quality of your overall health. Medical studies have found that tooth decay is …
Does Ongoing Education Reduce Chances of Dementia?
The number of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease will increase 40 percent in the next 12 years, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. That’s a pretty scary statistic, especially for Baby Boomers looking forward to retirement. Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death, and one in three seniors die with either Alzheimer’s or another …
Long term care insurance
While making plans for the care you may need in the future, don’t forget to consider long term care insurance. Long term care insurance helps cover some costs of long term care, which may become necessary for as much as 70% of the population over age 65. Whether you experience gradual decline of abilities or suffer a sudden illness or disability, …
Early Long Term Care Planning
So you are planning on aging in place. You’ve implemented a plan that has included home modifications to help you as you get older. Then, just as you feel proud and secure in your plan, you have new disabilities to consider. Just because you need some assistance does not mean you have to sacrifice your independence. In fact, a little long term care …
Senior Healthcare And Planning
I'm reading a lot of reports about senior healthcare; specifically rural healthcare for seniors lately. It certainly is a real issue. And, if you're being realistic as you make your own aging in place plans, you need to know and act on the fact that we all will face care needs at some point. There are many factors that concern senior healthcare …