Diane
What About Tennesse Dept. of Human Services Abuse of the Elderly and Their Families?
PART I: Physical Abuse of the Elderly vs. Tennessee DHS Abuse of Families
During the week of October 26, 2003, newspapers across the state of Tennessee published an Associated Press story that featured the glaring news headline, "Reports of neglect and abuse of senior citizens up 40% in six years." The second sentence of [...]
Assisted Living Facilities ? What Are They?
Assisted Living facilities are generally for person’s 60 years of age and older. Typical candidates need assistance with "Activities of Daily Living" (ADLs), but wish to live as independently as possible. Assisted Living communities exist to bridge the gap between seniors that can live independently and skilled nursing homes.
Assisted living facilities provide helpful services such [...]
Why Everyone Over 50 Should be Training for the Senior Games
by Phil Campbell, M.S., M.A., FACHESenior Games participant and author of Ready, Set, GO! Synergy Fitness – 2nd Edition
New biomedical research proves why everyone over age 50 should be training for the Senior Games.
Research discoveries in 2002 show that we can unleash the most powerful body fat-cutting, muscle-toning, anti-aging substance known to science, naturally, with [...]
As the Baby Boomers Age
Many employees today are calling in sick – not to care for themselves or their children, but to care for their aging parents. Baby boomers are rapidly moving into the role of caregivers for their parents, but with a few extra challenges due to the changing face of our workforce. Nearly 25% of U.S. [...]
Strategies on Paying for Nursing Home Care and Medicaid
The decision to place your loved one into a nursing home is anextremely difficult decision, often causing much guilt for thecaregiver. It is a very emotional decision for most clients we see andmost are under a certain amount of stress, often great, when facing whatthey consider to be a drastic course of action.
I counsel ourcaregiver [...]
Nursing Home Staffing Levels: How Much Is Enough?
During the week of February 17, 2002, headlines screamed the news – more than 92% of US nursing homes fail to have an adequate number of staff to provide quality care for elderly residents. Newspapers and radio programs based their stories on the new study the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) recently provided to the [...]
Stair Lift Buying Guide
There is no doubt that having a stair lift in your home can dramatically improve your quality of life. If you are starting to find that climbing the stairs is becoming a hazardous experience, or just hard work, then a stair lift could be the answer. Another solution could be to move to a single [...]
The Dryer Ate Your Underwear!
Q: My mom is in the early stages of dementia and she is also incontinent we have tried to get her to stop wearing her underpants and have her start wearing pull-up diapers, she throws the Depends out the door and puts her underpants on. Of coarse we have a lot of laundry! How should [...]
Using The Proper Wheelchair Will Make Your Everyday Life Easier
If you have an injury or a health problem that restricts your mobility, you can achieve the independence you desire with a wheelchair that’s just right for you. Wheelchairs are constructed for people of every size, shape, and age, and have features designed to meet the many diverse interests of users and appropriate for [...]
What Colour was Your Great-grandmothers Hair?
I’ve just made another Photoshop video. This one is about colour tinting (or “colorizing”) an old photo. You may not know this, but back in the 1800’s – long before colour photography was invented – people used to hand-tint black and white photographs with coloured inks or water-colour paints, and I wanted to [...]
Categories
Tags
business owner business owners Computer customer service different styles email address freelance writer health benefits healthy weight important thing innovative thoughts internet marketing lance winslow niche market online business phone number publish articles right direction rights reserved search engine Small Business thirty minutes unique perspectives united states weight training© 2008about selectarticles | selectarticles.info | selectarticles blog | select articles feed
Loading...