OT & PT 
Is it Time for a Geriatric Screening ?(0)
Are you concerned that your loved one is showing signs of not being able to perform simple or basic tasks ? It maybe time to take your senior loved one to have a Geriatric Screening. This article from Inside Elder Care outlines for us what this type of screening is and where to go to [...]
Daily Activities for Late Stage Alzheimer’s Disease Patients
Here is a very informative and helpful article written by Linda Abbit who is the author of Tender Loving Eldercare Blog. Linda shares with us a “Daily Activities To Do List” that she developed as she cared for her mother who suffered with Alzheimer’s.
Art Ability
Read this article from Long-Term Care Management and link to the video for the 15th Annual Art Ability Exhibit at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital in Malvern, PA. There are over 400 works on display created by artists with physical, cognitive, hearing and visual disabilities.
Fitness Equipment’s Dramatic Effect on Reducing Incontinence
Read this article from Long-Term Living to learn how fitness equipment that is designed to stregthen the bladder can reduce incontinence incidents by more than 50%.
More in this category:
- 10 Top Anti-Aging Tips for a Youthful Mind, Body, Spirit
- Achieving Goals Empowers People with Dementia
- Overweight Baby Boomers Likely to Increase Demand for Assistive Devices
- Fear of Falling and Fall Prevention Programs
- Could Martial Arts Fall Training be Safe for Persons with Osteoporosis ?
- Middle Age Americans Less Mobile Than Ever
- The Caregiving Words we use Matter
- London to Open 1st Outside Exercise Area for Seniors
- Watch the Walk and Prevent a Fall
- UCLA Study: The Internet is Altering Our Brains
- Meet Baxter a Hospice Therapy Dog
- Taking your Feet for Granted ? Meet Ray Margiano, Founder of Foot Solutions and Leader in Elder Care
- Muscle Density Linked to Disability
- Diabetic Foot Care
- The Exercise Effect
- Knee Replacement considered a Good Value
- Physical Therapy can help Long-Term Care Residents be more Independent
- Finding Hope in Both Living and Dying
- Stroke History often not reported by Seniors
- Gait-Monitoring Wireless Sensors in Development for Elderly
- Stroke Recovery
- Foot Health and Amputation Prevention for the Long-Term Care Resident
- Active Awareness
- Older Adults Taught Yoga to Reduce Fear of Falling
- Study shows simple foot exercises significantly decrease Seniors’ risk of falls
- “Movement in Medicine” Encourages Seniors to Get Active
- Brain Health and Fitness with BrainsSavers
- Active SafeHip protects against fall related injuries
- The costs, resolution and effect of pain on quality of life in Long-Term Care
- How a Stroke Occurs
- Moderate Alcohol Consumption May Help Seniors Keep Disabilities at Bay
- Nursing Homes are no Longer just for the Aged
- Honoring the Whole Person
- What’s good for Elite Athletes can be good for Aging Adults
- The Power of Positive Thinking can add Years to Your Life
- Put some Spring in an Older Adult’s Step with an Indoor Garden
- Understanding Sarcopenia May Help Reduce Falls
- Intel Technology for Long-Term Care
- Redesigning Long-Term Care
- Young and Old Come Together in Ageless Olympics
- Senior Kentuckians bowl up a Wii storm
- Sensing a Difference With Snoezelen Therapy
- Cane-Fu Fighting? Exercise and Self-Defense in One Lesson
- Time Worn Tools for Dementia Therapy
