There are several resources that every person requires to meet their basic needs for survival. Whether they live in North Miami or another part of the world, an individual needs food and shelter to meet their minimum needs. Without either, a person would soon starve...
Over 2 million U.S. workers provider in-home health services to those in need. Whether fighting a short-term illness, in the midst of a long-term battle or looking to find comfort in the last stages of life these medical professionals can provide needed healthcare...
The new television set you purchased for your father is missing from his room at the nursing home where he has lived for the past 18 months. When asked about it, your father said, “Oh, I gave it to my friend.” Your dad has no friends that you know of in the nursing...
In the current times we find ourselves living in, we all know that nursing home residents are a vulnerable population during disasters. However, what we did not know, until recently, is that nursing home residents are at a higher risk of death after disasters, like...
While many people understand that a day may come when their aging parents can no longer care for themselves, it doesn’t make the circumstances any easier when that day arrives. Whether you have been looking for a way to bring up the topic for a while delicately or a...
Alzheimer’s disease tears individuals and families apart. Watching a loved one decline on account of the disease is can be truly heartbreaking. Making matters is that the disease doesn’t receive the attention it deserves, and medical research has been far too limited...
