There have been so many questions surrounding the vaccines slowing being rolled out across Canada and the world. As we are await our turn to receive the vaccine we thought we’d answer a few questions we’ve been asked.
A trip to the hospital, especially if unexpected, can be overwhelming for you and your loved ones. As you and your medical team focus on your treatment while in the hospital, you may not be thinking about what happens when it’s time to go home.
Your transition from hospital to home is important for a good and speedy recovery and may even reduce your need for another hospital stay. So, it’s important to plan your discharge and ask questions so you are clear about your care and to ensure a safe transition.
Hospital Discharge Checklist
Self-care means doing things that help you maintain your physical, mental, or emotional well-being. Sometimes it too easy to forget to take care of ourselves, so we’ve collected a few tips to help.
Eating Right
We’ve talked about the importance of eating a healthy diet for seniors. We all need to focus on healthy eating habits as they are a key part of self-care.
Keeping your home clean day-to-day can be a big task for anyone for seniors it can become quite an overwhelming and difficult chore.
We have put together some of our favourite tips from professional home cleaners to help seniors with the maintenance of a clean home.
We hope you find these tips helpful — happy cleaning.
A Broom is Not Just a Broom
Try using your broom to clean hard to reach places. Use a clean broom and your favourite cleaner to scrub your shower and tub. This will make cleaning those hard to reach places easier.
To say that 2020 has been a tough year may be an extreme understatement. With the entire world shutting down and keeping families apart it has been hard on everyone but it's been particularly hard on seniors. It will come as no surprise, to hear that more people are reporting feelings of depression and anxiety than in previous years. But how do you recognize depression? And what can be done about it?
Do you think you might be depressed?
Ask yourself these questions:
Many older adults can drive safely well into their 80’s, or even beyond. However, since various physical issues linked to aging can interfere with safe driving, it’s important that older drivers—and the people who care for them—evaluate their needs to keep them safe while they’re on the road.
There are many strengths seniors have over younger drivers
Experience - Seniors have a wealth of experience. By the time we reach 80, most seniors have been driving for many years, on all kinds of roads and in all sorts of situations.
As part of the natural aging process, seniors have an increased chance of developing skin infections, and one of the most common is Cellulitis.
Cellulitis is very painful and can cause swelling, redness, and a wide range of other symptoms.
Read on to learn everything you need to know about Cellulitis and how to prevent it.
What is cellulitis?
Cellulitis is a common skin infection that happens when bacteria is spread through the skin to deeper tissues and it can occur when bacteria enters the body through a cut.
Dehydration is one of the most common preventable medical conditions in the world.
Researchers have found that 48 percent of older adults admitted into hospitals actually had signs of dehydration in their laboratory results.
Did you know?
We lose about 68 ounces of water a day, through perspiration, respiration, and urination. The water we lose needs to be replaced to prevent excessive fluid loss, or dehydration.
Reasons Seniors are Prone to Dehydration
Thyroid Disease and Your Golden Years
July is Thyroid awareness month so we thought we’d talk a little about your thyroid and how it might be causing you some issues, like depression and anxiety.
Does Thyroid Disease affect older adults?
In honour Stroke awareness month, we are sharing some important information you should know about the risk factors and symptoms of stroke.
There are 50,000 strokes each year in Canada making it the third largest killer of Canadian adults, after heart disease and cancer.
Seniors are at the highest risk for a stroke. Almost 75% of all strokes occur in adults over the age of 65. The surprising news is that the majority of strokes are preventable.
What is a Stroke?