Proper Hygiene Goes a Long Way to Promote Health and Prevent Diseases
Proper hygiene and cleanliness are basic requirements for good health. Even as kids, we were taught ...
Proper hygiene and cleanliness are basic requirements for good health. Even as kids, we were taught ...
Each year, more than 795,000 people in the US experience a stroke. After stroke, patients often have...
In 2015, 30.3 million people in the US had diabetes—9.4% of the total population. In people aged 65 ...
Every day, 15 million unpaid caregivers in the U.S. help Alzheimer’s patients with daily activities....
Did you know that the word cancer came from the Greek word meaning “crab”? Cancerous tumors have swo...
Cancer, also called malignancy or malignant tumor, is an abnormal growth of cells. Cancerous tumors ...
While on the job, caregivers will care for clients with many different health conditions, and as car...
What is pneumonia? ...
Infection in patients is a serious problem, especially if they get it while receiving medical care. ...
About 30 million lives in the US are affected by diabetes—roughly more than 9% of the entire populat...
Working as a caregiver you will care for patients with different conditions, among which may be hear...
While on the job, caregivers will care for clients with many different health conditions, and as car...
Caregivers serve as the healthcare team’s eyes and ears when it comes to patient care, as they stay ...
Caring for a cancer patient is a challenging journey. Cancer patients can undergo many different tre...
Cancer is a major healthcare problem in the US. With more than 1.8 million new estimated cases in 20...
Most people usually take a room's lighting for granted. They switch lights on and off for comfort, l...
Our language is one of the biggest reasons why humans are special. Without language, the world would...
Cancer is a scary word. Often, “the Big C” is incurable, and the journey toward prolonging and impro...
Paralysis is a loss of function, sensation, and control of a body part. It is often the result of st...
The physical and cognitive changes brought about by dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease, can make ...
We call them heroes. Veterans guard the lines so that we can sleep in peace at night. They risk thei...
Caregivers may find themselves caring for a patient with dementia or Alzheimer's disease in the leng...
No amount of words can describe the feeling of living with someone who has Alzheimer’s disease. Ther...
Each year, about 800,000 Americans suffer a stroke. Currently, it is the leading cause of long-term ...
COVID-19 is a new disease that is especially unfavorable to older adults who have the greatest risk ...
Confusion can be a manifestation of many disorders and medical conditions, yet caregivers overlook i...
Older people are especially at risk of contracting Covid-19 because they usually have underlying med...
Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia that causes difficulties with memory, thinking, problem-so...
After Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the most common progressive neurological diso...
How important to you is your Independence? How important is it to be able to do what you want, when ...
No amount of words can describe the feeling of living with someone who has Alzheimer’s disease. Ther...
To most people, waking up each morning means seeing everything around you again; your family, the vi...
According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, more than 661,000...
For many people, the heart is believed to be at the center of life itself. When someone is excited o...
Alzheimer’s disease, a type of dementia, is an all-encompassing medical condition. It affects every ...
Stroke, what is it and how does it affect the United States? How can the caregiver recognize the sig...
Suddenly Zika virus is making big headlines and all healthcare providers should pay attention. This ...
Parkinson's disease (PD) is caused by the lack of dopamine, a chemical messenger that transmits sign...
Humans have to move their bodies to be healthy. Lack of body movement opens a host of problems for i...
Skin problems that arise from incontinence are a big problem. For caregivers, this is a cause for co...
Every caregiver who helps a patient with dementia dreads the episodes of unexpected defiance and ang...
Have you ever stopped in your tracks and wondered if you’ve started caring less if a patient gets be...
In Alzheimer’s disease, the brain cells start to die. Since the cells do not replenish, the brain be...