Most of us can’t wait to sit down to enjoy a delicious meal – the comforting smells, the tastes, the satisfying feeling of a full stomach. For many seniors, though, a variety of health issues can prevent their enjoyment of food or even their ability to shop for nutritious foods, often leading to malnutrition. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration offers several solutions to some of the most common senior…
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Iowa Senior Care Tips | Can Giving Up the Keys Be Bad for Senior Health?
It’s one of the most complicated decisions we face in later years, and a very delicate issue for adult children to broach with their senior parents: surrendering the car keys. Driving a vehicle, while creating an intrinsic sense of freedom and independence, may become very risky due to a variety of conditions pertaining to growing older. And letting go of that freedom for safety’s sake can feel defeating. Additionally, we…
Memory Loss Tips to Help Seniors Who Want to Go “Home”
“Home is where the heart is”; but what if the person you love has dementia and says, “I want to go home” when he or she is already home? When you are providing care for a loved one with memory loss issues from Alzheimer’s disease or another type of dementia, unfortunately this discussion can be a common occurrence. And the bewilderment and plaintive yearning being conveyed are nothing short of…
Parkinson’s Alzheimer’s and Dementia May Have Met Their Match with This Cancer Therapy
What if there was a medication that could treat not just one, but multiple devastating diseases: leukemia, Alzheimer’s and dementia, and Parkinson’s? At Georgetown University Medical Center, researchers are hopeful that nilotinib is that medication. Now approved to be used in those with one type of leukemia, a small trial is producing great excitement in its promising results to clear the brain of toxic proteins. Georgetown’s medical director of the…
The Potential Impact of Electrode Implants on Stroke Survivors
In a new, ongoing trial, deep-brain stimulation – more commonly used for Parkinson’s patients – is being tested on stroke survivors. Involving the implantation of an electrode that stimulates a particular area of the brain, the anticipated response will be a reversal of the paralysis so often encountered following a stroke, and the restoration of mobility. In order to comprehend how a stroke restricts normal brain function, Laurie Ann Bonkoski,…
Advanced Home Health Care Helps Seniors Avoid Diabetes Care Burnout
From sunup to sundown, a day in the life of someone with diabetes is overloaded with a variety of tasks to manage the disease. Between medications, insulin injections, checking blood sugar levels, exercising, and handling nutritional requirements, it’s easy to become overwhelmed. Advanced Home Health Care’s Southeast Iowa in-home senior care professionals realize the challenges and struggles of diabetes care management, and offer the following tips to help lower stress…
Crucial Differences All Family Caregivers Should Know About the Different Types of Diabetes
Contrary to popular belief, diabetes is not a one-size-fits-all disease. Because the risk factors, signs and treatments can vary significantly between type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes, the aging care specialists at Advanced Home Health Care offer the following breakdown to make it easier to understand the differences between all types of diabetes. Gestational Diabetes Gestational diabetes, as its name implies, affects only pregnant women, usually presenting at about…
Recovering Safely from Heart Surgery: How Our Iowa Home Care Services Can Help
Following heart surgery, an intricate web of care needs arises, from dietary changes to incision care, pain management, swelling minimization, and more. The last thing a senior wants after returning home from such a traumatic event is to face the need for rehospitalization. Advanced Home Health Care wants to help ensure your senior loved one recovers fully and as quickly as possible from heart surgery, and offers the following tips:…
Our Donnellson IA Home Health Care Experts’ Tips to Ease Transitions After Surgery
It’s such a feeling of relief when the medical staff informs you that your senior loved one is ready to be released from the hospital following surgery. But as they hand you that packet of discharge papers and instructions, a bit of uncertainty may begin to creep in. Will your loved one be able to care for herself at home? Prepare to ease transitions after surgery from hospital to home…
Advanced Home Health Care Update: Why Seniors Aren’t Embracing Technology
Today’s seniors are inundated with an explosion of high tech home health care products aimed at improving their independence and safety and enhancing their lives. In just a few clicks, they can instantly visit with friends and family through Skype, wear a device that connects to emergency assistance if needed, even stay safe from wandering with special sensors attached to shoes or a shirt. The issue becomes how to encourage…