TSA Rules for Seniors: Getting Through Security
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Ensure a smooth, stress-free screening process by following these TSA rules for seniors with the help of a travel companion.
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June 21 2013 Summer Tips for Staying Cool and Hydrated
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Top Trends in Elderly Care That Nurse Gina is Watching
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According to the US Census Bureau, by the year 2050, approximately 20.7% of the population will be 65 years or older. This is an incredible growth in the aging population of the US, especially when compared to 2000 when the population of people 65 and older was only 12.4%. As we enter an age with the highest number of retirees ever, the demand for aging care is greater than ever. Improvements in home care, health care, and technology will play a vital role in improving the lives of seniors, but with these advances arises concerns as well. A down economy and lack of financial...
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Is It Time To Take The Car Keys Away?
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One of the hardest discussions you will have with your senior parents is to recommend they stop driving. Taking the keys away can be a very traumatic event for them, because it means a loss of independence and freedom. Unfortunately, many older individuals continue to drive even after they realize they are less than capable. Even in the best of circumstances and at any age, driving can be a demanding, mentally exhaustive experience! Your vision, dexterity, hearing and reflexes have to be keen. Drivers over 75 have the second-highest rate, after teenagers, of fatal crashes per mile driven, according to Federal...
FirstLight Home Care Takes Care of Dads – Even If They Are Cranky!
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My Dad is cranky. Okay, if I’m going to tell the truth, he has moments where he is downright mean. He gets easily agitated and has times of lucidity coupled with flashes where he doesn’t even know my name. It is frustrating, heartbreaking and exhausting, not only for myself – the adult daughter -- but my whole family as well. But it must be worse for him. Thirteen years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and it turned his life and our lives upside down. Six years ago, right before my Mom died, I promised her I would never put...
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Living Healthy Program: The Chronic Disease Self-Management Workshop
Our broken healthcare system defeats even the most empowered patients June 3, 2013 6:57 am by Veronica Combs
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American As Apple Pie Hats Off to At Home Care
She is the face of home care: For forty-seven years, single mother Evelyn Hawks has looked after her developmentally disabled daughter, Hester Brown. A former data entry operator, Hawks, who is African American, provides the kind of care her adult child requires under California’s In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, which pays for her efforts. read more > http://www.law.yale.edu/documents/pdf/Intellectual_Life/Klein_Introduction.pdf
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5 Tips For Making An Arthritic's Life Easier
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My mother was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when she was 20, but was able to stay mobile well into her 80s. During the course of those 60 years, I watched her take various medications, try different diets and exercise programs, and attempt various other remedies to combat her pain and fatigue. Okay, the psychic healer was the most far-fetched, but we would have tried anything to keep Mom “upright” as she used to say. Now I am in my 50s and have been diagnosed with the same illness. I know the struggles that lay before me. Some days it would be...
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Over this long weekend, or over the next month, consider taking time to talk with the legislators and lawmakers who represent your district, to tell them how important it is to you, a loved one, a parent, maybe your spouse, or even your sister or brother, to have properly funded home health and home care programs, and the positive difference this has made in your or their lives.
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Can you believe it? Summer is almost here, which means vacations and family visits are on everyone’s minds. If you or a loved one are desiring to travel this summer but are uneasy about making the trip alone, we completely understand, as traveling can be hectic to everyone these days. At FirstLight Home Care we offer a special service called our, “Travel Companion Program.” Our “Travel Companion Program” is designed specifically for clients in need of travel assistance. Whether they are traveling nationally or internationally makes no difference. Our travel companions are here to help you or your loved one...
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