Looking best and in-shape is the requirement of every age, whether you are young or elder. Keeping a healthy lifestyle and looking better becomes difficult with old age, specifically in seniors over 65. Workout and basic exercises at home can prevent many diseases such as heart attack, diabetes, arthritis, and even cancer. …
Communication with an Alzheimer’s patient is extremely challenging. It damages the diagnosed person’s brain cells, affecting their ability to think and communicate. Since there is evident memory loss, patients tend to forget important yet minor things and this upsets their daily life to a great extent. While the patient is already frustrated …
Introduction Buying a wheelchair can be a costly affair and there is also no such thing as one-size-fits-all thing. That’s why its important to consider a few things before buying any type of wheelchair, including shape and size of the body, lifestyle habits, medical condition, personal preferences and the terrain where a …
Dementia is an illness or disease that deteriorates the brain cell to malfunction. Dementia is a progressive disease that gradually takes away the patients memory and ability to live a normal and healthy life. This disease enters into one’s body via different symptoms through a series of stages. These 7-stages of dementia …
Dementia patients Alzheimer is a progressive disease, illness or rather injury that damages your brain cells to an extent that they degenerate and eventually die. The most common form of Alzheimer’s is Dementia, found in elderly people. Dementia affects a person’s ability to think, function and behave in a normal way. Although …
When caring for senior patients, effective communication is a necessity for positive outcomes. Elderly patients may have conditions like dementia or Alzheimer’s, vision impairment, hearing loss, etc. So, the better you understand them in terms of conditions and circumstances, the better you will be able to communicate with them. Out of 23,000 …
Introduction Motorized, power or electric wheelchairs are designed for people who are unable to self-propel manual wheelchairs or need partial/full propulsion assistance. People suffering from chronic conditions such as spinal cord injury usually don’t have the upper body strength needed to propel manual wheelchairs. Motorized wheelchairs help such people participate in routine …
Alzheimer’s or dementia is a brain disease that causes damage to one’s cognitive and reasoning abilities, resulting in severe loss of his/her mental functioning. A person with dementia would not eat like a normal person; he will try to avoid even his favorite food. If you are a caregiver and your elderly …
According to the World Health Organization, there are currently 50 million people worldwide who are living with dementia; the number is projected to rise to over 75 million by 2030. Major areas affected by this disease are Asia, America, Europe and Africa. Greek philosopher, Pythagoras, divided the human age into six phases. …
According to research, about 7% of the world’s population is affected by pneumonia every year, resulting in about 4 million deaths each year. This row of death mostly includes premature youngsters and elders. William Osler, a Canadian physician, regarded pneumonia as ‘the captain of the men of death’ in the 19th century. …
Dementia is not a disease; it is a term that describes a group of symptoms linked to brain-related diseases. Dementia is associated with memory and other cognitive problems that reduce a person’s ability to think, reason, and even perform everyday activities. Dementia can pose a great challenge to the caregiver if not …
Pull string alarms are the cost-friendly alternative to the major fall monitoring systems out there. Their function involves attaching a clip to a piece of garment worn by a senior patient, and then the pull string is hanged on the chair’s back. When the senior leans forward in an attempt to get …