When an elder falls, it can result in significant physical problems, including broken bones, and surgery. Rehabilitation and recovery can be lengthy and slow. Unfortunately, falls in hospitals and nursing homes are an everyday occurrence. In many instances, elders...

An urgent phone call comes in: "Your mother has had a stroke. She is being transported via ambulance to the hospital." You have not prepared for this situation. Realistically, no one can. You are caught totally off-guard. There is no...

Most new jobs aren't inherited! Usually, new employment is a process that involves research, phone calls, interviews, and a job offer. But when a family member has a stroke or heart attack, is diagnosed with dementia, cancer, or has...

This list of up-and-coming technologies and drug therapies was chosen by a panel of 110 physicians and scientists, and announced at the conference in Cleveland. Here is a continuation of their top picks. -- Checkpoint Inhibitors This breakthrough form of immunotherapy...

I recently came across the following summary of "predicted medical innovations for 2015". An edited version follows... At the Cleveland Clinic’s annual Medical Innovation Summit, the top 10 list included a high-tech stroke ambulance, painless blood testing, new cancer therapies...

I came across this information recently. Something everyone should know -- there will be tax penalties assessed for those ignoring the health care mandate. Please read the summary below: Tax penalties for remaining uninsured have risen significantly. Every adult without...

Last year, nearly 18 percent of Medicare patients who had been hospitalized were re-admitted within a month. While that is lower than past years, roughly 2 million patients return a year, costing Medicare $26 billion. Officials estimate $17 billion...

Home Care services provide the infrastructure to enable patients to remain at home, with safety, security, and monitoring of their individual care plans, which avoids costly hospitalization and re-admittance. See evidence cited below to support such a "care collaboration"... Medicare is...

Be aware of how seniors manage their health issues. It is important to understand: many elders do NOT want to go to the hospital...they are 1)afraid of being admitted; and 2)afraid of sitting in the emergency room for hours...

The federal government always advertises to our senior citizens that Medicare will cover their most of their health care needs as aging occurs. What they do not tell seniors is they (government) are working diligently to reduce access to...