Welcome Home. There comes a time in every life when the stresses of simply coping and managing a home begin to feel overwhelming. For the elderly, who deserve peace at the end of their lives, it is especially traumatic....
Diabetes is a life changing disease. We do not pay much heed to the warnings when our blood sugar levels are a little high than normal in the initial stages. We listen to friendly advice of following healthy diet...
The common cause of aches and pain in old age is arthritis, which causes joint pain and inflammation of joints. Most elderly people do not like consulting doctors for minor aches and pain. They either self medicate with painkillers...
On his last birthday, my Dad gave me a note which had the list of changes that took place since he was born. The list had every detail of changes such as, the number of times his heart had...
According to a survey by National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) 24% of the population aged more than 50 years expires the year following their hip fracture 20% of those who were mobile before a hip fracture need long-term care...
There is a photo of my daughter and my father-in-law that I love. In it, you can see their backs, her sweet round little diaper-coated bottom Fevikwik-ed to his dignified one, sitting on a pavement berm in Italy....
Growing older is mandatory. Changes in our behavior and capacity to remember things also slow down as we age. Becoming forgetful, inability to recall names, sudden mood swings and other behavioural changes appear as we grow older. Memory changes...
According to a survey conducted by National Center for Health Statistics Number of adults with diagnosed chronic bronchitis in the past year: 9.3 million Percent of adults with diagnosed chronic bronchitis in the past year: 3.8% Number of adults...
“The day i had my embolism attack I was climbing the stairs to my regular salon. Halfway up the second floor my heart felt like a freight train was hurtling through my chest trying to exit through my ears....
Has someone recently expressed to you that your eyes look sleepy? Have you looked into the mirror and noticed one of your eyelids “drooping”? You don’t feel any pain but of course it blocks your vision and makes you...