How can elderly improve mobility?
As the muscles in your body get older, they may lose tone and become rigid. Lost muscle mass can make your body weaker. Joints can also break down causing inflammation …
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How can elderly improve mobility?
As the muscles in your body get older, they may lose tone and become rigid. Lost muscle mass can make your body weaker. Joints can also break down causing inflammation …
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When Should You Start Hospice Care?
Deciding when you should start hospice care is not easy. It’s necessary to start hospice care for many reasons, but most often upon the recommendation of your doctor or after a terminal diagnosis.
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10 Home Exercises to Prevent Falls
A debilitating fall can lead to an extended hospital stay and can even cause negative long-term effects on you and your loved one’s quality of life. While preventing falls isn’t guaranteed, there are some home exercises that your loved one can do to help increase strength and balance.
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What Does Medicare-Funded Home Health Care Cover?
If you have Medicare, you can use your home health benefit to pay for a variety of services including skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, home health aides, and more. Here’s what you need to know about Medicare-funded home health care.
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Who Would Benefit from Home Health Care Physical Therapy?
Home health care services are beneficial to those looking to receive personalized care in the comfort of their home. Physical therapy is one of the most common types of home …
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Potential Challenges of End of Life Care
End of life care is an important healthcare service that Santé provides for those nearing end of life. This type of care has many advantages including comfort care, pain management, and family support. However, end of life care is not without its challenges. Family may be resistant to a patient’s decision to end medical treatment. Caregivers may need respite to maintain their own mental and physical health. The team at Santé is here to help families and patients navigate these potential challenges. Here are a few to consider.
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What Conditions Benefit from Speech-Language Pathology
Speech-language pathology is a specialized service that can help rehabilitate those suffering from speech and language issues. A speech therapist uses specific techniques to help patients retrain or learn the movements of the mouth. Any number of conditions can lead to the need for speech therapy in elderly patients, including stroke, dementia, or brain injury.
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What Does a Home Health Care Provider Do?
Santé offers a variety of services provided to patients in the comfort of their home. This is to ensure everyone can receive a compassionate continuum of care throughout their recovery. Services include nursing, physical, occupational and speech therapy, social workers and home health aides. A home health care provider can improve the quality of life for those recovering from a hospital stay, fighting a terminal disease or nearing the end of life.
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10 Tips for Communicating with a Loved One with Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s is a disease that will affect nearly 5.7 million Americans this year. Many of our patients are living with this disease and require full-time care at our rehabilitation centers. This disease causes brain cell connection and cells to degenerate and die. The most commonly known symptom is memory loss, which can lead to confusion.
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