Santé specializes in a spectrum of care model that includes short-term nursing and rehabilitation, home health, palliative and hospice. Our library is a collection of stories, articles and information related to our core services and outpatient therapy programs –– all provided to help educate and spread awareness of the options available to you!
What does a Hospice Chaplain do?
When a doctor recognizes that treatment should evolve into comfort and caring for a patient’s end of life, they will recommend hospice care. Your doctor and other caregivers are important members of your hospice care team.
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Benefits of Interdisciplinary Teams in Healthcare
It is always a great comfort to families to have access to a trusted primary care physician — someone who can answer questions in a relatable way and who understands the needs of your loved ones. That individual is generally backed up by a variety of other individuals, and this multidisciplinary team is able to pool together their knowledge to create a better care plan over time. See how these caregivers work together to provide an exceptional quality of care.
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10 Best Foods for Arthritis
Arthritis is a common ailment where inflammation of the joints causes pain and stiffness in the body. It usually affects the hands, knees, back, neck, or other joint areas. Arthritis can worsen with natural wear and tear of the body and usually gets worse with age.
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4 Tips for Wound Care After Surgery
There are tens of millions of operations performed in the U.S. in any given year, but the most important ones are those performed on our loved ones. Over 100,000 of these surgeries result in infections due to improper care of the wound after the surgery was completed.
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These Gait Training Exercises Will Help Boost Your Mobility
There are many reasons that you might need physical therapy to help you regain mobility, improve balance and smooth your gait while walking. Your doctor may recommend this type of exercise if you’ve recently been injured or had an illness that affected your ability to walk or move around with or without an adaptive device.
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Be Watchful for These Stages of Congestive Heart Failure
Congestive heart failure is one of the leading causes of mortality for elderly patients in the U.S., with an absolute mortality rate of over 50% in the 5 years after diagnosis. This complex syndrome results from cardiac disorders that are either structural or functional and reduces the ability of the heart to eject blood or fill completely with blood.
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How to Control High Blood Pressure
Certain chronic conditions can cause high blood pressure, like kidney disease and diabetes. What you put into your body in terms of nutrition and chemicals (from smoking) can also contribute to a high number.
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How to Become a Hospice Volunteer
A Forbes article summarizes the benefits of volunteering, including feeling like you have more time, gaining valuable life and work experience, and increased happiness through empathy, social bonds, and love.
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When to Hire a Home Health Aide
Home health aides provide a myriad of services, allowing your loved one to age in place or recover safely at home after an injury, illness, hospitalization, or surgery.
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