This is a nationwide effort to raise awareness that falls ARE preventable. These national trip and fall statistics are startling. And what is even more jarring is that most of these are preventable! There are many ways of reducing the… Read More ›
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September is Trip and Fall Prevention Month!
Learn Important Information About Trips and Falls September is National Fall Prevention Month. So the spotlight now is recognizing the cause of these injuries and how to reduce the incidence of occurrence. One of the most devastating and costly injuries… Read More ›
What you never knew about grab bars!
Grab bars. Two simple words that one may assume describes a common solution to stabilizing a body position movement. While that is still true, the solutions to that stability have drastically changed in the last decade. What I find interesting… Read More ›
Elderly homelessness: is this the future of growing old?
(Part 2 in a 2 part series) Statistics in U.S. have shown a distinct increasing trend in the number of “older” persons (ages 50-64) within the homeless population. Due to a variety of circumstances, this is a group which… Read More ›
Warning: Do You Need To Attend Laughter University?
I thought I had heard of everything, but Laughter University? Seriously? Yes, it is real. The full title is Laughter Online University (laughteronlineuniversity.com) and it is a fascinating web site . I have never doubted the contribution laughter makes to… Read More ›
The Effect of the Zika Virus on the Older Adult
Unless you have been living under the proverbial “rock,” it would be hard to ignore the everyday news reports on the Zika virus, which is now considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be a global emergency. Although much… Read More ›
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