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October is Health Literacy Month!

Health Literacy is important, especially for older people and people with long-term disabilities or ailments.  Health literacy is the ability to understand what you are told about your health and make confident decisions about your health care and...

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Assisting in the Event of a Heart Attack or Stroke

It is absolutely imperative when working with senior citizens that you know the signs, symptoms, and first aid procedures if someone is having a heart attack or stroke. ***Remember that for heart attacks and strokes, any number of the listed...

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Be Prepared: Emergency Kit Basics

Being prepared in emergencies is very important.  It is suggested that every household have some sort of emergency stocks that will provide security and food in the event of an emergency, power outage, blizzard, hurricane, etc. The following are...

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Important First Aid Tips for Seniors

Some of the most common situations in which seniors may need first aid include after falls, small cuts and scrapes, cardiovascular events, and heat or cold related illnesses. The first aid procedures in each of these events tends to be a little...

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Helping Seniors Be Prepared for Natural Disasters

Last month a hurricane rocked the Deep South states, disastrous flooding surprised a portion of Tennessee, and wildfires continued their destructive sweep of our western states. Natural disasters are becoming more frequent and while we all hope we...

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Most Common Vision Problems in Seniors

The following eye ailments are among the top concerns for eye doctors attending to senior citizens.  Regular eye exams can help catch each of these in their beginning stages which can lead to proper treatments meant to stall or prevent vision...

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