Senior Health and Wellness

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Hearing Care

An Ophthalmologist is an eye M.D.; a medical doctor specializing in eye and vision care. Audiologists are experts in the structures of the middle...

Diabetes

Diabetes is a defect in the body’s ability to convert glucose (sugar) to energy. Glucose is the main source of fuel for our body....

Cardiovascular Health

Cardiovascular health relates to the health of the heart, blood vessels and the health of organs that are critically dependent on strong blood supply....

Alternative & Wellness

Alternative medicine offers a broad-based, proactive approach to promote wellness and healing. It’s a wide-lens view of overall health rather than the narrow, reactive...

Patient Advocacy

Patient advocacy is an area of lay specialization in health care concerned with advocacy for patients, survivors and caregivers. The patient advocate may be an individual or an organization, often, though not always,...

Respite Care

Respite Care is a level of temporary care that is often paid  by Medicare. Programs include levels of provisional care to treat seniors needing...

Rehabilitation Facility

Rehabilitation services offer short-term stays in nursing facilities for those requiring around-the-clock rehabilitative care. It is not a permanent living arrangement. The goal of...

Palliative Care

Palliative care is an approach that encompasses the holistic treatment of pain; physically, psychologically and spiritually to improve the quality of life. Its main...

Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy is used to help patients, from toddlers to the elderly, to perform daily living and working tasks so they can live independent,...

Mental Health

Today, mental illness is soaring among older adults. Cognitive impairment includes dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease. Currently close to 5 million adults over the age...