Senior Care
How Can Seniors Have Better Communications with their Doctors?
End-of-life communication is very important but physicians may not be as comfortable with this discussion, even though the senior client may not be upset by addressing end-of-life care issues. It is important that clients’ views be clearly communicated and recorded before an unexpected crisis develops. Clear thinking is more likely when a patient is relatively [...]
Seniors Need Fiber in their Diet
Years ago, if ya couldn’t go, good ol’ Milk of Magnesia did the trick (and still does!) And did ya also know that a common cause of constipation is due to lack of fiber in your diet—yep. And get this, diabetes, high cholesterol levels, various other cardiovascular and digestive diseases and cancer can occur due [...]
How Much Water Should a Senior Drink Each Day?
Everyone is encouraged to drink at least eight 8 ounce glass a day-regardless of age or activity. Now depending on your health, your physician might recommend you to increase your fluid intake and that might be tough to accomplish through just drinking water, so here are some other choice for hydration you can try: 100% [...]
