Posts Tagged Medication
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Your Advocacy Connection – Who Is Your Advocate?
By Julie Arndt GolderCare Solutions GolderCare Solutions solves long term care problems, and one of the services that we offer is Patient Advocacy. Patient advocacy isn’t unique to a certain population, but is critical across the life span. It changes as we age. It is as critical in our later ...
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Lighthouse Homecare – We want to be there for you
By Dan Adams Lighthouse Homecare Interestingly enough, I recently read reports that up to 75 percent of the hospitals re-admissions are potentially preventable. Utilizing the services of a private duty, licensed home care agency is a way to bridge the gap during the transitional period of recov...
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Health Minute With CASI – Medication Management for Seniors
By: Michelle Migliore, RN Living independently is important to all of us, but especially to our seniors. As we age, we experience unique challenges, such as losing a spouse and friends, changes in physical and mental abilities, and other general lifestyle changes that often occur during these y...
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Going into a Nursing Home
By Roger Brannan Administrator Bettendorf Health Care Let’s face it. No one truly wants to move to a nursing home. Our senior citizens prefer to stay at home. And I don’t blame them. Our seniors today are living into their 90s and even 100 today. Unfortunately, our bodies get old, and...
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Going into a Nursing Home
By Roger Brannan Administrator Bettendorf Health Care After the initial adjustment to moving from home and into a facility, most residents enjoy and appreciate the care they receive in a facility. Let’s face it. No one truly wants to move to a nursing home. Our senior citizens prefer to ...
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Your Advocacy Connection:Preventing Prescription Pitfalls- Part 2
By Deb Toal GolderCare Solutions In last month’s article, we talked about preventing prescription pitfalls and Brown Bag medication surveys. So what else can you do to avoid inadvertent medication misuse? Let’s address some additional tips on proper medication usage this month. The followin...
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Your Advocacy Connection – Preventing Prescription Pitfalls
By Deb Toal GolderCare Solutions Remember when your medication regime consisted of taking your once-a-day vitamin? When did it get so complicated? Almost half of the adults in the United States, who are 65 or older, are taking at least three prescription medications. This does not factor in...
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Your Advocacy Connection
Your Advocacy Connection Offering Comprehensive Care and Financial Advocacy How can an advocate help you? The professional team at GolderCare Solutions works diligently at keeping current with long-term care issues and how they may impact seniors or those that are disabled. An issue that h...
