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Home Health Care: 5 Ways it Can Help Seniors with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome, also known as IBS for short, is a common disorder affecting many people of all ages, particularly seniors. According to the Mayo Clinic, IBS is a disorder of the large intestine, or colon, causing cramping, abdominal pain,…
Home Health Care: Occupational Therapy can Offer Amazing Results
Therapy is a big part of recuperating from injury or living with a long-term illness. When it comes to occupational therapy in particular, many benefits are posed to the ill, injured or elderly. According to the National Association of Occupational…
Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Living in Their Own Homes: 5 Ways Home Health Care Can Help
Every year, an estimated 1.7 million people suffer from a traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to the CDC: 52,000 die, 275,000 are hospitalized and 80% are treated and released from a hospital emergency department. But what happens after that? Some…
Who Pays For Hospice?
It’s hard enough facing the fact that your aging or terminally ill loved one will be entering hospice shortly, but add the stress of determining who will pay for it all, and it’s understandable why you would feel so overwhelmed.…
Promoting Healthy Nutrition in the Elderly: Six Ways Home Health Care Makes a Difference
March is National Nutrition Month, and in honor of this annual celebration of healthy living, we’ll discuss how important it is to promote nutrition in the elderly. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the elderly are particularly vulnerable to…
How Do You Become Eligible For Hospice?
Looking for hospice care for your loved one can be stressful enough; add to that the headache of trying to determine if they are eligible for hospice, and this can be a daunting and confusing time. Thankfully, there are resources…
How Can Home Health Care Help With Asthma and Allergies?
Many people in this country suffer from allergies, asthma or both. According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, 50 million people in the United States have nasal allergies, affecting 30 percent of adults and 40 percent of kids.…
What is Hospice?
When you think of hospice, you may think of end-of-life care for the terminally ill and elderly. That is true, but it’s not everything. Hospice is so much more. As defined by the Hospice Foundation of America, hospice is medical…
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“Sip & Shop” 11/30 Shopping Day at J. McLaughlin
Join Pathways at Palo Alto’s J. McLaughlin on Wednesday, November 30 for our first-ever “Sip & Shop” Shopping Day! Fifteen percent (15%) of all purchases at the Palo Alto store that day will be donated to Pathways by J. McLaughlin.…
