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Steven Lowrey on
May 01, 2012
“Our hopes in addressing these senior hoarding issues – whether it is a single hoarded room – or a kitchen that is so covered in clutter that a meal cannot be properly prepared – it is important for families to realize that we are able to rectify the situation, and be able to foster appropriate leveled care for their loved one,” Lowrey stated, “Right at Home works diligently with providing exceptional care for their clients. With alliances with outstanding companies such as SteriClean to offer their professionalism and dynamic clean up support, Right at Home can best assist families and their loved ones in what may be a very difficult, traumatic, and stressful time.”
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Rita Ude on
May 01, 2012
May is Older Americans Month, a time to recognize and celebrate the contributions and achievements of senior citizens nationwide.
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Steven Lowrey on
April 02, 2012
But often times – in the Sacramento/Yolo market – many in home care companies misrepresent themselves as an “In Home Care Agency”, and many senior clients do not actually realize that the company that they are considering, may not indeed be an actual qualified senior home care agency, but rather an independent contractor, who disguises themselves by titling their companies as an "operated domestic referral agency".
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Rita Ude on
February 21, 2012
Approximately 46 percent of adults are health illiterate, meaning they find it difficult to read, comprehend and use health information. Patients' misunderstanding of health information and treatment decisions is estimated to cost the U.S. $73 billion.
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Rita Ude on
February 14, 2012
During the next 30 years, the number of Americans over the age of 65 and the proportion of those individuals over 85 are expected to double, impacting the economy, employment, healthcare and social services.
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Rita Ude on
February 07, 2012
Are you a member of the sandwich generation? If you are raising children while caring for your elderly parents, you definitely are. Read the suggestions on how to protect yourself and your family.
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Steven Lowrey on
January 31, 2012
Daily dose of insulin nasal spray could delay Alzheimer's
A pilot study finds that shooting insulin deep into the nose helps keep Alzheimer's at bay
by Mariella Moon | Last updated 1:59PM EDT on September 14, 2011
Filed under: News | Computers
Whenever insulin is mentioned in the co...
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Rita Ude on
January 31, 2012
A new federal program called the Independence at Home Demonstration will test the effectiveness of providing healthcare to thousands of chronically ill Medicare patients in their own homes, allowing them to remain there instead of potentially entering long-term care facilities.
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Steven Lowrey on
January 26, 2012
If the government continues to place budget cuts on social services, a whole minority and age group could be condemned to live in a life of poverty and institutionalization.
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Steven Lowrey on
January 25, 2012
In 2010, Alzheimer's Disease International, the umbrella body of national associations for the disease, estimated that the number of Alzheimer's sufferers will mushroom from 35.6 million people worldwide to 65.7 million by 2030 and 115.4 million by 2050.
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