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June is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, with a calendar of activities designed to raise awareness about the risk of a condition that affects more than 47 million people worldwide. If you have friends or loved ones who suffer from Alzheimer’s, you likely know the danger. It can cripple a person’s ability to function and enjoy life, and it can place a tremendous amount of stress - financial and emotional - on the individual’s supporters and loved ones.

Do you have hip replacement surgery scheduled in the near future? If so, there’s no time like the present to start planning your recovery. In the long term, your new hip will likely give you added mobility and may help you become much more active.

Many elderly people prefer to live independently, rather than receiving care assistance. Unfortunately, there are a number of unexpected dangers in independent living for the elderly. Some of these dangers can be solved with the addition of home medical equipment while others may indicate that it might be time to bring in home care assistance or to move your loved one to a care facility.

Bed sores can become a problem anytime that a person is confined to a bed (or sometimes a wheelchair) for an extended period of time. Also known as pressure sores or pressure ulcers, bed sores are painful and difficult to treat. These tips on reducing and preventing bed sores can make a big difference in your patient’s life and comfort.

Have you ever considered using a CPAP machine? CPAP (short for continuous positive airway pressure) machines are useful for treating sleep apnea. CPAP machines have been regarded as being useful for people who are overweight, but the truth is that CPAP machines can help improve the health of people who are of healthy weights, too. Here’s what you should know about CPAP machines.

Physical activity is beneficial at any phase during your life, but staying physically active brings with it some added challenges when you’re age sixty or over. If you’d like to increase your activity level, here are some do’s and don’ts that you should be aware of if you’re over sixty.

Are you considering buying adult diapers, either for you or a loved one? If you’ve never before used adult diapers, then you may have some questions. Here are the facts that you need to know about buying and using adult diapers.

Urinary incontinence is a frustrating and embarrassing condition, but it is manageable. Here are ten tips that can help you to deal with urinary incontinence.

As your parents age, the time may come where you need to safeguard their home to keep them as safe as possible. Here are 15 tips to help you safeguard your aging patient’s home.

Are you still stumped on what your New Year’s Resolution should be? Easy – we’ve come up with 10 healthy, easy-to-follow New Year’s Resolutions so that you can pick one that’s just right for your life.