Working as a health care professional and providing compassionate care and comfort for those who need it can be rewarding work. Each day, you are in a position to make someone smile, to help ease their burden, and impact the lives of others: patients, residents, their...
Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment, more commonly known as POLST, are portable orders that tell physicians, emergency responders and other care providers how people would like to be treated in a medical emergency.
Lewis was asked by LeadingAge Washington to speak on behalf of long-term care providers, focusing on staffing challenges that have forced skilled nursing facilities like CHCC to limit admissions.
The more we move the better, as higher levels and greater frequency of physical activity are strongly associated with reduced risks and improved health.
Similar to the way a home alarm company monitors for intrusion and dispatches the police, medical alert companies contact emergency help when an emergency alert pendant’s button is pressed.
Connecting with elderly family members and friends and creating lasting memories not only is fun, it also can be healthy for all involved.
Everyone who has been fully vaccinated with any of the three COVID-19 vaccines approved or authorized for use in the United States is now eligible for a booster shot.
The vaccine mandate means that COVID-19 vaccination will become a condition of employment at health care centers in Washington state on Oct. 18.
Many factors play a role in choosing where to live in older age: proximity to family, quality of life, level of nursing care, availability of services and more.
As anyone who’s ever had a sip of water go “down the wrong pipe” knows, breathing and swallowing are closely related. Especially in older adults, throat-related problems can make it difficult to swallow food properly. Among the more common issues are ones called...
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