Get your free discount prescription card from Always Best Care Senior Services. Use our card to receive huge discounts on your prescription drugs. It is easy to enroll in the program and even easier to use the card at more than 56,000 participating pharmacies across the nation. Everyone qualifies for this free discount prescription card. […]
Moving an elderly parent or loved one to an assisted living facility takes careful planning and patience. Making the transition to assisted living is more than just boxing up a few things and transporting them to your loved one’s new home – it also has quite a few other emotional and practical elements that need […]
Older women with both high estrogen levels and diabetes face a greater risk for dementia, according to a new study published online in the medical journal, Neurology. The American Alzheimer’s Association says that more than 5 million people in the United States struggle with the most common form of dementia: Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers had already […]
Have you ever wondered what exactly makes A-positive blood different from O-negative blood? Here is a quick tutorial from your trusted home care agency on blood types. All blood contains the same elements, but not all blood is the same. Human blood has red blood cells to carry oxygen. Plasma is the watery stuff that […]
More than 78 million Americans enjoy the benefits of gardening, including millions of older adults. Gardening provides an open-air sanctuary from the stresses of everyday life, restoring physical, mental and spiritual strength to all who play in the dirt. Unfortunately, many older adults think they have to give up gardening as they age. These tips […]
Varicose veins are unsightly, and sometimes painful, but these bulging veins are also associated with sores, known as venous stasis ulcers. These venous ulcers are the most common cause of sores on the legs, affecting about one percent of the population in the United States. Venous ulcers usually start as a dull ache or pain […]
As we get older it is important to stay in good health so that we can enjoy our later years in life worry-free. Eating a balanced diet will go a long way toward helping you stay healthy and get the vitamins and nutrients you need. This can sometimes be difficult to do due to problems […]
As you get older you begin to pay closer attention to your personal care plan for your later years. Ideally, we would all be able to live on our own for as long as we want, but the truth is that we can get the quality of care we need by turning to an assisted […]
As Baby Boomers age, we are seeing an incredible growth in the number of people in a given age group at any one time. In fact, there are now more Americans that are at least 65 years of age than at any other time in our nation’s history. This can have a number of impacts […]
Researchers say the Self-Administered Gerocognitive Examination, or SAGE test, is an efficient way to test large numbers of people for decline in cognitive abilities. The decline in these brain skills are often early signs of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Patients can take the SAGE test at home without supervision; the test takes […]
