by Vladimire Herard | Feb 23, 2017 | Assisted Living, CCO's Corner, Dietary & Nutrition, Geriatrics, Long Term Care
SOURCES: Advocates for Fibromyalgia Funding, Treatment, Education and Research, http://www.affter.org American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, http://www.aaos.org American College of Rheumatology (ACR), http://www.rheumatology.org Arthritis Foundation,...
by Vladimire Herard | Feb 23, 2017 | Assisted Living, CCO's Corner, Dietary & Nutrition, Geriatrics, Long Term Care
Diagnoses, Testing, Treatment of Arthritis The diagnoses, testing and treatment of the different forms of arthritis vary. This includes degenerative joint disease, osteoarthritis, rheumatic arthritis, fibromyalgia, gout and back pain. Degenerative Joint Disease,...
by Vladimire Herard | Feb 23, 2017 | Assisted Living, CCO's Corner, Dietary & Nutrition, Geriatrics, Long Term Care
by Vladimire Herard Physical, message and alternative therapies, exercise, medical foods, nutrition, NSAIDs, DMARDs, corticosteroids, over-the-counter pain relievers, steroid injections, anti-pain creams, surgeries and medical devices are succeeding in treating senior...
by Vladimire Herard | Feb 7, 2017 | Assisted Living, CCO's Corner, Dietary & Nutrition, Geriatrics, Long Term Care
A separate 2002 study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition instructs osteoporosis patients to take calcium with phosphorus to ward off deficiency in the latter mineral. Researchers explain that patients suffering from osteoporosis ought to...
by Vladimire Herard | Feb 7, 2017 | Assisted Living, CCO's Corner, Dietary & Nutrition, Geriatrics, Long Term Care
by Vladimire Herard A proper diet, physical exercise, avoidance of tobacco and alcohol, use of medical devices such as hip padding and medical testing preserve bone health in senior patients, various units of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for...
by Vladimire Herard | Jan 23, 2017 | Assisted Living, CCO's Corner, Dietary & Nutrition, Geriatrics, Long Term Care
Vision Impairments Pharmacists, podiatrists, dentists and dental hygienists as well as optometrists and ophthalmologists are asked to examine diabetics for the most common diabetes-related eye diseases: retinopathy, double vision, vision fluctuations, cataracts,...