by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Long Term Care, Medicine
Such coverage includes the following: doctor services; nursing care; medical equipment (such as wheelchair or walkers); medical supplies (such as bandages and catheters); drugs for symptom control or pain relief (may need to pay a small copayment); hospice care and...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Long Term Care, Medicine
She then became an Assistant State’s Attorney in Lake County in Illinois and spent two years prosecuting criminals in DUI and misdemeanor cases and advocating for domestic violence victims, using child and expert witnesses, evidence and racking up court trial...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Long Term Care, Medicine
Seniors and their families need guidance, instruction and emotional and legal support when receiving care in a hospital on an emergency basis, assisted living center, rehabilitation facility or nursing home, assuming guardianship of an incapacitated loved one,...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Long Term Care, Medicine
Comprehensive, Multi-Disciplinary, Sector-wide Solutions To combat the unhealthful aging practices of seniors and environmental pollution, government, business and nonprofits must unite to strategize over public policy to reduce exposure to poisonous chemicals,...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Long Term Care, Medicine
Twenty years since the passage of the Clean Air Act under President Richard Nixon in 1970, health benefits begin to manifest, Sykes said. In 1990, when the Act was re-authorized by President George H.W. Bush, clean air programs were found to prevent 205,000 premature...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Long Term Care, Medicine
A June 2009 EPA Fact Sheet found that seniors may be more vulnerable to the effects of exposure of pesticides because of the manner in which the human body changes how it processes chemicals with old age. Yet, the EPA fact sheet reported, eight out of ten households...
