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HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COVID 19: INSTRUCTIONS FOR OLDER ADULTS
Source: Center for Disease Control and Preventionhttps://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/ Older adults and people who have severe underlying medical conditions like heart or lung disease or diabetes seem to be at higher risk for developing more serious complications from COVID-19 illness. Steps to Reduce Risk of Getting… Continue Reading “HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COVID 19: INSTRUCTIONS FOR OLDER ADULTS”
How Do I Know If I Can Receive Occupational Therapy at Home?
Sometimes serious illness or injury leaves a person without ability for self-care, and they may need help at home. At home, patients remain safe in familiar surroundings with the knowledge and ability to manage their conditions, medications and symptoms. Another benefit of receiving care… Continue Reading “How Do I Know If I Can Receive Occupational Therapy at Home?”
What does cardiac rehab involve?
Cardiac rehabilitation doesn’t change your past, but it can help you improve your heart’s future. Vanessa home Health Services include stroke aftercare, which is designed to improve your cardiovascular health if you have experienced a heart attack, heart failure, angioplasty or heart surgery. However,… Continue Reading “What does cardiac rehab involve?”
Why Skills and Certification is Important for Home Health Service Nurses
When you are looking for a home healthcare facility for your loved one, the very first thing you keep in mind is to get the highest quality services for your family member. One of the most frequently asked questions we receive at Vanessa Home… Continue Reading “Why Skills and Certification is Important for Home Health Service Nurses”
A Bit More About Home Health Care Services
Home health care is a broad term which describes a range of in-home health care and general assistance to people with illness and injury or those progressing through the aging process. For seniors, in particular, home health care services can be an alternative to… Continue Reading “A Bit More About Home Health Care Services”
5 Benefits of Home Health Care
When patients leave the hospital and return home with home care, they go from highly supportive medical environments with potentially many physicians, nurses, aides, and other professionals, to non-medical environments with formal and informal caregiver support frequently supplemented by visits from home care nurses. … Continue Reading “5 Benefits of Home Health Care”
6 Ways to Reduce Fall Risk for Seniors
Seniors falling is not usually a laughing matter. As we age, falls can become increasingly common and risky for seniors. The frequency of falls increases with age and frailty level. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Report, approximately 30-50% of people living… Continue Reading “6 Ways to Reduce Fall Risk for Seniors”
How to Get Short-Term Home Health Care Without Breaking the Bank
Let’s say you end up in the hospital after a fall and get surgery on your knee and have not completely healed from your injury after spending at least 3 days. The discharge documents from your physician will include information about you being homebound… Continue Reading “How to Get Short-Term Home Health Care Without Breaking the Bank”
Home Health Care is covered by Medicare
As healthcare becomes more efficient and sometimes less invasive, treatment doesn’t necessarily require a hospital or doctor’s office. That also means that the critically ill or immobile patients don’t have to go through the burdensome process of leaving their home. If you’re wondering whether… Continue Reading “Home Health Care is covered by Medicare”
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