Category: Care Givers

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – National Family Caregivers Month is an ideal time to reflect on how caregivers can take better care of themselves.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHICAGO – The American Medical Association (AMA) recognized 44 health care organizations as recipients of the 2021 Joy in Medicine™ Health System Recognition Program.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Ken Weller remembers wondering what people might think if they saw him out having lunch with a friend when his wife was home, possibly dying from leukemia.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – New York, NY – February 8, 2021  –  The Mount Sinai Health System announced today that it will expand its partnership with Contessa to launch Palliative Care at Home.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The Sandwich Generation, named for the population of Americans caring for both their school-aged children and an aging parent or other relative, has been uniquely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Nurses and other long-term care workers in nursing homes who hold multiple jobs, may be one of the factors contributing to the spread of COVID-19 in these facilities….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – GLENDALE, Calif. – To assist local older adults and their caregivers during this challenging time, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH) has launched the Community Resource Center for Aging (CRCA).

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Typically, when a patient is receiving care from GPs and Hospitals, these are normally uncoordinated and the patient is often presented with conflicting advice….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – For decades, family caregiving has been thought to create a type of chronic stress that may lead to significant health risks or even death, alarming potential caregivers and presenting a guilt-ridden obstacle for those needing help.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – As outpatient centers, clinics and practices gradually resume seeing patients, they look a bit different in response to COVID-19.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Social isolation necessitated by COVID-19 weighs on everyone, especially older adults and those living with disabilities who may have already felt relatively isolated before the pandemic even started….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Mayo Clinic reminds patients that it’s safe to seek care, whether in person, through a virtual visit or in the case of an emergency.

(HealthNewsDgest.com) – My mother, who has dementia, lives with my husband and me, as well as our two children. As COVID-19 has continued, I am now working at home and juggling her care, as well as schooling my children.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – With schools closed and more parents and caregivers working from home, it can be challenging for children to understand all the changes being required because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Physical therapy professionals have a critical role to play in meeting the needs of patients nearing the end of life.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The responsibility of being a caregiver for a loved one is admirable and gratifying.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – About two-thirds of people with epilepsy can have their seizures controlled with medication. Another small fraction undergoes successful epilepsy surgery.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Buprenorphine and naltrexone can help break a person’s addiction to life-threatening opioid use disorder, but they can be hard for front-line, primary care providers to prescribe

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Caregivers of people with dementia lose between 2.5 to 3.5 hours of sleep weekly due to difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Researchers who analyzed payroll-based staffing data for U.S. nursing homes discovered large daily staffing fluctuations, low weekend staffing and daily staffing levels….