A diagnosis of cancer can be scary enough for residents of Bel Air and elsewhere, especially since many people will automatically think that the only treatment choices must be painful and even risky. But once you learn about palliative care, you realize…
However you feel about the politics of COVID-19, it has hopefully helped residents of Long Beach and elsewhere become more aware of the importance of good hygiene and sanitation. Certainly vulnerable people with weak immune systems, including those receiving 24-hour care, should have…
As scenic as Southern California can often be, residents of Coronado and elsewhere know that there are some days when the air quality severely cuts down on how wonderful everything looks. Poor air quality can make it hard to breathe, hard to…
Although laughter may or may not officially be the best medicine, it’s something that can brighten the day of many residents of Santa Monica and elsewhere, including those receiving palliative care and those receiving traditional care. The staff at Accredited…
Caregivers in the Flintridge area sometimes wrestle with the challenge of whether their patients should continue to drink alcohol. And if so, how much? After all, many of them no longer drive or have to worry about the possibility of getting caught for…
When thinking about the oral health of seniors in the Encino area and elsewhere, there’s much more to it than regular brushing and flossing. Although these are both useful, even foundational, skills and activities to help one’s general dental health, people providing 24-hour…
One of the good things about working in home health care is being able to offer palliative care to residents of Woodland Hills and elsewhere who dealing with a wide variety of health conditions, everything from common illnesses like the flu to ones that…
With age comes wisdom and experience but it also can bring a lot of other less pleasant things, like your mind and body not working as well as they used to. Whether it’s you doing the aging or someone close…
When many of us think of poison prevention, it’s easy to think first of all the messaging that tries to keep kids in Anaheim and elsewhere away from dangerous chemicals under the sink or in the garage. But there are actually other…
Even if a resident of San Diego or elsewhere has gone through most of their life without worrying about diabetes doesn’t mean that there’s no risk. In fact, there’s a higher possibility of diabetes in many elderly people for various reasons, something…