For those Elderly and Senior individuals who have difficulty eating a full meal, their daily eating schedule may benefit from scheduling main meals around snacks throughout the day. What snacks are nutritious for Elderly individuals? Some foods such as certain...
What’s the difference, you may ask, between Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease? Dementia is a category of symptoms related to cognitive impairment, whereas Alzheimer’s is a brain disease associated with memory loss. Over five million individuals over the age of 60 are...
What is Gout? Gout is a form of arthritis that inflames the joints when uric acid builds up in your bloodstream. Seniors with gout experience gout flare-ups that may be triggered by alcohol, medication, certain foods, and stress. When an elderly person has a gout...
Parkinson’s Disease is mainly characterized by tremors, muscle rigidity, slow movement and unstable posture. However, there are also many “invisible” symptoms that people don’t recognize as Parkinson’s, such as anxiety, bladder problems and depression. Not everyone...
According to a fact sheet from the National Stroke Association, of the 750,000 Americans that suffer a stroke each year, 5-14% of them will have a recurrent stroke within one year. It also offers advice on how to better manage life after stroke at home. The main point...
