3 Mobile Apps That Are Making Caring for Seniors Easier
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The introduction of app technology into a traditional field like senior care has made a tremendous impact on a caregiver’s ability to do their job.
Category: Equipment
Right-Sizing: A Quick Guide for Seniors
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Is your home still appropriate for your lifestyle?
It’s tax time. Are you claiming everything?
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Everything from gluten-free food to medical marijuana can be claimed as a medical expense, not just prescriptions.
Coming home to mobility issues
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Falls are the leading cause of injury death among adults over 65.
Wheel Dance offers ‘complete freedom’ to disabled dancers
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Ballroom dancing in a wheelchair feels like ‘floating through the clouds,’ Ken Faber says. ‘Nothing else compares.’
Home Adaptations for Seniors’ Independence
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The Home Adaptations for Seniors’ Independence (HASI) program offers financial assistance for minor home adaptations that will help low-income seniors to perform daily activities in their home independently and safely.
Behind closed doors: Safe personal grooming and toileting
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Personal grooming includes activities such as combing your hair, shaving and brushing your teeth. Painful joints in your hands or difficulties moving your arms or fingers can make these activities difficult
“I’ve got my walker…now what?”
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With the thought and effort that goes into selecting a piece of equipment, it is shocking to learn that approximately 30 per cent of prescribed devices are abandoned by users.
Avoiding slips and falls: Safety and independence in the bathroom
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Maintaining independence and safety with self-care activities such as personal grooming, bathing and toileting can help promote living independently in the community.
Introducing Caregiver Classifieds
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Are you looking to buy or sell gently used items often used by seniors? We have created a FREE section of our website where you can post items such as -Wheelchairs -Walkers -Hospital beds You just need to log in, add your text and one picture. Potential customers will contact you, so don’t forget … Continued
