Guided Patient Services tackles the reality of our modern life. We sit. We sit to eat, commute, work, be entertained, communicate, relax. Truth is–sitting is downright dangerous, even deadly. Researchers have concluded that our sitting is worse than smoking! Read below to find simple changes you can incorporate throughout the day to minimize your risk. […]
You probably remember being a recipient of “The Talk” — an uncomfortable conversation somewhere during your early teenage years when a well-intentioned adult tried his or her best to explain where babies come from. For many of us, that cringe-worthy conversation was initiated by a parent, who wanted to prepare us for life and the
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As a private patient advocate, Guided Patient Services is offering tips for families on how to help a loved one with dementia. We know that getting together for the holidays often results in family members noticing the declining health conditions of loved ones they haven’t seen in awhile. Particularly loved ones with dementia. While the
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February may be the month for falling in love, but that’s the only kind of falling any of us wants to do. Falling is the number one cause of accidental deaths among older adults, and more than a third of people 65 and over fall each year. (Falls after 50) Consider these
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Francine reports: After my husband Leonard had surgery last week, he stayed in the hospital four more days. I stayed by his side as much as I could and waited every day for the surgeon to check on him. I had a million questions! But I never saw the surgeon again once the surgery was
It is argued that variations in telomere length may explain what can make some forty year olds look sixty, and some sixty year olds easily pass for forty. Research teams, especially those that focus on aging, are expanding on the research that won Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn the Nobel Prize for her work on telomeres. Telomeres
The holiday season brings families together, but for many who live far from an aging loved one, it can be both a joyous and concerning occasion. Family gatherings provide a wonderful opportunity to catch up with life events, while also observing how well your relative is managing their health and activities of daily living. You
If you live in a town with a population of ten thousand people, statistics show that there are about two centenarians out there living life– many to the fullest! That’s around 55,000 people who have made it to their 100th birthday in the U.S. alone. The census report from 2014 gave us a few more
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If you are a man caring for a spouse or a parent, you and your fellow men are poised to change the face of caregiving for good. The 2012 Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project found that 37% of men over 18 years of age are now serving in a caregiver role and
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At first it may sound silly or improbable. But this is, or will be, the reality for as many as one in four seniors. These seniors find themselves managing chronic diseases, new diagnoses, medical appointments, treatments and hospitalizations on their own. They do not have the support they need or desire, and are anxious about