Brush up on your summer safety knowledge with our top heat safety tips so you can educate your patients on how to remain safely active during these long, hot summer days. Summertime is hot… especially in the South! With temperatures climbing to 100 degrees or more, it’s critically important you provide life-saving heat safety tips to your patients. #1 - Educate your Patient on the Signs of Heat Illness. This is the first and most important of our heat safety tips. You must … [Read more...]
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Best Way to Pay Off Student Loans for Healthcare Careers
Healthcare professionals and students, learn the best way to pay off student loans here. Becoming a healthcare professional is a rewarding career, but requires obtaining a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral degree. And let’s face it – going to college is expensive! Research shows that nearly 70 percent of people who go to college take out loans. But unfortunately, new grads rarely have any idea about the huge amount of loan debt they accumulated during college until they … [Read more...]
Caregivers of Dementia Patients
Research has repeatedly shown that caregivers of dementia patients are at high risk for increased psychological stress, socio-demographic burden, and physical illness. Being a caregiver is hard work. It is especially difficult for caregivers of dementia patients. Since dementia is a progressive condition, a caregiver assumes increased responsibilities over time as they take care of their loved one. They often have high rates of burden and psychological morbidity as well as … [Read more...]
Mental Health and the Elderly
Stress from caregiving, loss of independence, grief, and poor health are some of the reasons why mental health and the elderly is an important topic for healthcare professionals working in the geriatric population. It is anticipated that by 2030, older adults will account for 20% of the nation’s population. Thus, the need to address mental health and the elderly population will increase simply by virtue of the census growth.During the normal process of aging, older … [Read more...]
New Five-Minute Test Can Detect Dementia 10 Years Early
The human brain makes up only about 2% of total body weight, yet it receives 15 to 20% of the total blood supply. Could this be a clue to dementia testing? An international team led by University College London has discovered a new test that may detect dementia early. The researchers claim that a five-minute neck scan could identify people at risk of dementia before symptoms ever appear.The researchers conducted a study including 3,191 participants. In 2002, they … [Read more...]
Art Therapy Activities for Adults with Neuro Conditions
Art therapy has positive therapeutic effects on clinically complex cases like MS, brain injury, ALS, and Parkinson’s Disease, to name a few. Here, we list art therapy activities for adults with these and other neuro conditions. Art therapy is becoming more and more popular as it has shown positive effects on a patient’s social, mental, and psychological well-being. But, can art therapy be an effective and reliable treatment approach to rehabilitate patients with a … [Read more...]
Supply-Demand Gap for Home Healthcare Workers
The caregiver shortage among the entire U.S. healthcare system is not a secret, but the demand for home healthcare workers, in particular, is skyrocketing. Each day, approximately 10,000 people turn 65 in the U.S. as the baby boomer generation has entered into the senior category. The majority of this population desires to retire in the comfort of their own homes but will require some kind of home health need to do so. Thus, home healthcare workers have been in high demand … [Read more...]
Domestic Violence in Healthcare: Almost Half of Female Workers Experience Abuse
Domestic violence in healthcare professionals is a widespread problem that is often ignored. Here’s how to help. Domestic abuse is widespread worldwide. In the United States alone, an average of 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men. But, little is known about the occurrence of domestic violence in healthcare employees where the rate is shockingly high compared to other … [Read more...]