Posts by Blen Abraham
7 Heart-Healthy Foods Your Mom Needs After Heart Surgery
Your mom is coming home from the hospital following heart surgery. It’s time to address the importance of her diet, and you have her doctor’s tips. What heart-healthy foods should you stock up on before she comes home? Seven Foods to Stock Up On What foods should you keep on hand for your mom’s daily…
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know about Pediatric Nebulizers
Nebulizers are one type of medical treatment your child might need, especially if she has trouble breathing. If you’re new to nebulizers, you might not fully understand what they do and how they function. Learning as much as you can about nebulizers can help you to explain them to your child. What Do Nebulizers Do?…
Read MoreWhy Is My Senior Mom’s Voice Changing?
Changes in our voices are a normal part of aging and usually nothing to worry about. But as people get older, their vocal difficulties might take on new forms, so it’s crucial to tell the difference between slow, natural changes and medical interventions. It’s impossible to be prepared for every situation as you take care…
Read MoreFour Ways to Help Your Child Prepare for the Future
Children with special needs learn and grow just like other children do. They need your support and the support of other people in their lives in order to learn what they need to know in order to be as ready for what’s coming in the future as they can possibly be. Pediatric home care can…
Read MoreRisks of Developing High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is common in the elderly and can lead to many other health issues. As a person gets older, their vascular system changes and ages, increasing the odds of high blood pressure developing. The arteries often get more stiff, causing blood pressure to escalate. This can happen to anyone, even someone who practices…
Read MoreCould Home Health Care Be Right for Your Senior?
There may be times now or in the future when your senior would benefit greatly from having home health care providers right there in her home with her. This type of help ensures that your senior has medical assistance exactly when and where she needs it the most. Your Senior Has Had Some Scary Situations…
Read MoreHome Care Assistance Services Give Your Mom and You a Break
What do you help your mom do each week? Are you there for a few hours? A couple of days? Maybe you have to stop in every day. Week after week, do you find yourself getting tired of helping her? Caregiver burnout is a real issue. If you’re tired, you’re likely to miss important steps.…
Read MoreHow Can Speech Therapy Help Special Needs Children?
Speech therapy may be a service that you’ve wondered about for your child. There’s a lot that speech therapy can do to help your child to grow and to learn more about producing and comprehending spoken language. Speech Therapy Helps with Aphasia and Apraxia Aphasia, or difficulty expressing language, and apraxia, difficulty pronouncing spoken words,…
Read MoreEight Situations Where Your Dad Needs Skilled Nursing Care
Skilled nursing care is a service where a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse comes to your dad’s home to provide care. It keeps him from having to leave his home to go to a medical clinic or stay in a hospital where the sounds and smells can make it hard for him to get…
Read MoreWhat Does Your Senior Still Believe about Elder Care?
If your elderly family member is avoiding talking about having extra help from elder care providers, she might still believe some statements about having help. Sifting through those beliefs and getting to the reality of what this type of assistance can do for your senior might help her to be more open to the idea…
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