Seniors with Congestive Heart Failure

The Importance of In-Home Healthcare for Seniors with Congestive Heart Failure

Seniors with CHF At Risk Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a serious condition that, if left untreated, can be fatal. Seniors are at an especially high risk. In people over the age of 65, heart failure is the most common reason for hospital admissions, with 900,000 people being hospitalized in the US each year. CHF…

MyPlate for Senior nutrition in Ridgewood

MyPlate for Older Adults is Helping Improve Senior Nutrition

This May, the U.S. government rolled out a new version of its popular MyPlate for senior adults is a daily nutritional guide specifically tailored for the elderly. MyPlate shows a plate divided by food groups. Fruits, vegetables, protein, and other food groups are visually displayed to represent how and what healthy people should be eating daily.…

elderly substance abuse

Senior Substance Abuse:  Prepare for an Increase – Really!

  Elderly Substance Abuse It’s something that we never associate with the elderly, but it does, in fact, exist —- it’s substance abuse.  According to the NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), this is a “hidden national epidemic”.  While 60% of substance abusers in younger demographics are diagnosed, only 37% in the…

exercise and Alzheimer's prevention

Exercise and Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention

The New York Times reported on a fascinating study published in the Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience in an article entitled, “Can Exercise Reduce Alzheimer’s Risk?” by Gretchen Reynolds. They examined people aged 65-89 who possess a gene related to Alzheimer’s development, APOE epsilon4 allele (e4 gene for short). They looked at the hypothesis that even…