by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Apr 15, 2019 | Aging, Health information, Sentinel Articles
When an older adult has been hospitalized and follow-up care is needed after discharge, families are often bewildered by how to locate, access, and pay for this care. Compared to younger adults, older adults require additional time to recover from a fall, acute...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Apr 1, 2019 | Aging, Health information, Sentinel Articles
A conversation about falls would not be complete without mentioning the condition of dizziness. Dizzy is a term which is often used to describe a variety of sensations such as feeling dazed, light-headed, groggy, woozy, out-of-it, or that the room is spinning...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Mar 27, 2019 | Aging, Safety, Sentinel Articles
Understanding fall risk is an important aspect of fall prevention. There are a number of assessment tools which can help identify potential risk. These tools consider various factors which can influence the likelihood of a fall and assign certain scores to each...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Mar 18, 2019 | Aging, Safety, Sentinel Articles
Can you guess what will happen to one out of every four Americans age 65 and older this year? Every 11 seconds, this same situation will cause an emergency room visit for an older adult, and every 19 minutes an older adult will die as a result of this situation....
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Mar 11, 2019 | Aging, Family Living, Sentinel Articles
As the average lifespan increases and medical advances allow people with chronic health conditions to live longer, the potential of requiring assistance with daily life as one ages also rises. The practice of caregiving has become a hot topic as a shortage of both...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Feb 25, 2019 | Aging, Sentinel Articles
Change. Do you welcome it, generally resist it, or accept that it will happen and “go with the flow?” Human nature generally prefers a sense of predictability in life, yet this concept is affected by all the factors within our lives which are constantly...
