by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Mar 4, 2019 | Health information, Sentinel Articles
If you are one of the 55.15% of Cumberland County residents who are a designated organ donor on your driver’s license or state identification card, changes in state regulations have occurred which may impact your decisions regarding certain specifics of organ...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Feb 21, 2019 | Family Living, Health information, Safety, Sentinel Articles
In Pennsylvania, reports of suspected elder abuse have been rising steadily for several years. During the fiscal year 2016-2017, Adult Protective Services (APS) across the Commonwealth received a total of 28,633 reports of suspected elder abuse. Of these...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Feb 7, 2019 | Alzheimer's and Dementia, Health information, Sentinel Articles
Have you ever caught yourself humming a familiar tune without consciously thinking about it? Music is present in many people’s daily lives for recreation, stress reduction, and as an aid for physical fitness. Music classified as a form of therapy traces...
by David D. Nesbit, Esq. | Sep 17, 2018 | Health information, Sentinel Articles
Addicts who overdose from injecting opioids such as heroin and fentanyl are not usually older persons. But Medicare-age persons are part of “Dopesick,” Roanoke journalist Beth Macy’s new book about the spread of the opioid epidemic throughout rural areas proximate to...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Nov 27, 2017 | Aging, Family Living, Health information, Sentinel Articles
Are you ready for the sights and sounds of the holiday season? People rely on their senses for both essential and pleasurable information from the environment. Certain changes in our senses occur naturally with aging, while others result from specific causes....
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Nov 20, 2017 | Health Care System, Health information, Sentinel Articles
The term “hospice” is probably more familiar to most people than “palliative care.” The concept of hospice care began in England in the late 1940’s, and was introduced in the U.S. in the 1960’s. Hospice care focuses on providing comfort rather than curative...
