Some New Medical Specialties
These four new terms aren’t new but are playing a bigger role in day to day medicine. Nurse Practitioner: A NP or Nurse Practitioner is an advanced degreed nurse. You must have a RN degree and between 1.5 and 3.0 years of post degreed training. On a personal note my 13 year old twin girls […]
Seniors & Pleural Mesothelioma
Pleural Mesothelioma and What You Need to Know Due to its long latency period of 20-50 years, pleural mesothelioma is a disease that mostly affects senior citizens. Pleural mesothelioma, which surrounds the lining of the lungs, is the most common form of mesothelioma and is caused by exposure to asbestos, a mineral that was once […]
Minnesota Meals on Wheels
We have had numerous questions dealing with the Meals on Wheels program and the Covid virus scare. They are doing everything they can to make it safe for both the volunteers who deliver the meals and for the meal recipients. Because many seniors can’t and shouldn’t get out the value of a good hot meal […]
Community Senior Centers
Community Senior Centers are one of those “diamond in a rough” places that you find in life. Most suburban cities have them and there are national accreditations handed out. The events and activities are based on the individual center but can include card games / leagues, crafts, woodworking, book clubs, day trips, exercise classes, educational […]
Adaptive Clothing
“Incontinence & Wandering” can be problems for your dementia or Alzheimers patient. Adaptive clothing can be a godsend and solve many problems. Incontinence can be the final straw on why families need to move a loved one into an assisted living or nursing home. Before going to bed, you can put a Depends type product on a […]
Dementia Radio for Minnesota Seniors
It can be very frustrating for an Alzheimers / Dementia patient to have to depend on their caregivers and family. This terrific sounding radio makes it easy to set the “favorite station” and then all anybody needs to do is press one button and that station will come on. The volume can be adjusted from […]
AARP Downsizing Books for Minnesota Seniors
These are both well researched books covering the “downsizing” aspect of transitioning seniors into senior care. There are many people in their seventies and eighties that have raised kids in houses that they have lived in for forty or fifty years. Think of how much stuff that needs to be gone through and the decisions […]
CBD Mints for Seniors
CBD stores and advertisements seem to be everywhere this year and many seniors have had success with CBD. A very reliable manufacturer (Mission Farms CBD) has just come out with a mint that is like taking a lozenge. Many seniors have issues with taking pills and market research shows a need for “mint like” CBD […]
Power Lift Recliners
One of the handiest senior products is one that few people know about. Power Lift Recliners look like the standard recliners that fathers have used for decades. The difference of this recliner is there is a motor in the base and it actually lifts the chair up so the person sitting can transistion to […]
Simple Radio
The Simple Music Player has been designed by experts to be the easiest, simplest music player on the market. Simply lift the lid to start the music playing, push the button to advance to the next song, and close the lid to stop. The perfect device for a loved one who enjoys their music, but […]