Referral and Placement for love one in Arizona

12/20/2024

08/05/2024

Older adults who have pets enjoy many health benefits. According to Mayo Clinic, owning a pet, especially a dog, can improve heart health, mood, and diet for seniors.

10/17/2021

08/08/2020

Pneumonia vaccination appears to be protective for older adults. One is that vaccines for the flu and pneumonia may be protective because the two diseases they are designed to prevent are known to affect the brain. Every time you have one of these infections you may experience a challenge to your memory and thinking. And studies suggest that those events can increase a person's risk of Alzheimer's.Another possibility involves evidence linking Alzheimer's to a general weakening in the immune system and to changes that allow more bacteria and viruses into the brain.

08/08/2020

The national longing for longevity is reaching new levels. Researchers tell us that 90 is the new 60. More and more products are created to make older people look and feel like younger people. And so the Elderly Line continues to shift, mirage-like, in the desert sand.

08/08/2020

The coronavirus can be lethal to anyone who catches it, but seniors are especially at risk if infected. The reason why is because our immune system is less effective at fighting infections as we get older. Also, having multiple other chronic diseases can complicate this virus.

10/11/2019

Understanding that family and friends play a vital role in resident emotional well being, great assisted living communities welcome visitors. From scheduled activities to which family members are specifically invited to impromptu visits, good communities encourage positive family interaction.

10/11/2019

One of the primary goals of moving a loved one to assisted living is ensuring that he or she will have access to kind, compassionate care regardless of what level of assistance is needed. The best communities guarantee this care by a good resident to staff ratio and an individualized plan for each resident which is adjusted at regular intervals as life circumstances change. Some states require minimum staffing levels, while others require that facilities staff according to the needs of the residents. The concept behind assisted living is to ensure that a person's quality of life can be maintained for as long as possible in a comfortable, safe environment.

10/11/2019

Cleanliness in an assisted living environment is non-negotiable. To protect the health and safety of all residents, the best assisted living communities invest in property maintenance, a quick to respond janitorial staff, and staff members who give meticulous care to their own personal hygiene as well as the grooming and hygiene of residents.

08/12/2019

12/30/2018

At some point, we’ve all had someone look over at us as we complain about our health and say, “You need a Vitamin B12 shot.” To many people, a Vitamin B12 shot is a panacea and a cure-all for any illness. But, before you have one, there are things you need to weigh. As with …

05/15/2018

Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative disease in which a substance called amyloid infiltrates the brain and the brain fills with neurofibrillary tangles. It is not an infectious disease. It accounts for the greatest percentage of dementia, a decrease in memory and in brain function. Years ago, before Alzheimer's was recognized as such a common illness, older people with loss of mental function were said to have hardened arteries. Some people with dementia do have hardened arteries, but it's a much smaller number than used to be thought, and it comes nowhere near the number of cases of Alzheimer's disease. Many of the new treatments in development have the potential to be the first disease-altering medication for this disease. One, for example, uses immunotherapy, an antibody treatment aimed to directly attack the disease and prevent it from progressing. Another possible treatment uses antibodies to significantly reduce the level of amyloid-β, a protein found in the brains of people with early-onset Alzheimer’s.
Researchers are also testing treatments that target tau protein tangles that damage and kill brain cells, as well as a receptor that decreases a neurotransmitter necessary for the brain to think and function normally. Additionally, there are medicines being designed to decrease inflammation found in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients while strengthening the immune system to fight the disease. If just one of these treatments is proven effective, can possibly delay this disease by five years, reducing the number of people affected by roughly 40 percent. The war against Alzheimer’s might be far from over, but patients finally have hope for the future. And for good reason. With all the emerging advancements coming forward, now have more promising treatments than ever before. One of which might just defeat this deadly disease entirely. For all of us.