Archive for May 2009
What will a Geriatric Care Manager do for My Family?
Posted by: Stan Cohen on: May 31, 2009
My wife and I had the experience of taking care of my mother-in-law for 12 years and had to deal with many different circumstances and conditions that we were not prepared to handle. The same old story of ” if we had known then what we know now” fits this type of care situation for [...]
Sometimes you just have to ask
Posted by: Stan Cohen on: May 24, 2009
While waiting for all my ladies to make their way to class last week, I asked one of the oldest about where she grew up. Keep in mind, Katarina is 96, comes to exercise class every week and is remarkably active for her age.
Her face lit up when I asked her and she just began [...]
What Happened to Good Nutrition?
Posted by: Stan Cohen on: May 18, 2009
Ryan Malone
Inside Assisted Living
As a resident of an assisted living community, maintaining good nutrition is one of the most important ways to insure a long and healthy life. Food, for better or for worse, is the fuel we run on. Just like vehicles, bad fuel can cause us many expensive and troublesome problems, especially [...]
CHF and controlled movement / breathing exercise
Posted by: Stan Cohen on: May 15, 2009
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Yesterday at class I had an 86 year old women return who had been down and out for a month or so with Chronic Heart Failure. One of her friends told me to make sure I had her called down because she wanted to come back and was afraid she would forget.
She had a bit [...]
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