The Challenges Of A Caregiver

In the United States of America 53 million people are affected with alzheimers, a new case is diagnosed every 70 seconds.

Caring for a family member with alzheimers can be challenging to both the patient and the care giver. In this video of The Center for Disease Control (CDC), two families talk about the disease and its effects on their loved one.

The signs and symptoms of the disease are also discussed.

Enjoy!

Giving For Health On Valentines Day

If you are planning on giving a gift of love on Valentines Day, why not give a gift of health instead.

If your valentine has health needs you can make a difference by giving him/her a gift of health.

Giving has benefits to both the giver and the receiver.


May be your Valentine needs:

• To get well soon


• Lose weight and be trimmer


• Be more physically active


• Daily nursing or caregiver care


• To make adjustments to daily living

Is your loved one battling with a disabling health problem or recovering from surgery? Giving gifts of health could improve their well being and hasten recovery.

What can you do?
Focus on giving for health, take a look at their health needs.

If you are a care-giver or if your loved one needs care in any way, why not give private care on Valentines, his or her own private nurse will be a nice change.

If your Valentine is overweight and his/her health is already compromised, why not give a gift that will promote weight loss. It will also protect their health.

If your valentine is not active enough, rather than a gift that will keep him/her more comfortable sitting, give a gift that will increase his physical activity.

If you've been giving support and encouragement during the year you can give something tangible on Valentines Day. There are many health gifts that can be wrapped for Valentines Day.
If you've not been giving support to your loved one with health needs, the problem may have caused a strain on the relationship. The problem may have forced a lifestyle change you were not prepared for. You can start by giving support instead of something wrapped. It is a good time to show your love and start making the changes that are often necessary.

Remember, unlike other gifts, gifts of health can last all lifelong and all year round.

Preventing Workplace Violence

This is from an article in Environment Health and Safety, with solutions to prevent workplace violence.
In the report, the author identifies tribes or groups of individuals that talk to each other at work. Each group or tribe falls into one of 5 categories.
The report also mentions the signs of workplace violence and solutions to prevent them.
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Preventing Workplace Violence

Antidepressant Drugs May Cause Falls

In a study involving 248 nursing home residents, researchers found that the risk of residents falling was increased if they were given anti-depressant drugs. They found that the risk of falling and sustaining an injury was three times higher in residents taking the anti-depressants.

For the study researchers recorded drug use and records of falls over a two year period. The average age of the residents was 82.

One hundred and fifty-two of them suffered a total of 683 falls, 220 falls resulted in injuries such as a hip fracture or other broken bones.

As a result of the findings , researchers are asking that caution be used in prescribing anti-depressants for the elderly.

The anti-depressants called selective serotonin uptake inhibitors (SSRI's) are frequently prescribed for dementia patients suffering from depression.

You can read more on the report.

Special Education For All Children with Dyslexia

According to recent research findings the model used for classifying a child as learning disabled is no longer valid.

The traditional model has been used to determine which children will benefit from specialized reading instructions. Based on a new research report all children with dyslexia should be elegible for special education.

For the study, researchers measured 131 average and poor readers age 7-16 years to determine the differences in brain activation, when they are involved in phonololgic awareness tasks.

Both the dyslexic children with poor reading ability and high IQ scores and the ones with poor reading ability and low IQ scores showed similar patterns of reduced brain activity.

This is good news for children with dyslexia and their parents.
To read more on this study, Click Here.