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Fall Prevention for Older people - A Quick Guide Part 1 of 5. Understanding Falls.

It is estimated that about one third of people over the age of sixty-five years experience at least one fall each year. In the U.K. alone (pop. 60m) that is more than three million people. Accidental falls...

0 comments    safety hospital excercise
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LISTEN TO YOUR ELDERS

The Bible says, the glory of a young man is his strength, of an old man his experience. In today's society old is relative, especially when living to a ripe old age is the norm. Can't you remember when you...

51 comments    advice wisdom elderly
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How To End Embarrassment By Using A Waterproof Mattress Pad

Off first thought, you might be wondering why you would ever need a waterproof mattress pad. However, there are many reasons to actually get a waterproof mattress pad when you think about it. You may or may...

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Empathise or Else…

My 81-year-old mother doesn’t trust me to buy vegetables for her. Of all the things she has tried to teach me over the past forty-odd years, apparently that is a skill I have never mastered. I don’t poke...

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BRINGING HEALTH CARE TO OUR COMMUNITIES

BRINGING HEALTH CARE TO OUR COMMUNITIES For Many years now Community Health Care Services have been delivering care to the frail aged, young disabled, those requiring nursing, allied health, or in my case,...

4 comments    personal care respite aged care
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Sunday Drivers - In time YOU will become one!

Picture it….You’re cruising along and suddenly find yourself (in a no passing zone, of course) behind a vehicle moving at the pace of a turtle, no wait slower than that, how about the pace of a friggin...

4 comments    love family dreams
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How to Care for the Elderly

  Caring for the Elderly   The presence of a grandparent or an elderly relative in your family should become a source of joy for everybody. You should try to understand the changing moods of an old...

1 comment    love life advice
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Political Correctness - The Stifling of America

This hub consists of 1,061 words. _________________________________________________________________ Political correctness belongs in politics! Make it happen!   Rachael Ray appears on the Food Network...

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Behaviours/Solitude

Solitude is a word that is rich in meaning, is empathetic and rolls off the tongue, almost melodious and mellifluous in sound bytes. However for such a beautiful sounding word the meaning can be quite harsh,...

4 comments    health emotions illness
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