According to the Home Safety Council, falls are the leading cause of home injury death among older adults, accounting for 52.5% of all home injury deaths for adults between the ages of 65 and 74. And yet, falls are often preventable with the proper information and simple, inexpensive home modifications. A home safety inspection by [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Are You Safe in Your Home?
Posted in fall prevention, senior home care, senior safety on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Summer Heat
Posted in heat stroke, senior home care, senior safety, tagged caregiver phoenix, caregiver scottsdale, home care phoenix, home care scottsdale, senior care phoenix, senior care scottsdale on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As we age, our ability to adequately respond to summer heat can become a serious problem. The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has some advice to help older people avoid heat-related illnesses, known collectively as hyperthermia, during the summer months.
Hyperthermia can include heat stroke, heat fatigue, heat syncope (sudden dizziness after exercising in the heat), [...]
