Information Management Tools and Resources: Knowing is Caring (4 of 4)
Learn about important medical documents, insurance information, and resources to assist with your senior's daily routines or an unexpected emergency.
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Home Instead Senior CareLearn about important medical documents, insurance information, and resources to assist with your senior's daily routines or an unexpected emergency.
An introduction to the importance of knowing as much as you can about your senior's medications, doctors, medical appointments and other vital info.
Pharmacist Rob Albers tells the story of his 89-year-old dad, whose medication accident left him paralyzed from the waist down.
After 35 years as a pharmacist, Rob Albers was familiar with many of the medication risks that older adults face, from overdosing to improper medication use. But he wasn't prepared to see a medication mistake result in an accident that left his own father, John, paralyzed from the waist down.
If your senior loved ones can't get to the grocery store, there are a many of possibilities for help, depending on their living situation.
Ways that you can help make cooking and eating more enjoyable for seniors with reduced taste and smell or who live alone.
Ten tips to help make your senior's trips to the grocery store more organized and productive.
Warning signs and reasons why your senior loved one may not be getting proper nutrition or hydration.
Learn about the specific changes and challenges in nutrition faced by seniors.
In this video series, certified senior advisor Mary Alexander from Home Instead Senior Care will give you tips for making sure your senior loved one is getting proper nutrition.
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