Older Adults Take Many Medications – Sometimes That Can Hurt More Than Help

Older adults take a lot of medications — sometimes they hurt more than help by Grace Vitaglione, North Carolina Health News December 20, 2024   By Grace Vitaglione Rachel Baxter moved her mother from Connecticut to Baxter’s home in Fuquay-Varina a little over a year ago. Her mother, 89, has Alzheimer’s disease and needed extra […]

Can Any Licensed Massage Therapist Provide Postnatal Massage?

Can Any Licensed Massage Therapist Provide Postnatal Massage? The answer is certainly no because a Therapeutic Massage Practitioner must be trained specifically in Postnatal Massage as there are many special contraindications and considerations, and in some municipalities and states, an LMT must have taken a certain number of credit-hours of education in this modality. Training […]

Study Review Finds Massage Therapy In Older People Promotes Well-Being, Care In Residential Care Settings

The full abstract is titled Massage, a complementary therapy effectively promoting the health and well-being of older people in residential care settings: a review of the literature   This study was a review of fourteen studies of massage therapy provided to elderly residents in residential care settings. Presumably, this means primarily nursing homes, but there […]

Meals On Wheels, Other Providers Of Meals To Home-bound Seniors Unable To Shop For Themselves Provides Critical Help For Elderly Residents

No matter where you live in America, there is a Meals On Wheels program near you. If you are unfamiliar with this charity and its importance, then this might help to answer some of your questions. Elderly people are a group that is different from most other age groups. The population of Americans who qualify […]