For the Elderly – The Benefits of Getting Back in Shape
The benefits for the elderly and senior populations to either stay in shape or get in shape are huge. I am writing this as an almost sixty year old guy who for most of my life has been involved in...
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How Aging Impacts the Gallbladder
The elderly and senior populations that we serve are often adversely impacted by disorders of the digestive tract and the organs and structures that are associated with digestion. By way of a short...
View ArticleNew Technologies for the Elderly: Are They Filling a Need OR Just Generating...
There are two relatively new pieces of technology that are aggressively being marketed to the elderly and senior populations. These two technologies are new and by definition, because they are new,...
View ArticleFor the Elderly: Does New Technology Push the Need OR Does the Need Create...
Mobile medical alert systems that use GPS or cellular technology are the hot topic for providers of medical alert systems. Mobile medical alert system technology is currently in its infancy and just...
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The Elderly and How Aging Impacts the Liver
Normal Human Liver It is thought that compared to other organs and other organ systems, the liver is relatively unaffected simply be getting older. The senior and elderly populations do not have a lot...
View ArticleMedical Alert Devices Should Always Come with a Lock Box
A medical alert system is a device that would allow an elderly person or a senior citizen who may live alone … to get help in the event of a fall or an illness … without having to get to the phone for...
View ArticleMedical Alert System Comparison by ConsumerReports.org: Unbiased but Still...
Consumer Reports on line article is titled “What to look for in a medical alert system … They offer peace of mind – for a price”. The article in no way recommended or endorsed one medical alert system...
View ArticleMedical Alert Systems and Dealing with Hyperbolic Competition
So here is the question: which part of an advertisement should the consumer believe? The easy to read, in your face, big and bold printed content? Or, the fine print that, by its very nature, disclaims...
View ArticleSuicide: As a Solution to a Problem?
In the senior and elderly populations, according to the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, “Older adults make up 12% of the US population, but account for 18% of all suicide deaths....
View ArticleThe Elderly and Loneliness: The Male-Female Distinction
My elderly dad (who would quite likely object to the term elderly) is a lonely eighty year old man. From the perspective of his sons, it is really hard to watch this man who took care of us and...
View ArticleThe Elderly – The Sun & Malignant Melanoma
On April 1, 1988 my otherwise healthy fifty four year old mom, lost her capacity to form words. At least she could not get the words out in the correct order. We had been gathered at a family dinner...
View ArticleFall Detectors for Elderly Are Not Reliable Enough
Medical alert systems companies that promote a fall detection device may not be doing the elderly or the medical alert industry any favors … especially when those companies do not disclose the known...
View ArticleEnd of Life Costs for the Elderly
The idea of how to control or even if we should endeavor to control end of life costs is fraught with peril, This is a highly charged subject that requires competing areas of interests to interact,...
View ArticleDoes Being Medically Illiterate Increase the Cost of Health Care?
In general, as consumers we tend to have a working amount of knowledge when we embark on making a purchase. If we are buying a car, we will likely do some research about the vehicle prior to walking in...
View ArticleThe Elderly Should Start to Think About the Upcoming Cold & Flu Season
As we age, like many other systems and functions in our bodies, the elderly immune system does not function as well as it did in our youth. And, the consequences of seasonal maladies like colds and the...
View ArticleMetabolic Syndrome and Ramen Noodles. Really?
Yesterday, as my wife was perusing the Sunday paper she came upon an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer that cited a study suggesting that a link exists between the consumption of ramen noodles and...
View ArticleDementia Is Not Simply a Disease of the Brain
There are many different forms of cognitive impairment. I think of dementia as kind of an all inclusive term that refers to many of the diseases that may have an impact on one’s short term memory, long...
View ArticleSenior Centers: The New Wellness Centers?
While you may reading this on our website via the internet, most of our business still comes to us from hospitals, doctors, discharge planners, social service agencies, in home care nurses, in home...
View ArticleMedical Alert Systems: Why Are You Waiting?
It is likely true to say that not very many people want to ever have a medical alert system. It is also likely true to say that the vast majority of elderly people over eighty years of age probably...
View ArticleMedical Alert Systems with Smoke Detection – Be Careful!
Many medical alert system providers offer … as an add on to their standard medical alert system … one smoke detector. This is often referred to as an up sell because the provider then gets to charge...
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