Below you'll find a list of all posts from October, 2016
Are you involved in coordinating the care of a chronically-ill loved one? If so, you’re likely well-acquainted with frustration. Perhaps you’re a full-time caregiver, or maybe you’re just helping out. The person you love could be a child, a spouse, or an aging parent. Whatever your situation, if it involves helping to manage one or more chronic illnesses, life is
Do you operate or work in a nursing home that uses a lot of alarms? If so, you’re aware of the stress these technologies can cause. Unfortunately, using alarms is non-negotiable. Without them, the number of falls in your facility would shoot through the roof. Many of your residents would be in continuous danger. Wouldn’t they? Believe it or not, a
Do you wish you could serve more clients? Home care has never been more in demand. As a result, most organizations that provide and connect patients to at-home services are looking to scale. Telemedicine can help. While there are a lot of factors involved in growing an organization, communication is key. In order to assess and treat more people, home
Do you have a loved one with one or more chronic health conditions? Managing diseases like diabetes and heart disease is an ongoing battle. Luckily, telehealth can help. Continuous medical appointments and at-home symptom monitoring can be stressful. Travelling to hospitals and doctor’s offices is exhausting, inconvenient, and (in many cases) unnecessary. On the other hand, being disconnected from healthcare
Watching aging parents suffer from mental and physical decline is one of the hardest things most adult children ever do. Perhaps your father had a slow recovery after a recent fall. Maybe your mother’s house is suddenly filling up with expired food and heaps of dirty laundry. If you’re involved in providing or finding appropriate care for your loved one, you may
It’s no secret that First Nations communities face unique health challenges. Now, chronic diseases are creating further complications. While rates of these diseases are on the rise across Canada, Indigenous people are disproportionately impacted. Consider this. First Nations individuals are 1.5 to 2 times more likely to develop heart disease than those in the general population. People from these backgrounds are 2.7%
