Older Drivers & Driving Safely
In recent years, the SelectCare team has been pleased to see New York City receive growing praise for becoming a great place to grow older, thanks to the city’s increasingly age friendly public initiatives, a wealth of hospitals and a public transit system that makes accessing resources easy for people of all ages. While New…
Read MoreInside Scoop on Poop
SelectCare’s clinical staff has provided New Yorkers with compassionate and comprehensive home care for thirty years. During that time, our staffers have learned that they need to consider every facet of a client’s life and bodily rhythms in order to spot new or growing health concerns before they take a serious turn – changes in…
Read MoreAdvance Directives in New York – Planning for the Future
Do You Have Advance Directives? SelectCare offers a wide variety of home health care services to our clients throughout New York City, ranging from occasional assistance around the home to around-the-clock nursing services for people experiencing major illnesses. During every client’s free in-home health and safety assessment, Selectcare’s RN Field Nurse Supervisors cover an extensive…
Read MoreHidden Costs of Over Medicating
Geriatrician Calls for Holistic View to Patient Care If you worry doctors might be overeager to prescribing drugs to elderly patients, you’re not alone. During a recent Senior Umbrella Network – Brooklyn meeting at the Bensonhurst Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare, Dr. Jennifer Breznay discussed the challenges of polypharmacy (the over prescription of drugs) and…
Read MoreWinter’s Last Hurrah for 2015
“Taken during the great blizzard of 1888, when New Yorkers tunneled through snowbanks with nothing but harsh language and boot straps.” And here we are, folks, in the midst of what meteorologists are calling Winter’s Last Hurrah: a nation-wide snow storm expected to dump another 8” of snowfall in New York City, complete with icy…
Read MoreLong Distance Caregiving – A Personal Story
Part of my job at SelectCare involves meeting with prospective clients during our free initial home health assessments. While our RN Field Nurse Supervisors focus evaluating a client’s medical, social and safety needs, I get to know the client and their family, what they hope to gain from our services and discuss these details with…
Read MoreFor Online Dating, Seniors Top the List Of Those Looking For Love
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, many New York singles are taking to the Internet to find a date for the holiday – who wants to eat a $200 pre-fixed dinner alone? More and more people are turning to online dating sites as a way to fill that second seat, especially singles 55 and…
Read MoreMount Sinai to Host Free Community Heart Health Fairs in February
Representatives from the Mount Sinai Health System recently contacted SelectCare with a month’s worth of free health screenings, expert lectures and healthy cooking demonstrations throughout New York City. February is American Heart Month, which highlights healthy habits everyone can adopt in order to promote cardiovascular health. Cardiovascular disease remains the #1 cause of death amongst…
Read MoreSelectCare Celebrates American Heart Month in the Kitchen
February is American Heart Month (as well as really, really cold) and to celebrate the occasion, SelectCare wanted to talk about cardiovascular disease (CVD), which remains the #1 cause of death in the United States. While the frequency of CVD-related deaths amongst men and women 65 to 74 years old has dropped in recent years,…
Read MoreNew York State Comptroller Outlines New Services for Seniors
Elder advocates from the Senior Umbrella Network of Brooklyn (SUN-B) recently hosted New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, who outlined new and improving services available for seniors and the caregiver community. Speaking to a packed house at the SS Joachim and Anne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Brighton Beach, DiNapoli commended SUN-B members, including…
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