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The Questions We All Need to Ask As We Grow Older
Elder care expert, author and advocate Joanna Leefer recently held a very frank discussion about the nuts and bolts of growing older in New York City. While the city has made great strides to safeguard older residents with expanded senior activities, safer street crossings, and additional amenities like benches and…
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NY Bill Must Pass to Protect Patients
Classify Home Care Workers as Essential Personnel in Emergency Management Plans It shouldn’t come as a surprise, but home health care workers are most effective when they can reach their clients’ homes, especially during a citywide emergency like Hurricane Sandy, when “non-essential personnel” are advised to shelter in place. To…
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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…
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Inside 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…
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Advance 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…
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Hidden 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…
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