Healthy Living

Senior Care

Diabetes Drugs, Blood Thinners Are Leading Cause of Adverse Medication Events

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

There are nearly 100,000 emergency hospitalizations each year for adverse drug events that involve U.S. senior citizens, according to a ...

Homecare Senior Care

Salute to Senior Service—Search on for State’s Outstanding Senior Volunteers

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

The Home Instead Senior Care® offices serving seniors in the Greater Pittsburgh Area, has announced the Salute to Senior ServiceSM program to honor ...

Senior Care

Roy Stinson: Profile in Eldercare

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Roy Stinson was tired of moving. The son of a carpenter turned sharecropper in the depression in the west, his ...

Senior Care

Ministry of Presence

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

“In hospice care, spirituality is one of the most important issues in a person’s life,” states Sr. Catherine Higgins, CSJ, ...

Men's Health Nursing

Looking Ahead: Empowering Men To Take Control of Their Preventive Health

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Carl A. Ross, RN, PhD, FNP-BC, CNE University Professor of Nursing, Robert Morris University Men’s health has gained prominence ...

Senior Care

Elder Care & Elder Rage: Know The Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s!

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Jacqueline Marcell, Author of ‘Elder Rage’ (www.ElderRage.com) For eleven years I pleaded with my stubborn elderly father to allow ...

Senior Care

10 Mealtime Challenges that Threaten Healthy Aging

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Nutrition for the elderly is among the most important aspects of aging. But mealtime challenges such as loneliness, lack of ...