Source: A Place For Mom Senior Living BlogSleep problems are common in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. They are also a common source of tension for family caregivers, because when your spouse or parent with Alzheimer’s doesn’t sleep well, this often means that you don’t sleep well.
Continue reading A Geriatrician’s Advice on Sleep Problems and Dementia
Do you know someone who could overdose from pain medication or heroin? If so, ask your pharmacist about getting Naloxone. Naloxone can reverse the effects of an overdose. It could also save a life.
Source: Learning and the BrainContinue reading Montessori: The New Science Behind A Century-Old Methodology (Part I)
A budget proposal is much more than a financial blueprint—it is a statement of values and priorities. Continue reading ANCOR Statement on President Trump’s Budget and the AHCA CBO Score
Starting next year, Medicare will be issuing new Medicare Cards to all seniors. The reason for this change is to remove your social security number from all cards and to issue a unique Medicare ID for each senior, thus keeping your social security number secure. Once this change happens, all new cards will be mailed directly to you.
Sleeping while on duty or sleeping on the job refers to falling asleep while on the time clock or equivalent, or else while responsible for performing some active or passive job duty. Continue reading Wikipedia Defines Sleeping While on Duty
Across the state, more than 20,000 Massachusetts citizens are caring for a family member with an intellectual or developmental disability.
“When someone has a special needs child their whole life changes……It puts a strain on almost everything you do. …….I have been through hell and back in the last fifteen years so I may forget many details but it is clear that I feel that the support I received from the state was something to make or break me.”
About 1 in 68 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) according to estimates from CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network. Read More >
