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Exercise May Reduce Disability Even in Frail Elders
Absence of mobility is just one of the most usual disability amongst older Americans, Census Bureau records show. Mobility is vital for independent living as well as making it through the day. Activites such as visiting a medical professional's workplace or shopping can be challenging. Whether you need to walk across a room to the bathroom or cooking area, get out of bed or a chair, or walk through a [...]
How the Inner Ear Plays an Important Role in Mainting Balance
If you think your ears are just for hearing, it might surprise you to know that they assist as well. Several structures in the inner ear, together called the vestibular system, send messages to the brain that help you orient to your surroundings and aid in balance. "We know that falls impact our seniors," says Geoff Fraser, partner of Clear Choice Health Care. Falls are the leading cause of fatal [...]
Memory Loss: What is Normal, what’s not and tips to Improve Memory Recall
"If you forgot where you put your keys, or can't remember a new friend's name, you may think your losing your mind," says Jeff Cleveland, president of Clear Choice Helath Care in Melbourne FL. "Turns out, you're human. Everyone has a laundry list of ways their memory has failed them." And when it fails, people react in different of ways. Some seniors stop driving. A common problem with memory and [...]
Occupational therapy: Living life to its fullest
Estrella Brignoni loves life, and it shows in her painting. But she had to put her canvas and brushes aside to care for a spouse. After several years of full-time caretaking, he passed away. It was almost too tough for her to get back to routine without her recently departed spouse. In fact, they were both hospitalized at the same time - she with a lumbar fracture, and he with [...]
Jeff Cleveland of Clear Choice Health Care Comments on Reach Out to Community
" Since 2009, Conway Lakes Health Care Center has actually partnered with numerous colleges, suppliers, and communities that have all volunteered and donated effort and time for our "Backpack Giveaway" event," says Jeff Cleveland, president of Clear Choice Health Care. To date, Conway Lakes has given over 2500 backpacks that equate to $42,500 in donated items to local community children that were in most need. They hold the event at [...]
Savoring Life after COVID 19
Vickie McCall, a native Arcadian, and Desoto school records clerk, is a busy gal. When not working on one of her side businesses, she cans tomatoes and green beans and puts her baking skills to use. A born multi-tasker, McCall juggles jobs to her heart’s content. She was preparing for another busy Thanksgiving - Christmas holiday season when human resources called to tell her a co-worker tested positive for COVID [...]
Geoff Fraser of Clear Choice Health Care reflects on an Unsung Hero Rising Again
As an airborne sergeant for the Army during the 1980s, Jose Lopez-Rivera's obligations were to train young recruits just how to safely repel out of a helicopter. Training involves an extensive and also multi-phase process for those who are not faint of heart. For many who stand in the open door of an in-flight helicopter, it's a mind-blowing experience. As you look down for the very first time repelling to [...]
The actions we take are one of the most fundamental form of function….
The actions we take are one of the most fundamental form of function. One foot before the other, we walk. For many people, strolling without discomfort is not an option due to neurological injury, weight problems, illness, and total tension on joints with weight bearing. However what if you could stay clear of Earth's gravitational field? A trip to the moon, which has simply 20 percent of our earth's gravity, [...]
Jeff Cleveland states Focus on Seniors: Story of Stroke Recovery
More than 795,000 Americans suffer a stroke yearly. Although the incidence of stroke has actually declined considerably since the 1960s, the strokes that do happen are equally as extreme. As a matter of fact, stroke is a leading source of long-term special needs in the United States. Thinking about the above truth, research study does offer excellent news. The largest U.S. research study of stroke recovery to date, shows 52 [...]
Safely Connecting the Community after COVID
"The COVID pandemic has actually been harmful to our area," claims Geoff Fraser, partner of Clear Choice Health Care, "because isolation leaves numerous senior citizens extra vulnerable." " We know the research study," claims Fraser. Over the last 60 years, researches have shown that those lacking in social relationships have higher health threats than those associated with physical lack of exercise and obesity. And other well-established threat aspects for mortality, [...]
Treatment and Meditation may contribute in Heart Disease Prevention states Jeff Cleveland
You've probably heard your doctor inform you to alter your lifestyle if you're one of 92 million American adults that are living with some kind of heart disease. Reducing high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, and reducing body weight can be the gold requirement of heart-healthy change. Now, professionals say, you can add meditation to that list of advice. According to a brand-new review from the American Heart Association (AHA), [...]
Geoff Fraser: 3 Speech therapy technologies that Save Lives
As we age, we know about our threats. We take fall avoidance classes, sign up with a gym, consume right, and keep active. Doing all the right things offers us assurance. Unfortunately, we take swallowing for approved. says Geoff Fraser, Partner at Clear Choice Health Care in Melbourne FL. Swallowing conditions (dysphagia) impact approximately 15 million people, and can result in serious issues such as dehydration, malnutrition, a higher rate [...]
Geoff Fraser of Clear Choice Health Care Discusses 5 ways to Improve Balance and Lesson Fall Risk
Home is the location where you feel in control and correctly oriented in space and time. It is a foreseeable and safe place. Yet more mishaps occur in our houses than any other location. For individuals over age 65, house is the most likely location for an injury to happen from a fall. Falling is the single leading cause of home mishaps in older adults. According to AARP, "Approximately one [...]
Treatment and meditation may contribute in cardiovascular disease avoidance states Jeff Cleveland
Jeff Cleveland knows a thing or two about treatment and meditation and how they can assist you and if you're one of 92 million American grownups that are living with some type of heart disease, you've most likely heard your medical professional inform you to alter your lifestyle. Decreasing high blood cholesterol, hypertension, and decreasing body weight can be the gold requirement of heart-healthy change. Now, specialists say, you can [...]
Brain Disease: How It Affects Swallowing Safety
" You would not believe that chewing on a piece of bread is cause for issue," says Jeff Cleveland, president of Clear Choice Health Care. " But it can be," confesses Cleveland. He states there is a great balance between chewing and breathing. When a medical or neurologic condition interferes with the equilibrium between the two, breathing and swallowing can become precariously out of sync. Parkinson disease, for instance, slows [...]
Move Your Escape of Arthritis Discomfort
If you want to feel less discomfort, take less medications, improve your flexibility, get stronger, and avoid joint replacement surgery in the future, then you're going to have to get moving, says Justus J. Fiechtner, MD, MPH, head of rheumatology at Michigan State University. An excellent method to begin moving is stretching, which is not something only professional athletes need to do prior to a competition. Fact is that carrying [...]
Cancer Rehabilitation and Prehab Provide Choices Says Jeff Cleveland of Clear Choice Health Care
For years, cancer was all about surviving a meager amount of time. Now with lots of people beating the chances, some rehab programs intend to improve life quality and function for those impacted by this persistent disease. " Because many cancer patients and survivors experience some kind of physical flaws, it might cause impairment and impact quality of life," says Jeff Cleveland, president of Clear Choice Health Care." What's more, [...]
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