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Exercise May Reduce Disability Even in Frail Elders

2022-07-29T14:04:56-04:00

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 grocery store, flexibility is vital. Loss of mobility, which is very common among older adults, has profound social, emotional, as well as physical consequences. "If you're unable to get out then [...]

Exercise May Reduce Disability Even in Frail Elders2022-07-29T14:04:56-04:00

How the Inner Ear Plays an Important Role in Mainting Balance

2022-04-12T12:32:33-04:00

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 injury and the most common cause of nonfatal trauma-related hospital admissions among older adults, according to the National Council on Aging. Here are a few tips about how the body keeps [...]

How the Inner Ear Plays an Important Role in Mainting Balance2022-04-12T12:32:33-04:00

Memory Loss: What is Normal, what’s not and tips to Improve Memory Recall

2022-04-08T09:34:47-04:00

"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 driving comes with one wrong turn. It can offset orientation and memory. Memory recall experts cite the psychological adage, "If you don't encode, you can't retrieve." More specifically, memory involves encoding, [...]

Memory Loss: What is Normal, what’s not and tips to Improve Memory Recall2022-04-08T09:34:47-04:00

Occupational therapy: Living life to its fullest

2022-03-02T10:19:06-05:00

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 failing health. After his death, she was admitted to a skilled rehab center and she physically struggled to get back to any meaningful activity. Her therapists made a point to uncover [...]

Occupational therapy: Living life to its fullest2022-03-02T10:19:06-05:00

Jeff Cleveland of Clear Choice Health Care Comments on Reach Out to Community

2022-01-25T10:04:59-05:00

" 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 Conway Lakes and also at area schools as well as churches. Cleveland reports that their program allows for intergenerational connectedness for their residents and the children in the community. " Because [...]

Jeff Cleveland of Clear Choice Health Care Comments on Reach Out to Community2022-01-25T10:04:59-05:00

Savoring Life after COVID 19

2022-01-25T09:29:54-05:00

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 19. Days later, she came down with the worst stomachache she’s ever known and thought she had a bad bug and would slough it off in a few days. Turns out [...]

Savoring Life after COVID 192022-01-25T09:29:54-05:00

Geoff Fraser of Clear Choice Health Care reflects on an Unsung Hero Rising Again

2021-12-29T09:57:15-05:00

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 ground, you're overcoming you very own anxieties. Rivera aided many to safely conquer the task. What was to become his last as well as final obligation, ended with misfortune. After [...]

Geoff Fraser of Clear Choice Health Care reflects on an Unsung Hero Rising Again2021-12-29T09:57:15-05:00

The actions we take are one of the most fundamental form of function….

2021-12-28T09:41:23-05:00

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, would be a healing game-changer. So, a 200-pound individual would certainly be the matching of 40 extra pounds in space. Walking would certainly be more effortless. Normally, we can't fly to [...]

The actions we take are one of the most fundamental form of function….2021-12-28T09:41:23-05:00

Jeff Cleveland states Focus on Seniors: Story of Stroke Recovery

2021-11-29T08:02:40-05:00

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 percent of the individuals considerably improved in strolling, everyday feature, and lifestyle, despite just how severe their disability. For the two-thirds that make it through a stroke, substantial rehab helps them [...]

Jeff Cleveland states Focus on Seniors: Story of Stroke Recovery2021-11-29T08:02:40-05:00

Safely Connecting the Community after COVID

2021-11-22T06:46:46-05:00

"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, such as smoking cigarettes as well as alcohol intake, are much less hazardous than social isolation as well as isolation. " Isolation also breakthroughs mental deterioration," says Fraser. He includes that [...]

Safely Connecting the Community after COVID2021-11-22T06:46:46-05:00
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