ProLife library
Practical answers about home care, Medicaid and caring for a parent in New York City — written by our coordinators and reviewed by Anna Klyauzova, MSN, RN.
Health Conditions and Medication
Dysphagia means difficulty swallowing. In older adults it often follows a stroke, Parkinson's disease or dementia, and it matters because food or liquid that enters the…
Choosing and Managing Care
Start with the cheap changes: grab bars, a shower chair, a handheld shower, nonskid mats and a raised toilet seat. A walk-in tub is only one…
Health Conditions and Medication
Congestive heart failure usually cannot be cured, but some causes can be treated and many people improve, sometimes reaching remission. It is managed with medicines, daily…
Health Conditions and Medication
Caring for a bedridden person at home means a pressure-relieving bed, repositioning on a schedule a nurse sets, daily skin checks, upright feeding and enough trained…
Wellbeing and Activities
In NYC, adults 60 and older who cannot shop or cook can ask for free home-delivered meals through NYC Aging. Call Aging Connect at 212-244-6469 and…
Choosing and Managing Care
A medical alert system lets an older adult press a button on a pendant or wristband to reach a monitoring center. Medicare does not pay for…
Health Conditions and Medication
Most dementia is not directly inherited. In common late-onset Alzheimer's, genes such as APOE e4 raise risk without guaranteeing it, while rare changes in APP, PSEN1…
Health Conditions and Medication
Vascular dementia comes from damaged brain blood vessels, Lewy body from alpha-synuclein deposits, and frontotemporal from shrinking frontal and temporal lobes. Each has different early signs…
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