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If you have taken on the role of a caregiver in the last few years, you have joined on of the biggest and most important working groups in America today.  According to the Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA), an estimated 44 million Americans have taken on this vital job. Caregivers fix meals, make doctor's appointments, do the laundry, and generally make sure their frail or sick relatives or friends can live as well as possible for as long as possible.  The actual list of things a caregiv …

Orig Post usatoday.com | Re-Post CareProdx 5/26/2916 - NEW YORK (AP) — Doris Ranzman had followed the expert advice, planning ahead in case she wound up unable to care for herself one day. But when a nursing-home bill tops $14,000 a month, the best-laid plans get tossed aside.Even with insurance and her Social Security check, Ranzman still had to come up with around $4,000 every month to cover her care in the Amsterdam Nursing Home in Manhattan. "An awful situation," said her daughter, …

Source: cerebralpalsy.org | Re-Post CareProdx 7/21/2016Building and home modifications provide barrier-free access and inclusion for any individual, with or without disability. Designers use the term “design for all” to describe products, services and systems designed for use by many individuals and many ability levels. The concept of “barrier-free accessibility” addresses the notion that a disability is a handicap only if it prevents a person from doing what others are able to do freely. I …

Althought their health and eyesight were failing, Clark and Altave Vandenberg enjoyed living by themselves in their El Sobrante, California, home. Both were adamantly opposed to moving to a nursing home.But when Altave fell and broke her hip, her injury shattered the fragile accommodations the couple had made to continue living independently. Clark's ill health left him unable to care for his ailing wife. When she left the hospital after her fall, Altave stayed with a friend who could care …

Too much sitting has been linked to increased risk for health problems such as heart failure and earlier death. Now, a new study finds older adults who sit too much are more likely to be disabled -- regardless of their exercise habits."Sedentary behavior is its own separate risk factor [for disability]," said study researcher Dorothy Dunlop, a professor of medicine at the Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. She evaluated the exercise habits of more than 2,000 men and women, ag …