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Before you can decide on a plan for remodeling a bathroom to improve access, it is imperative to first take an inventory of the users level of disability. The level of disability and the prognosis for improvement or deterioration of the condition will have a major impact on your remodeling plans.Ambulatory Persons: If a person is ambulatory it means they are capable of getting up and walking with or without an asistive device like a rollator, walker or cane and with or without a Caregiver assis …

We talk with a lot of caregivers.  In fact, we talk with caregivers of various types everyday.  While our job is to help find equipment solutions for difficult situations, it is also our job to help disseminate helpful information for everyone involved in care giving.  Over the next few months we will offer a series of articles designed to help caregivers and their patients cope with the everyday stress of helping and helping well. Caregiving InformationThe term "caregiving" …

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 …