Our own mortality is one of the most difficult challenges in life. We should, however, consider the medical care we would want for that challenging time. Technology now allows us to live long after we have ceased to enjoy a…
There are fifty-three million people in the United States who care for a family member who is older. In the United States, about 17 percent of the population is a family caregiver; most are losing sleep, frazzled, worried about losing…
To have security and age well in America it is at best expensive on many levels. The financial toll for millions of the elderly and those families who do their best to care for and support them. Long-term care facilities…
Through the use of remote health tech monitoring and videoconferencing over wireless devices, telehealth can connect patients to vital health care services. According to the American Hospital Association (AHA), fully 76 percent of US hospitals are using some form of…