No matter what stage of life you are in, an interaction can change the direction your life heading towards. As we become older adults, we may have less opportunities to interact with co-workers or friends due to retirement or a …
It was Tender Home Health’s second year at the Annual National Home Care and Hospice Conference and Expo it was as great an experience as it was the first. The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) did a …
At first it started as a trip to the bathroom which left you short of breath. Then not too long after, you noticed that your feet were swelling a bit. The changes were gradual, you blamed it on age and …
A question I often get when I walk into a patient’s home is, “Why home health?” And every time my answer is “For the relationship.”
From the moment I started home health, I never looked back. In the hospital, there …
It’s Wound Care month and as part of our ongoing series, we wanted to educate our community about infections and how to prevent them.
In our previous article, we mentioned that infection is one of the reasons a wound …
Most people don’t know this, but one of the key factors to healing a wound is proper nutrition. Most of our patients focus on caring for the wound directly. However, treating the wound on the surface is only half of …
Over the years we have cared for thousands of wounds of all different types. We wanted to take our learnings and provide you with the top reasons your wound may not be healing, and what to do about it. Wounds …
Too often we forget that the best way to stay healthy is to drink water! Too often people would rather go for a more sugary alternative to drink when they feel thirsty, but don’t realize that water is important for …
Running out of ideas to do for Mother’s Day? You’re not alone. Mother’s Day gets increasingly harder to celebrate as you get older. You can’t just make an ornament and call it a day. She deserves a lot better!
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Music is proven to heal the soul. There are so many benefits of music no matter how young or old an individual is. Specifically for the elderly, music has been known to uplift and bring about a positive experience. Integrating …