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Determining If You Need Short-Term Rehab
Sustaining an injury of suffering with an illness can dramatically change the way you are able to navigate through life. Thanks to advancements in medical care, more conditions are treatable with surgery and other procedures. Although surgery can treat the root cause of your condition, it can be associated with a variety of other side effects that can affect daily function. Some people require short-term rehabilitative care while recovering from major surgery.
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Does Your Loved One Have Alzheimer's? Addressing Assisted Living FAQs
Alzheimer's patients have special needs when compared to many other seniors. While Alzheimer's sufferers are not physically impaired at first, confusion, the tendency to wander, and mood swings make these patients a challenge for loved ones to manage at home. When the disease becomes too much for family members to cope with, sometimes the best option is placement in a memory care facility. Q: In what ways are memory care facilities different from standard assisted living facilities?
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