Optimizing Nutrition to Promote Wound Healing in Seniors We have all experienced a scratch, tear, cut or other type of wound. Some individuals are better equipped than others at healing these wounds. Serious wounds, including decubitus ulcers or pressure sores, may require medical intervention and nutrition support. If your senior is recovering from a wound,…
For people living with dementia, dining can serve up a host of challenges. Many memory care residents in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and other senior living communities are finicky eaters, and food preferences often turn on a dime. Some have difficulty discerning colors, temperatures, and plate boundaries. Chewing and swallowing may eventually be compromised, along…
A week after his double knee replacement surgery, John Cain was walking on a high-tech treadmill that made him feel lighter than air. With bandaged knees and thick, warm socks, the 65-year-old strode slowly but steadily on the machine known as the AlterG, an anti-gravity treadmill.