Duro Soleye Hospital Blog

It seems the older a person becomes the more difficult it can be to find appropriate products such as shoes. The feet of the elderly have walked countless miles and have carried unknown burdens throughout a lifetime. Feet of the aged are in need of some tender loving care.

Very few companies cater to the needs of the elderly foot. Those that do provide shoes appropriate for the aging foot do not offer much in terms of variety or classic styles. Just because an individual is getting older doesn’t meant that they do not have the desire to look good and feel good. While most shoes targeted at the aging community are designed for comfort, they are not… Read More…

Clinics that specialize in geriatric physiotherapy never run low on work.  The elderly have diseases and disorders in greater numbers than any other age group.  Their care is difficult, but rewarding.  

Geriatric physiotherapy became a specialty of physical therapy study in 1989.  Since then, physiotherapists have worked to understand the problems of the aging.  There is a long list of problems dealt with in geriatric physiotherapy.  

Alzheimer’s, arthritis, balance disorders, cancer, cardiovascular disease, incontinence, joint replacement, pulmonary disease, stroke, and osteoporosis are only a few of the problems covered by geriatric physiotherapy.  Physiotherapists have a whole range of therapies for these ailments.  

The types of problems faced in geriatric physiotherapy are grouped into three different… Read More…

When your elderly parents live far away, who will be your eyes and ears? Who will educate you about the confusing elder care system? Younger folks have never had to learn about Medicaid, Medicare, Long Term Care Insurance, etc. More foreign yet is the unspoken politics of doctors, hospitals, nursing homes and home health care companies. Everyone seems to have an opinion about what is best, but sometimes these opinions conflict. The doctor wants to send the patient home. The hospital social worker is arranging for nursing home or assisted living facilities to do an assessment for possible placement or rehabilitation. Your parents may be rejecting the idea of hiring a home health aide. Who will be your… Read More…

Geriatrics is one of the better known specializations in medicine since it caters to a large percent of the population. However, some still ask, why it is still necessary for a specific geriatric emr while adult medicine is almost identical with the field.

More or less, that question can be answered simply: geriatrics is way different from adult medicine as the former deals with the elderly, who are more prone to diseases and illnesses due to the state of their bodies. So, given the target patients, geriatrics should really be more specific and specialized because it deals with a rather more special crowd with more needs and demands.

With a good geriatric EMR, patients and health providers are… Read More…

Geriatrics is one of the better known specializations in medicine since it caters to a large percent of the population. However, some still ask, why it is still necessary for a specific geriatric emr while adult medicine is almost identical with the field.

More or less, that question can be answered simply: geriatrics is way different from adult medicine as the former deals with the elderly, who are more prone to diseases and illnesses due to the state of their bodies. So, given the target patients, geriatrics should really be more specific and specialized because it deals with a rather more special crowd with more needs and demands.

With a good geriatric EMR, patients and health providers are… Read More…