by Gareth Williams | Aug 24, 2020 | Bathroom Equipment, Beginners Info, Health Care, Safety
Sometimes the only option, for making a part of the home safe for our elderly parents, is to make modifications to the actual rooms, and the bathroom is probably the room which needs the most work. This can be a simple grab bar or a walk in bathtub. But whatever the...
by Gareth Williams | Aug 21, 2020 | Beginners Info, Health Care
Coming into fall, it’s the time to start thinking about flu shots, and the other vaccinations that can help us to protect our elderly parents from nasty winter illnesses, and the serious health complications which come with these. You may only need to get just...
by Gareth Williams | Aug 16, 2020 | Beginners Info, Health Care
The flu season will soon be on us again, and with Covid-19 out there as well, it is very important that our elderly loved ones get their flu shots to have some protection. One of the easiest ways to do this is to get it done is in a pharmacy. Medicare Part B typically...
by Gareth Williams | Aug 9, 2020 | Beginners Info, Health Care
Having actually had pneumonia when I was in my thirties, I would advise anyone, especially the elderly to go and get the pneumococcal vaccine, and then to keep up with the booster shots. If it goes poorly, as it did for me, and you end up in the ICU at hospital, it is...
by Gareth Williams | Aug 9, 2020 | Beginners Info, Health Care
Flu season is around the corner, and we haven’t yet made it out of Covid-19, so it’s really important to make sure that our elderly loved ones get their flu vaccines as soon as they become available. Medicare Part B will cover a flu shot at Walgreens....
by Gareth Williams | Aug 6, 2020 | Beginners Info, Health Care
It won’t be more than 3 months or so before the flu season is on us again, and possibly with a second wave of Covid-19 as well. So, this winter, it is very important that our elderly loved ones get their flu shots so that they at least have some protection....