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Seniorvill Home Care Inc, Boca Raton, FL (2025)

Whether it's housekeeping, meal preparation, remembering medications, home safety, or other matters of daily living that are affecting your quality of life, Seniorvill Home Care can help. We send highly qualified, thoroughly screened, and well supervised home care aides to support seniors and other adults while they live in their own homes and apartments. We can also help out during hospital and other inpatient stays, provide transportation assistance, and help with many aspects of health, safety, and quality of life.

06/09/2017

Tracking Down How Dogs Sniff Out Diabetes:
Dogs possess an amazing ability to sniff out changes in human physiology, even drawing attention to diseases such as cancer. Their ability to detect low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) and alert humans in well established. People with type I diabetes can experience abnormal drops in blood sugar – potentially resulting in fatigue, unconsciousness, or seizures. That’s why agencies such as Medical Detection Dogs train dogs to act as medical alert assistance dogs who tell owners when they are at risk of hypoglycemia.
What is still not known is how dogs can detect hypoglycemia even before the people themselves know. Recent research out of Cambridge University may have discovered how. Sankalpa Neupane and team measured the gases normally exhaled by diabetics and correlated those measurements with blood sugar levels. It turns out that as blood sugar gets low, we exhale more of a chemical called isoprene. Humans are not good at detecting isoprene, but dogs can smell isoprene. Thanks to these researchers, we now have a working theory that dogs detect hypoglycemia by smelling the isoprene on their owner’s breath.
Scientists are also optimistic that this breakthrough may, one day, lead to more comfortable blood sugar level monitoring. Imagine being able to use a breathalyzer instead of taking blood.
Source: Neupane S, Peverall R, Richmond G, et al. Exhaled Breath Isoprene Rises During Hypoglycemia in Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 39 (7): e97-e98.
Thanks to Dee and Tulah Monstah for the photo of Dixie, a medical alert assistance service dog.

More: http://seniorvillhomecare.nwsltr.info/2017/06/tracking-down-how-dogs-sniff-out-diabetes/

05/13/2017

What is Sleep Apnea?:
The Greek word “apnea” literally means “without breath.” With sleep apnea, breathing pauses occur multiple times during sleep. The pauses can last from a few seconds to minutes and can occur more than five times per hour, to as high as 100 times per hour. (Fewer than five times per hour is normal). Sometimes when breathing resumes again, it is accompanied by a loud snort or choking sound. Because sleep is interrupted, people with sleep apnea often feel tired and irritable the next day.

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), the most common type, is caused by a blockage of the airway, usually when the soft tissue in the back of the throat collapses. The less common form, central sleep apnea, happens if the area of your brain that controls breathing doesn’t send the correct signals to your breathing muscles.

Untreated OSA has been linked to high blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes, car accidents, work-related accidents and depression. According to the American Sleep Association, OSA affects more than 12 million Americans.

Sleep apnea is almost twice as common in men as it is in women. Other risk factors include:

being overweight, as extra fat tissue around the neck makes it harder to keep the airway open,
being over age 40,
smoking,
having a family history of sleep apnea, and
having a nasal obstruction due to a deviated septum, allergies or sinus problem.

A sleep study is usually required for a formal diagnosis. Weight loss will go a long way toward improving OSA. The most common treatment is a CPAP machine. CPAPs use mild air pressure to keep your airways open. The air is delivered through a mask that fits over your nose and mouth, or only your nose. Consult with your doctor if you are experiencing symptoms of sleep apnea to discuss the treatment plan that is right for you.

More: http://seniorvillhomecare.nwsltr.info/2017/05/what-is-sleep-apnea/

04/23/2017

“Fall Proof” Your Home:
The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control reports that the number one cause of death and injury for people age 65+ is accidental falls. In addition, 1 in 3 retirees (approximately 11 million people) fall each year and 60% of those falls occur inside the home.

Most of us would agree that we would like to stay in the comfort of our own home for as long as possible. Here are some tips to safely do so:

Make sure often-used items are easily accessible. Conversely, remove unnecessary clutter from rooms and stairways to make a clear path for walking.
Put handrails on both sides of all inside and outside stairways.
Likewise, put grab bars in the shower, tub and close to the toilet. Use a chair in the shower and a raised toilet seat of necessary. Use non-slip strips in the shower and bathtub.
Use non-slip carpets and rugs or make sure they are attached to the floor.
Make sure all rooms are well lit. Replace light bulbs when needed. Place a lamp next to the bed and nightlights in hallways and bathrooms. Place a flashlight next to the bed in case of a power outage.
Hire someone to remove snow and put salt on ice in the winter. In the summer, have someone mow and trim.
Consider a personal emergency response system, especially if you live alone. Research shows that PERS reduce mortality rates by nearly four times and reduce the likelihood of hospitalization by 59%.1-5

These are a few important preventative measures that can go a long way in “fall proofing” a home. We know the importance of keeping you safe in your home. Home health fall-injury-prevention programs with rehabilitation, home safety techniques, and medication review have been shown to improve the risk of fall injuries and protect the health, safety, and happiness of retirees. If you or someone you care about could benefit from a fall-injury-prevention program, please call us to discuss treatment options.

Sources:

Bernstein M. Low-tech personal emergency response systems reduce costs and improve outcomes. Manag Care Q. 2000; 8(1): 38-43.
Sherwood S. Morris J. A study of the effects of an emergency alarm and response system for the aged: a final report. Grand No. HS01788, NCHSR 1981.
Cain B. Effects of a Lifeline program on hospitalization. Long Beach California: California State Univeristy: Thesis.
Dibner A. Effect of personal emergency response system on hospital use. Watertown, Massachusetts: Lifeline Systems, Inc. 1985.
Koch W. Emergency response systems assist in discharge planning. Dimens Health Serv 1984; 61:30-31.

More: http://seniorvillhomecare.nwsltr.info/2017/04/fall-proof-your-home/

04/13/2017

You Just Won! Send Money Now! How to Avoid Being Scammed:
Sound familiar? Any time you see these words (or a variation thereof) you should be on the alert for a scam. Seniors are especially targeted by scammers. Older people are often more trusting, more affluent, and available during the day, when many scammers call. Many seniors live alone, and can be friendlier to strangers who want to “help”, whether it’s by fixing a roof or giving a prize. Such people are gifted at identifying and preying on the fears of seniors—“Do I have enough money to last me through retirement? I can’t keep up my house on my own anymore”—and offering what appears to be an easy, helpful solution. What these scammers actually want is to help themselves—to their victims’ money or identity.

Whether they are delivered by email, phone, or door-to-door, scams share certain things in common: requests for money up front; pressure to act now; and goods and services offered for “free” or at amazingly low prices.

To avoid falling victim to scammers:

Keep yourself to yourself. NEVER give out personal information such as Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, or even dates of birth.
Trust no one. Do not trust people who say they represent an official agency or financial institution and then request personal information.
Get good advice. Always discuss any large purchases or investments you are considering making with your family, friends, lawyer, accountant or banker .
For your safety, do not allow door-to-door salespeople in your home. Besides the obvious risk of injury or robbery, it is easier to close the door on unwanted callers than to get them out of your house once they are inside.
Just hang up. Don’t let good manners get you into trouble. It can be hard to say no to a persuasive telemarketer. Use an answering machine to screen calls. Or register your landline or cell phone with the federal government’s “Do Not Call Registry” at 1-888-382-1222. When callers ask for the man of the house or the head of the household, do not tell them that there isn’t one or that you live alone.
Read the fine print. If you are notified that you’ve won a cruise or sweepstakes, read the fine print carefully to make sure there are no hidden costs or obligations.
Check it out. If you don’t recognize a company or business, check with your local consumer protection agency, Better Business Bureau, the National Fraud Information Center, the AARP, the Federal Trade Commission, or other watchdog groups.
And most importantly, if it sounds too good to be true, it is.

You CAN be a winner – by avoiding scams.

More: http://seniorvillhomecare.nwsltr.info/2017/04/you-just-won-send-money-now-how-to-avoid-being-scammed/

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