Most nursing home residents have chronic physical or mental health conditions that require a more intensive level of care than what can be handled in an assisted living community, and they can receive prescribed treatment and personal care as needed. As with any type of long-term care facilit...
Nursing care is for older individuals who require 24-hour medical care as well as personal living needs. This may include individuals who need intensive rehabilitative care, individuals who need peg feeding, individuals with physical disabilities, and individuals with long-term health conditions. ...
Long-term effects of sleep apnea Untreated sleep apnea can lead to several long-term health conditions that could shorten your lifespan. Furthermore, the constant fatigue, brain fog, and mood changes that may result from lack of sleep can seriously affect your quality of life. Sleep apnea and...
Poor sleep habits are strongly associated with long-term chronic health conditions, according to decades of research. To better understand this relationship, a team led by researchers in Penn State’s College of Health and Human Development identified four distinct patterns that characterize how most ...
Physical activity is an inclusive term that refers to any expenditure of energy brought about by bodily movement via the skeletal muscles; as such, it includes the complete spectrum of activity from very low resting levels to maximal exertion. Exercise is a component of physical activity. The ...
The UK has an ageing population and a rising prevalence of long-term illhealth. The burden of long-term illness is felt disproportionately by lower socioeconomic groups, with diseases of the heart and circulatory system, diabetes, arthritis, respiratory diseases and mental ill-health being most co...
Ultraprocessed foods include ready-to-eat meals, snacks, and sugary drinks that contain a long list of ingredients and additives designed to make the food sellable or palatable. Now these foods have been associated with more than 30 health conditions, a review of 45 meta-analyses invo...
Thus, leukemia refers to a cancerous proliferation of white blood cells (leukocytes). Cancerous tumours that arise in lymphoid organs, such as the spleen, the thymus, or the lymph glands, are described as malignant lymphomas. The term lymphoma is often used without the qualifier malignant to ...
Have long-term conditions such as heart disease, lung disease, sickle cell disease, diabetes, alcoholism, cirrhosis, leaks of cerebrospinal fluid, or a cochlear implant Have a disease that lowers your body’s defenses against infection, including lymphoma or leukemia, multiple myeloma, kidney failur...
What Is Short-Term Health Insurance? Short-term health insurancecovers you for a limited time period, ranging from a few months to a year or so. For example, you might get short-term health insurance if you get laid off and don’t want to pay for COBRA insurance until you find new em...