Golden Living Blogs

March is National Nutrition Month®! This annual event focuses on the importance of making healthy food choices and maintaining positive eating and exercise habits. This year’s theme is “Nutrition from the Ground Up.” Golden Living encourages our patients and their families to make informed food...

This dish of sautéed broccoli and tomatoes is tossed with healthy Mediterranean ingredients just before serving. Broccoli is loaded with beta-carotene, vitamins C and E and calcium. The  tomato will supply you with beta carotene, vitamin C, lycopene and fiber Olive oil’s health benefits are due to...

Cardiac rehabilitation* is a program designed to help people recover from a cardiac event, such as a heart attack. It’s conducted under the constant supervision of multiple medical professionals, including a physician, and is used to stabilize, slow or even reverse the progression of cardiovascular...

Falls are a serious problem with seniors. It has been estimated that one out of three people over the age of 65 have at least one fall each year. Unfortunately, many falls lead to injury and may cause loss of mobility and independence for seniors. It’s an even worse problem for older adults with...

Having worked in home healthcare for more than 20 years, I’m often asked about what it takes to maintain a healthy heart. But rarely do I get questions about what it takes to keep a heart healthy after suffering a heart attack, undergoing heart surgery or recovering from other cardiac problems. ...

  Have you been diagnosed with a new disease, are managing a long-term illness, or recovering from an accident, illness or surgery? If so, did you know that you may be able to receive health care at home as part of your Medicare benefits? As a R.N., I believe home health care is a very beneficial...

Starting a new travel assignment can be exciting and fun, but learning your way around a new building, new people and a new city can also be stressful. With all your new responsibilities, you’ll want to make sure you stay healthy so that your travel assignment can be as rewarding as possible for...

The social worker is an integral member of the AseraCare hospice team. As trained professionals, our first responsibility is to evaluate the needs of the patient and their family upon entering the hospice program. Going forward we represent the individual/family’s wishes at every hospice team...

"My husband died in April, leaving me with four children. This will be our first Christmas without him. The children and I are just starting to adjust to these new circumstances and now I am doing worse again. Not only do I dread the holidays but I am getting depressed and anxious because I don’t...