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Addressing the Invisible: Tackling Phantom Pain in Elderly Care Discover a key approach to help seniors with phantom pain - a real, yet often unseen, challenge in caregiving. Phantom pain is a condition where seniors feel pain in a limb that isn't there anymore, caused by mixed signals in the brain. 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻: • Neurological Cause: The Mayo Clinic explains this pain as the brain misinterpreting nerve signals from the amputated limb.    • Widespread Issue: According to the British Medical Journal, up to 80% of amputees may experience this. • Emotional Effects: It's not just physical pain; the American Pain Society notes it can also cause emotional distress. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻: • Believe Their Pain: Showing understanding is crucial. • Use Mirror Exercises: These can help trick the brain and reduce the sensation of pain. • Relaxation Techniques: Breathing exercises can reduce pain and stress. • Stay Informed: The more you know, the better you can help. Effective care for phantom pain combines medical knowledge with empathy, significantly improving seniors' lives. #PhantomPain #SeniorCare #Caregiving #HealthcareTips"

When an aging parent experiences a fall, it can be both frightening and overwhelming. Ensuring their safety and well-being moving forward is crucial. Here are essential steps to take after a fall to help your loved one recover and prevent future incidents: ✅ Address Immediate Medical Needs: Ensure they receive proper medical attention and follow-up care. ✅ Take the First Fall Seriously: A fall doubles the chance of another. Address the issue head-on to prevent future incidents. ✅ Understand Common Causes: Factors like muscle weakness, medications, poor eyesight, and home hazards can contribute to falls. ✅ Enlist a Professional Caregiver: Caregivers trained in fall prevention can help with home safety assessments, medication management, and exercise routines. ✅ Encourage Balance and Strength Exercises: Activities to improve strength and balance are crucial. Consult a doctor or physical therapist for appropriate exercises. ✅ Acknowledge the Mental and Emotional Strain: Fear of falling again can lead to isolation and decreased activity. Support your loved one emotionally and encourage social engagement. Sharing Hearts Home Care is here to provide expert assistance and personalized care to ensure your loved one's safety and well-being. Contact us today to schedule a free home care consultation. Your loved one's safety and happiness are our top priorities. 📲💖 #SeniorCare #FallPrevention #HomeCare #ElderlyCare #SharingHeartsHomeCare #CaregiverSupport #AgingParents

Why are so many Brits long-term sick? Well, I'd be definitely looking at NHS waiting lists, but also at inappropriate support and very little motivation and encouragement. As I said yesterday, these days, you speak to your GP, you are given pain-killers and anti inflammatory medication (musculoskeletal), or Anti-depressants (Mental Health) and then put on waiting lists for anything up to 3-years. If you have a mixture of both, mind/body or body/mind, that's two lots of waiting, because the NHS doesn't seem to understand either, so wants to medicalise and treat both, even though treating the root-cause is the solution. As a result of side-effects, your condition gets worse, and worse, and worse, so by the time you get treatment, it is a lengthy process to identify the root-cause and deliver a successful outcome. Meanwhile, the thousands of private, self-employed, therapists, with working knowledge and experience, and modern therapies to treat these people and get them back to work, are not utilised, or even recognised, by the NHS. The solutions are there and readily available, but until health support is ready to consider their past mistakes and innovate, these figures will continue to grow. #nhs #medicalisation #longtermdisability #innovationinhealthcare https://mol.im/a/13050673 via https://dailym.ai/android

Physical activity promotes cardiovascular health, muscle strength, and flexibility. It can help manage weight, prevent secondary health conditions, and improve mobility. Through tailored exercises, individuals with varied capacities can increase their functional abilities, stamina, and overall physical independence. #NDIS #ILoveNDIS #SupportWorker #Mobility #OccupationalTherapy #NDISProvider #DisabilityAwarness #BreakingDownBarriers #Independence #DisabilitySupport #DisabilityAdvocate #NDISCommunity #ExercisePhysiology #Accessibility

Anxiety can be a silent struggle, especially for teenagers. It can gradually become overwhelming, but it's important to recognize when things are getting worse so you can seek the help you deserve. 💔 5 Signs Your Anxiety is Getting Worse: Increased Irritability: Feeling more on edge or easily frustrated. Physical Symptoms: More frequent headaches, stomach issues, or fatigue. Sleep Disruptions: Difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, leading to exhaustion. Avoidance: Increasingly avoiding social situations or responsibilities. Constant Worry: Persistent, uncontrollable worry that interferes with daily life. You don’t have to face this alone. It's okay to ask for help. 💬 At HCP Compounding, we offer compassionate support and effective medical treatments tailored for teenagers. From customized medications to personalized care plans, we are here to help you find relief and regain control. 👉 Contact us today to learn more about our spec

"It was enlightening to see what caregivers must endure". Caregiver health & wellbeing is incredibly important. Our free course is meant to provide information & tools to support you in this area of your life https://ow.ly/aEZA50QAMqg

Treating PAIN in medically complex children, especially those that are non-verbal can be hard. But knowing their child is not is pain is a top priority of parents. A partnership between caregivers and clinicians is an essential component. CPN's guide on pain acknowledges the complicated nature of pain, and offers suggestions for having a conversation with the medical team. https://bit.ly/3zBA5t1 #pain #raredisease #medicallycomplex #caregiver #medicalteam

What am I passionate about? Making sure I never see you. “What do you mean?” I'm an ICU doctor. And here's my thesis on my work ↙ Prevention Over prescription. I see patients at their worst state when they land in ICU. Those who survive come out extremely debilitated. They have: 1. Physical ailments 2. Depression 3. Anxiety 4. PTSD It’s such a difficult journey landing in the ICU. The last thing I want is for you to walk or get wheeled in through my doors. We don’t talk about this enough and that’s asking the tough question… “What's going to prevent you from landing in hospital?” (Watch the full video) For more information on that. Bottomline… if you're coming to see me, it's a bad day. So if you want to learn more about how to prevent yourself from landing in the ICU Hit that follow button  Ring the → 🔔 on my page. And while you’re at it Click the button right next to my profile picture ↑ And subscribe to our newsletter. What are you passionate about? Tell me below. #healthcare #health #medicine #leadership 

We recently had the pleasure of hearing from certified nurse midwife and IFM Certified Practitioner Carrie Levine, CNM, IFMCP, who discussed personalized health and hormone-support during perimenopause. In the following clip, Carrie talks about some of the changes that come with perimenopause, the importance of anticipating the shift in physiology, and the impact this shift may have on different aspects of our lives. From physical symptoms to psycho-spiritual changes, understanding and managing this transition can have a profound impact on wellbeing. By recognizing that our ideal exercise, nutrition, and stress management strategies will evolve with age, practitioners can help their patients navigate this phase with grace and resilience. Listen to the rest of the episode here: https://hubs.la/Q02L9nlD0 #Perimenopause #HormoneSupport #PersonalizedHealth #GracefulAging #TheFutureIsFunctional

There’s something very powerful about connecting with people who’ve known you pre and post transformation. 🍴Tonight I got to have dinner with the wonderful Amanda McLaughlin who was my treating nurse during 7 dark years of hospitalisations. As she told me this evening, most of her patients don’t make it to the other side, or continue life with complex non-resolving illness. 👉So for us to sit together, at the other end of my journey was profound for us both. 📖 A little of my story… A few years into my illness, the meds weren’t working. I was on a cocktail of opioids neuro-blockers and all sorts. Symptoms were getting worse and I was expericing intermittent paralysis in my legs. At this point, the doctors decided to add a range of intravenous treatments to the mix. One of the treatments was a plasma exchange. I started having them twice a week, and over a few years got it down to once a month. It’s an extremely invasive treatment. Amanda was there for nearly every single session. A warm presence. A kind conversation. A light in the darkness. 👩👧After my first child was born, I decided to stop this treatment (but continue with the other three). It made me too weak to care for my daughter. It went against my doctors advice. But as soon as I did, I started to gain vitality. It was my first boundary with the healthcare system that was taking me further away from my healing. While I’m convinced I didn’t need those treatments to begin with (and that they in fact made things worse), I’m truly grateful that Amanda was there through it all… so I wasn’t so alone with it. 💪Seeing her this evening, not only illness free, but now in service of others on their healing journey has reinvigorated my sense of purpose. 👉There are so many people stuck in stories that aren’t meant for them. And underneath it is often a complex trauma story, simply waiting for the right conditions to be heard and healed. ❓What do you think? #traumainformed #healthcare #healthcaretransformation #illness #recoveryispossible #purpose #bethechange Lean into healing. Links in comments.