Maintaining a Healthy Diet

Maintaining a Healthy Diet

Healthy Eating for a Healthy Weight A healthy lifestyle involves many choices. Among them, choosing a balanced diet or eating plan. So how do you choose a healthy eating plan? Let’s begin by defining what a healthy eating plan is. According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, a healthy eating plan:​ …

Who is Considered to Be Homebound?

Who is Considered to Be Homebound?

An individual is considered to be homebound if the individual has a condition, due to an illness or injury, that restricts the ability of the individual to leave his or her home except with the assistance of another individual or the aid of a supportive device (such as: crutches, a …

Diabetic Diet & Monitoring

Diabetic Diet & Monitoring

You can live an active lifestyle when you take control of your own diabetes care. Still, everyone with diabetes must have regular health checkups and tests. These appointments will give you a chance to ask your doctor or nurse questions and learn more about diabetes. See Your Doctor See your …

Medication Safety

Medication Safety

What Should You Communicate With Your Doctor? Create a list if vitamins, medicines, and any other medication you are currently taking. Make a copy of the list, and place it in a safe place in an available location for emergencies. Provide a list of all the medicines you are taking …

Food Allergies

Food Allergies

Food allergy is an abnormal response to a food triggered by your body’s immune system. Allergic reactions to food can sometimes cause serious illness or death. Tree nuts and peanuts are the leading causes of deadly allergic reactions called anaphylaxis. In adults, the foods that most often trigger allergic reactions …