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Healthy Baking and Cooking Tips for Seniors
Helping your loved one follow a special diet for heart disease or diabetes may not mean they have to give up their favorite family recipes. Who knew you could use applesauce instead of oil in mom’s...
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BrightStar Care of Orlando Recognized as Top Provider of Home Care and Medical Staffing
BrightStar Care is proud to announce that the organization has been recognized in five award categories by Best of Home Care for 2017 for their home care and medical staffing services. Most notably...
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Staying Safe at Home As We Age
Getting older is a difficult process. The mind and body begin to slow, and things just don’t work the way they used to. Despite these difficulties, many individuals are not ready to give up...
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Who Needs to Know of a Dementia Diagnosis
Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease diagnoses are hard to process for all parties. There’s a struggle with the diagnosis, a struggle with medical and financial concerns, struggle with the family, and...
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What Is Sepsis and How Can BrightStar Care Help?
Sepsis (Septicemia) is one of the most common reasons individuals are readmitted to the hospital after a procedure or treatment for another condition, but many people do not know what it is. In...
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Communicating Effectively with Seniors
As we age, everything starts to slow down. New research suggests that the part of the brain responsible for motion may begin to slow down as early as age 40. The myelin, which is a special fat that...
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Are You At Risk for Shingles?
Shingles is the common name of herpes zoster, which is caused by the virus, varicella zoster, better known as the chicken pox. After the chicken pox rash fades, the virus remains inside the body...
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BrightStar Care of SW Orlando Receives 2017 Best of Home Care® Provider of Choice Award
We are thrilled to announce that we’ve received the 2017 Best of Home Care – Provider of Choice Award from Home Care Pulse. Only the nation’s top-ranking home care providers earn...
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BrightStar Care® of NE Orlando Receives 2017 Best of Home Care® Employer of Choice Award
We are thrilled to announce that we’ve received the Best of Home Care Employer of Choice Award from Home Care Pulse. Only the nation’s top-ranking home care providers earn this...
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Managing Hygiene for Seniors
Imagine spending time with your older loved one, but something is different. Everyone’s favorite relative is suddenly looking old and slightly unkempt. This might be someone known for putting...