It’s flu season. Senior citizens are particularly susceptible to the flu and complications from the illness. As caregivers, it’s important that we keep ourselves healthy and take extra steps to keep t...
As we age, our immune system weakens, making us more susceptible to seasonal illness and other diseases. The causes of our weakening immune system are varied from genetics to simply how our cells have...
Have you ever gone to bed, only to toss and turn for several hours before falling asleep, or do you fall asleep and then wake up a few hours later unable to return to sleep? If these experiences sound...
Urinary tract infections, also known as UTIs, are common, non-life-threatening illnesses. While this type of infection is more common in women because of the shorter urethra in the female body, men ca...
November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month. In 2020 nearly 6 million Americans were living with Alzheimer’s. It sometimes occurs in younger people, but the risk increases every five year...
When someone you love has a chronic, debilitating sickness like cancer or dementia, it is emotionally and physically draining. Being a family caregiver changes everything, often in the blink of an eye...
October is breast cancer awareness month and given that breast cancer is the most common cause of death from cancer for women worldwide, it is fitting that we shed some light on what breast cancer is,...
September 29th is World Heart Day and according to the Centers for Disease Control, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Not surprisingly, heart disease causes one i...
Everyone’s got different tastes in tunes, genres, and artists… but everyone can agree that music is great. Believe it or not, music can even impact someone’s quality of life — especially for ...
VMT Home Health Agency is committed to being your shoulder to lean on during unprecedented times. Our team is fully committed to upholding our values of providing the most consistent and reliable home...