Older adults experience more life-threatening fire and burn injuries than any other age group. The issue of fire and burn safety for seniors is a good news- bad news scenario. The bad news is that everyone will inevitably grow old. “Nothing is certain, except death...
By all accounts, exercise is one of the most essential interventions that can help a burn survivor regain what they lost prior to the injury, combat subsequent complications, and ensure a successful long-term recovery. It’s a way back to your “personal ground zero” -- the...
While everyone needs to take precautions in their home to prevent fires, it’s particularly important for those who may be more vulnerable, like seniors. Older adults have the greatest risk of being hurt or killed in a house fire. In 2014, older people aged over...
As the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates said, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be they food.” Burn survivors would do well to take these sage words to heart since no injury requires as much nutritional support in the form of calories and protein as...
