Lifestyle

12 Oct Fire and Burn Safety for Older Adults

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...

14 Mar Reduce the Risk of Fires in Seniors’ Homes

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...

03 Mar You Are What You Eat

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...