From the desk of Together In This...  From the time we were kids, we’ve been told that we need a well balanced diet to help maintain our health. However, since most of us don’t follow the recommendations, we take a ...

The story goes something like this: There is a hospitalization, fall, or illness A physical or occupational therapist provides skilled interventions to increase strength, ambulation, function, and/or balance.  (setting could be a hospital, inpatient rehab center, skilled nursing facility, home ...

The Problem: Sam is a 79 year old man with moderate (middle stage) dementia.  He lives in a memory care unit of a facility and rarely sits still.  Sam wanders from room to room touching furniture and collecting knick-knacks in ...

There are plenty of reasons why older adults are at risk for poor nutrition.  Studies have shown a prevalence of malnutrition or at-risk nutritional deficits around the world.  In one study utilizing the Mini Nutritional Assessment on over 4500 older ...