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Gail Burton - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Gail is a keen international traveller and gourmet who loves learning new languages. While Gail is not travelling, she spends most of her time working with the team at LegAids.
Gail is passionate about assisting the elderly with issues such as mobility and incontinence. Gail also volunteers her time at the local hospice, where she assists in patient comfort and entertaining them by reading.
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- Incontinence and Self Management - Ways to Minimise Discomfort
[Home-and-Family:Elder-Care] Incontinence is a growing issue for the Australian population as we continue aging. Currently it is estimated that over 3.8 million Australians suffer from one form of incontinence or another. How can we manage this growing issue?
- Safety in the Home For Aging Australians - Reduce the Chances of Falls and Injury
[Home-and-Family:Elder-Care] For many aging Australians, safety in the home can be a big issue, and often determines whether or not they stay in their own home with a level of family or nursing care, or whether they move into assisted living premises. With a little planning, time in the family home can be extended while minimising home accidents and injuries.
- Walking Frames Increase Mobility and Allow Greater Freedom and Independence
[Home-and-Family:Elder-Care] As we age our mobility often becomes hampered, through muscle, joint and bone conditions deteriorating. You may have experienced this or you may have a loved family member who, as they grow older, become frailer, begin to have difficulties in moving about freely. This can often hamper one's life style, keeping them indoors, when they would rather be outside living life as normal.
- Adult Diapers Allow You to Self Manage Incontinence
[Home-and-Family:Elder-Care] As we now live longer, unfortunately our bodies are in greater need of supporting products that allow us to lead a life style that maintains our independence. Aside from retirement villages and self assisted living accommodation, there is now a range of products on the market that assists us in our every day activities.
- Australia, an Aging Nation and Land of Aged Care Facilities
[Home-and-Family:Elder-Care] Following the second world war, Australia went into baby boom motion, increasing the population to what is today, an aging nation. This has caught the government short, and means that aged care facilities are being built at a fast rate, to ensure that some form of assisted living housing is available for those who need it.
- Handy Tips For Painting - Rules to Make the Job Easier
[Home-Improvement:Painting] Many customers think that all they need is the paint, roller and maybe a brush and they are set to transform their lives with a fresh coat of paint. When they are pointed in the direction of a myriad of accessories, they generally tend to shy away, thinking that you are simply trying to add to the value of the sale.
- Why Screensavers Are Becoming More Popular Than Ever
[Computers-and-Technology] With PC technology rapidly increasing, programming is becoming more sophisticated. PC's are becoming smaller while having greater power and the same goes for screensavers.
- Compression Stockings For Venous Conditions
[Health-and-Fitness:Alternative] Compression Stockings are needed when the leg is swollen due to varicose veins. Varicose veins are due to the flow of blood. Compression stockings are meant to be quite snug.
- Varicose Veins in the Community
[Health-and-Fitness] Varicose veins are the sequel generally to phlebitis. This condition is very common, primarily affecting women. More than 20 percent of women develop some form of varicose veins, either during pregnancy or as they age.
- Incontinence in Western Society
[Health-and-Fitness] Incontinence isn't a disease. It's a symptom of other problems, such as weakened pelvic muscles, neurological disorder, injury, impaired mobility, constipation and dehydration. Incontinence is not an inevitable outcome of aging, but advancing years and increasing disability can make it more likely.
- Pelvic Floor Exercises - Reduce the Effects of Incontinence
[Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] Stress incontinence is when you leak urine because there is extra pressure on your bladder, for example when you cough, sneeze, do exercise or lift something heavy. It develops when the mechanism for keeping the bladder outlet closed is weakened. Stress incontinence is a common condition experienced by one in three women.
- Benefits of Compression Stockings For Greater Health
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] Compression stockings no longer have to look like medical legwear. Newer technology now allows women to wear health generating stockings that have a similar appearance to regular stockings.
- Are Spider Veins Impacting Your Life? Around Half of Adult Women Are Affected by Spider Veins
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] Spider veins are cherry red in color and usually appear on the legs, sometimes on the arms, and occasionally on the face. They are thin and thread-like, usually 1-2 mm in diameter, and generally appear in a linear pattern, a branch-like pattern, or a spider pattern. Spider veins can be red, blue, or purple veins in the shape of a spider web just underneath the surface of the skin in the form of Telangiectasia, or smaller veins around the facial area.
- Compression Stockings and Post Thrombotic Syndrome
[Health-and-Fitness:Pain-Management] Post thrombotic syndrome (PTS) is a burdensome and costly complication of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) that develops in 20-40% of patients within 1-2 years after symptomatic DVT. Affected patients have chronic leg pain and swelling and may develop ulcers. Post-thrombotic syndrome is sometimes referred to as chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) or as post-phlebitic syndrome.
- Deep Vein Thrombosis - Causes and Self Help
[Health-and-Fitness:Diseases] Deep Vein thrombosis affects more than the elderly. How does it occur and what you can do to prevent this syndrome. Deep vein thrombosis can cause pulmonary embolism resulting in death.
- Top 10 Causes of Varicose Veins
[Health-and-Fitness:Skin-Care] While Varicose Veins are often hereditary, there are other causes. Here I have listed the top ten causes for Varicose Veins Varicose veins are veins that have become twisted and enlarged. While varicose veins are primarily found in the leg, they can occur elsewhere. Varicose veins are distinguishable from telangiectasias (spider veins) and reticular veins (blue veins) by the location and size of the veins.
- Travel in Comfort With a Contoured Travel Pillow
[Travel-and-Leisure] When you choose a certain contour pillow travel model, make sure that it matches your necessities. Have you got a health problem that requires a certain body position or do you simply want to increase comfort while traveling?
- Moroccan Couscous From Recipes of the World
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] If you are like myself, you work all day then come home to cook for the family. Continually thinking of new meals becomes difficult. This quick 8 minute Couscous recipe will make life a little easier while giving the family a tasty treat!
- Is Aging Impacting Upon Your Intervertebral Discs
[Health-and-Fitness:Back-Pain] An article explaining why our backs feel progressively older and less pliant as we grow older. It explains why this occurs and the type of exercise that we can do to ensure that our backs retain their recuperative abilities.
- Recipes From Around the World - A Book Review
[Book-Reviews:Cookery-Cookbook] You don't have to travel the world to get a taste of international cuisine. With Recipes From Around The World, you can open your mind and treat your taste buds to a world of fine cuisine-without leaving home!
- 2 Suggestions to Get More Out of Your French Holiday
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] When traveling overseas it is easy to feel overwhelmed with the 2 major differences that you will encounter. The language and the dining. I use two simple tactics to ensure that I am prepared for both of these issues.
- Italy - Land of Beauty and Historic Treasure
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] Travel in Italy, a popular culinary destination, and find some of the world's best acclaimed foods, wines and pastries. And you won't be able to resist experiencing every bit of Old World Europe's legacies known all over the world. Italy is only partly a Mediterranean country - 3/5ths of it is Alpine too, with the Alps and Dolomites in the North and the Apennines running down the spine.
- Luxury Holidays at Budget Rates - How You Too Can Achieve This
[Travel-and-Leisure:Budget-Travel] Like many things in life, having the right information allows one to use said information to your advantage. We work hard and deserve a quality vacation each year. Knowing where to find this information and how to use it effectively makes the difference between a budget holiday or a luxury one on a shoe string.
- Chinese - The Upcoming Language and Why You Should Learn It
[Reference-and-Education:Languages] Chinese is fast becoming the new international business language. Would your business prosper if you had links to the local Chinese community, or to business's within China itself?
- Halloweens of Yester Year - How Our Grandparents Celebrated Halloween
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Halloween, like all other holidays, becomes more commercialised each year. Have you ever stopped to consider how Halloween was celebrated in the Roaring 1920's?
- Mobility Scooter Points and Safety Tips
[Home-and-Family:Elder-Care] Mobility scooters, because of their size are generally recommended for outdoor use? Young and old can enjoy the ease and freedom of getting out and about. Mobility scooters are usually battery powered.
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