As we continue to rebuild our website and re-add older blogs, we decided to re-share this blog from 2018. It is about choosing a word for...

November is National Family Caregiver’s Month. It seems appropriate during a month when we focus on being thankful and grateful to honor ...

There are days my feet ache because of the cold***. As one of the 5-10% of Americans with Raynauds, I try to prepare but Autumn is a toug...

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Did you know 1 in 8 women born today will face the diagnosis of breast cancer in their...

Saturday, September 22nd was National Falls Prevention Awareness Day. One report states, “Falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fa...

September is Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month. Atrial Fibrillations, also known as AFib is an irregular heartbeat with a rapid heart r...

“Sepsis is the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States, yet 42% of American have never heard of sepsis. Education and early detec...

Did you know the older someone is the greater their risk of suicide? Research consistently shows, Seniors have the highest rate of suicid...

Is there such a thing as good stress? Especially for Seniors? Most people think Seniors, especially the retired have it easy and do not d...

Did you know that Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is known as ‘an older person’s disease’? Parkisnonsdisease.net shares in the article, Parkinso...

Healthcare is complicated! It doesn’t help when abbreviations are used. We are left guessing and frustrated trying to find what we need. ...

The statistics on informal/unpaid caregivers is staggering. In a 2015 report, the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP shared, “Appr...

A recent Pew Research Center survey shares, “12.1 million older U.S. adults are living alone…the underlying factor is older adults value ...

Fireworks are synonymous with July 4th. The beauty of the colors and the loud booms attract thousands to displays throughout the country....

Cardinal Institute for Health Careers #CIHC is officially a MyCAA approved school and eligible students can use a MyCAA (Military Spouse ...

June has been designated as Autoimmune Month. There are over 100 autoimmune diseases that affect approximately 50 million Americans, 20 p...

June is National Scleroderma month. Sclero-what? is unfortunately a normal response when this disease is spoken about. This is why the Sc...

We are approaching the end of Older American Month and heading into Summer. With the warmer days, what better time to discuss the health ...

Our blog is primarily generated to share health-related information, which we at Cardinal Institute for Health Careers believe is benefic...

May is Older American Month and the theme for 2018 is Engage at Every Age. The Administration on Aging shares on the website, Oam.acl.gov...