Westchester Health Tips

Di­a­betes af­fects about 200,000 chil­dren in the Unit­ed States. Di­a­betes man­age­ment is 24/7 for chil­dren and par­ents deal­ing with the dis­ease; di­a­betes doesn’t take a break dur­ing school hours.

To­day there are vi­sion cor­rec­tion op­tions to meet ev­ery child’s need, so take the time to sched­ule a vis­it to your eye care prac­ti­tion­er to see which op­tion works best for your child.

Your teenage ath­lete might be ac­tive and hap­py — but un­less she’s re­ceiv­ing ad­e­quate nu­tri­tion, she might be set­ting her­self up for health prob­lems lat­er in life. The Weight-​con­trol In­for­ma­tion Net­work (WIN) of­fers these tips to keep teenage ath­letes healthy…

Your family is having a difficulty visiting nursing homes. How can your family make the visits better for all of you?

Visits should not be about quantity, but based on quality. Shorts visit with a purpose are a good thing. Family members can come visit during lunch, bringing with them the patient’s favorite dessert. Taking a walk later in the day would also be nice.

When is time to consider placing an Alzheimer’s patient in a nursing home?

This is one of the difficult questions that family members need to face. As Alzheimer’s progresses in its later stage, a patient will require full time care. No one can do this alone, so if programs, services and resources are accessible near your community you may prefer to care for the patient right at your home. If not, then a long-term-care facility has to be an option.

The U.S. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is one benefit provided by the federal government for children under the age of 18 years old who meet qualification guidelines for disability, as well as disabled people 19 years and older still depending on others for their care. SSI also supplies monthly payments to people with limited incomes [...]