Our goal here is to provide information, through an open forum, on issues that pertain to senior health care.  McKinley Court provides specialized, as well as personalized, services for those people who need short term rehabilitation or long term medical care.  We will be exploring such areas as Alzheimer' Disease, diabetes management, cancer care, hospice, stroke recovery and post surgical/physical rehabilitation.   In our next entry, we will be looking at the decision to have knee replacement surgery and what that might mean in terms of expectations and rehabilitation. Regardless of whether you are considering the surgery for yourself or for a parent with osteoarthritis, the blog will include views from all sides.

One of these sides we will focus on is the role of the caregiver.  They can be a professional, a volunteer or a family member caring for a loved one.   Nurse practitioners (NP) are a good example of one such group.  With their expertise in transitioning an individual from hospital, to rehab, to long term care, they make it less stressful for the senior as well as the family and personal caregivers.  Sharing the experiences of the NP, the resident and those close to them, can provide much needed information to those people in similar situations.

We are looking forward to all comments and suggestions, be they professional or personal.