Low Vision Therapy Improving Residents’ Lives Posted on February 19, 2018July 28, 2020 Low vision is a condition caused by eye disease in which visual acuity is 20/70 or poorer in the better-seeing eye and cannot be corrected or improved with regular eyeglasses. Lutheran SeniorLife has developed a program through the occupational therapy... Continue Reading > 8 Tips to Help Compensate for Low Vision Posted on January 24, 2018July 28, 2020 There are several eye conditions that can make it difficult to complete daily tasks, including macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. Occupational therapists have special training to help people with low vision function better. They can help prevent accidents and... Continue Reading > Welcome Back, Pastor Sheehan! Posted on January 23, 2018August 27, 2019 Pr. Ed Sheehan has accepted a part-time call with Lutheran SeniorLife as transitional interim pastor at Passavant Community. Prior to his retirement last year, Pr. Sheehan served on Lutheran SeniorLife's Board of Directors and was involved in several of our... Continue Reading > Gala Honoree Choices Shine Spotlight on Lutheran/Catholic Collaboration Posted on January 23, 2018August 27, 2019 Five hundred years ago, anything but harmony would have come to mind when considering the relationship between the Catholic Church and the people who came to be known as Lutherans. But after recent years of shared reconciliation efforts by Lutherans... Continue Reading > Oh, My Aching Back! Posted on November 22, 2017July 28, 2020 At any given time, about 25% of people in the United States report having low back pain within the last 3 months. In most cases, low back pain is mild and disappears on its own. However, for some people, back... Continue Reading > How Can Therapy Help Those With Dementia? Posted on August 28, 2017July 28, 2020 The majority of dementia cases are due to Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease affecting brain cell quality and ability to communicate. Throughout the stages of the disease, trained therapists can help maintain patient safety and quality of... Continue Reading > How Can Therapy Help With Your GERD? Posted on June 26, 2017July 28, 2020 Speech-language pathologists (SLP) are therapists who provide rehabilitation interventions to individuals who display difficulty with speech, receptive and expressive language and cognitive skills including memory loss. Speech therapists also provide therapeutic interventions to people who display difficulty with swallowing food,... Continue Reading > Speech Therapists Can Help Improve Swallowing Posted on April 15, 2017July 28, 2020 Adults may experience feeding and swallowing problems due to such diseases or disorders as stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s disease. Those with cancer of the mouth, throat or esophagus, head or neck injury or decayed... Continue Reading > Are You Having More Difficulty With Your Vision? Posted on February 10, 2017July 28, 2020 There are several eye conditions that can make it difficult to complete daily tasks. These include macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. Occupational therapists have special training to help people with low vision function better. They can help prevent accidents... Continue Reading > Footwear Safety for Seniors Posted on December 28, 2016July 28, 2020 By: Christine Namey, MPT, Lutheran SeniorLife Rehabilitation Services The footwear, including shoes, slippers, or lack thereof, that seniors choose can affect their fall risk. In one study, almost 52% of those that fell said that at the time of the... Continue Reading > Posts navigation < 1 … 32 33 34 35 36 >
8 Tips to Help Compensate for Low Vision Posted on January 24, 2018July 28, 2020 There are several eye conditions that can make it difficult to complete daily tasks, including macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. Occupational therapists have special training to help people with low vision function better. They can help prevent accidents and... Continue Reading > Welcome Back, Pastor Sheehan! Posted on January 23, 2018August 27, 2019 Pr. Ed Sheehan has accepted a part-time call with Lutheran SeniorLife as transitional interim pastor at Passavant Community. Prior to his retirement last year, Pr. Sheehan served on Lutheran SeniorLife's Board of Directors and was involved in several of our... Continue Reading > Gala Honoree Choices Shine Spotlight on Lutheran/Catholic Collaboration Posted on January 23, 2018August 27, 2019 Five hundred years ago, anything but harmony would have come to mind when considering the relationship between the Catholic Church and the people who came to be known as Lutherans. But after recent years of shared reconciliation efforts by Lutherans... Continue Reading > Oh, My Aching Back! Posted on November 22, 2017July 28, 2020 At any given time, about 25% of people in the United States report having low back pain within the last 3 months. In most cases, low back pain is mild and disappears on its own. However, for some people, back... Continue Reading > How Can Therapy Help Those With Dementia? Posted on August 28, 2017July 28, 2020 The majority of dementia cases are due to Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease affecting brain cell quality and ability to communicate. Throughout the stages of the disease, trained therapists can help maintain patient safety and quality of... Continue Reading > How Can Therapy Help With Your GERD? Posted on June 26, 2017July 28, 2020 Speech-language pathologists (SLP) are therapists who provide rehabilitation interventions to individuals who display difficulty with speech, receptive and expressive language and cognitive skills including memory loss. Speech therapists also provide therapeutic interventions to people who display difficulty with swallowing food,... Continue Reading > Speech Therapists Can Help Improve Swallowing Posted on April 15, 2017July 28, 2020 Adults may experience feeding and swallowing problems due to such diseases or disorders as stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s disease. Those with cancer of the mouth, throat or esophagus, head or neck injury or decayed... Continue Reading > Are You Having More Difficulty With Your Vision? Posted on February 10, 2017July 28, 2020 There are several eye conditions that can make it difficult to complete daily tasks. These include macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. Occupational therapists have special training to help people with low vision function better. They can help prevent accidents... Continue Reading > Footwear Safety for Seniors Posted on December 28, 2016July 28, 2020 By: Christine Namey, MPT, Lutheran SeniorLife Rehabilitation Services The footwear, including shoes, slippers, or lack thereof, that seniors choose can affect their fall risk. In one study, almost 52% of those that fell said that at the time of the... Continue Reading > Posts navigation < 1 … 32 33 34 35 36 >
Welcome Back, Pastor Sheehan! Posted on January 23, 2018August 27, 2019 Pr. Ed Sheehan has accepted a part-time call with Lutheran SeniorLife as transitional interim pastor at Passavant Community. Prior to his retirement last year, Pr. Sheehan served on Lutheran SeniorLife's Board of Directors and was involved in several of our... Continue Reading > Gala Honoree Choices Shine Spotlight on Lutheran/Catholic Collaboration Posted on January 23, 2018August 27, 2019 Five hundred years ago, anything but harmony would have come to mind when considering the relationship between the Catholic Church and the people who came to be known as Lutherans. But after recent years of shared reconciliation efforts by Lutherans... Continue Reading > Oh, My Aching Back! Posted on November 22, 2017July 28, 2020 At any given time, about 25% of people in the United States report having low back pain within the last 3 months. In most cases, low back pain is mild and disappears on its own. However, for some people, back... Continue Reading > How Can Therapy Help Those With Dementia? Posted on August 28, 2017July 28, 2020 The majority of dementia cases are due to Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease affecting brain cell quality and ability to communicate. Throughout the stages of the disease, trained therapists can help maintain patient safety and quality of... Continue Reading > How Can Therapy Help With Your GERD? Posted on June 26, 2017July 28, 2020 Speech-language pathologists (SLP) are therapists who provide rehabilitation interventions to individuals who display difficulty with speech, receptive and expressive language and cognitive skills including memory loss. Speech therapists also provide therapeutic interventions to people who display difficulty with swallowing food,... Continue Reading > Speech Therapists Can Help Improve Swallowing Posted on April 15, 2017July 28, 2020 Adults may experience feeding and swallowing problems due to such diseases or disorders as stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s disease. Those with cancer of the mouth, throat or esophagus, head or neck injury or decayed... Continue Reading > Are You Having More Difficulty With Your Vision? Posted on February 10, 2017July 28, 2020 There are several eye conditions that can make it difficult to complete daily tasks. These include macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. Occupational therapists have special training to help people with low vision function better. They can help prevent accidents... Continue Reading > Footwear Safety for Seniors Posted on December 28, 2016July 28, 2020 By: Christine Namey, MPT, Lutheran SeniorLife Rehabilitation Services The footwear, including shoes, slippers, or lack thereof, that seniors choose can affect their fall risk. In one study, almost 52% of those that fell said that at the time of the... Continue Reading > Posts navigation < 1 … 32 33 34 35 36 >
Gala Honoree Choices Shine Spotlight on Lutheran/Catholic Collaboration Posted on January 23, 2018August 27, 2019 Five hundred years ago, anything but harmony would have come to mind when considering the relationship between the Catholic Church and the people who came to be known as Lutherans. But after recent years of shared reconciliation efforts by Lutherans... Continue Reading > Oh, My Aching Back! Posted on November 22, 2017July 28, 2020 At any given time, about 25% of people in the United States report having low back pain within the last 3 months. In most cases, low back pain is mild and disappears on its own. However, for some people, back... Continue Reading > How Can Therapy Help Those With Dementia? Posted on August 28, 2017July 28, 2020 The majority of dementia cases are due to Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease affecting brain cell quality and ability to communicate. Throughout the stages of the disease, trained therapists can help maintain patient safety and quality of... Continue Reading > How Can Therapy Help With Your GERD? Posted on June 26, 2017July 28, 2020 Speech-language pathologists (SLP) are therapists who provide rehabilitation interventions to individuals who display difficulty with speech, receptive and expressive language and cognitive skills including memory loss. Speech therapists also provide therapeutic interventions to people who display difficulty with swallowing food,... Continue Reading > Speech Therapists Can Help Improve Swallowing Posted on April 15, 2017July 28, 2020 Adults may experience feeding and swallowing problems due to such diseases or disorders as stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s disease. Those with cancer of the mouth, throat or esophagus, head or neck injury or decayed... Continue Reading > Are You Having More Difficulty With Your Vision? Posted on February 10, 2017July 28, 2020 There are several eye conditions that can make it difficult to complete daily tasks. These include macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. Occupational therapists have special training to help people with low vision function better. They can help prevent accidents... Continue Reading > Footwear Safety for Seniors Posted on December 28, 2016July 28, 2020 By: Christine Namey, MPT, Lutheran SeniorLife Rehabilitation Services The footwear, including shoes, slippers, or lack thereof, that seniors choose can affect their fall risk. In one study, almost 52% of those that fell said that at the time of the... Continue Reading > Posts navigation < 1 … 32 33 34 35 36 >
Oh, My Aching Back! Posted on November 22, 2017July 28, 2020 At any given time, about 25% of people in the United States report having low back pain within the last 3 months. In most cases, low back pain is mild and disappears on its own. However, for some people, back... Continue Reading > How Can Therapy Help Those With Dementia? Posted on August 28, 2017July 28, 2020 The majority of dementia cases are due to Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease affecting brain cell quality and ability to communicate. Throughout the stages of the disease, trained therapists can help maintain patient safety and quality of... Continue Reading > How Can Therapy Help With Your GERD? Posted on June 26, 2017July 28, 2020 Speech-language pathologists (SLP) are therapists who provide rehabilitation interventions to individuals who display difficulty with speech, receptive and expressive language and cognitive skills including memory loss. Speech therapists also provide therapeutic interventions to people who display difficulty with swallowing food,... Continue Reading > Speech Therapists Can Help Improve Swallowing Posted on April 15, 2017July 28, 2020 Adults may experience feeding and swallowing problems due to such diseases or disorders as stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s disease. Those with cancer of the mouth, throat or esophagus, head or neck injury or decayed... Continue Reading > Are You Having More Difficulty With Your Vision? Posted on February 10, 2017July 28, 2020 There are several eye conditions that can make it difficult to complete daily tasks. These include macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. Occupational therapists have special training to help people with low vision function better. They can help prevent accidents... Continue Reading > Footwear Safety for Seniors Posted on December 28, 2016July 28, 2020 By: Christine Namey, MPT, Lutheran SeniorLife Rehabilitation Services The footwear, including shoes, slippers, or lack thereof, that seniors choose can affect their fall risk. In one study, almost 52% of those that fell said that at the time of the... Continue Reading > Posts navigation < 1 … 32 33 34 35 36 >
How Can Therapy Help Those With Dementia? Posted on August 28, 2017July 28, 2020 The majority of dementia cases are due to Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease affecting brain cell quality and ability to communicate. Throughout the stages of the disease, trained therapists can help maintain patient safety and quality of... Continue Reading > How Can Therapy Help With Your GERD? Posted on June 26, 2017July 28, 2020 Speech-language pathologists (SLP) are therapists who provide rehabilitation interventions to individuals who display difficulty with speech, receptive and expressive language and cognitive skills including memory loss. Speech therapists also provide therapeutic interventions to people who display difficulty with swallowing food,... Continue Reading > Speech Therapists Can Help Improve Swallowing Posted on April 15, 2017July 28, 2020 Adults may experience feeding and swallowing problems due to such diseases or disorders as stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s disease. Those with cancer of the mouth, throat or esophagus, head or neck injury or decayed... Continue Reading > Are You Having More Difficulty With Your Vision? Posted on February 10, 2017July 28, 2020 There are several eye conditions that can make it difficult to complete daily tasks. These include macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. Occupational therapists have special training to help people with low vision function better. They can help prevent accidents... Continue Reading > Footwear Safety for Seniors Posted on December 28, 2016July 28, 2020 By: Christine Namey, MPT, Lutheran SeniorLife Rehabilitation Services The footwear, including shoes, slippers, or lack thereof, that seniors choose can affect their fall risk. In one study, almost 52% of those that fell said that at the time of the... Continue Reading > Posts navigation < 1 … 32 33 34 35 36 >
How Can Therapy Help With Your GERD? Posted on June 26, 2017July 28, 2020 Speech-language pathologists (SLP) are therapists who provide rehabilitation interventions to individuals who display difficulty with speech, receptive and expressive language and cognitive skills including memory loss. Speech therapists also provide therapeutic interventions to people who display difficulty with swallowing food,... Continue Reading > Speech Therapists Can Help Improve Swallowing Posted on April 15, 2017July 28, 2020 Adults may experience feeding and swallowing problems due to such diseases or disorders as stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s disease. Those with cancer of the mouth, throat or esophagus, head or neck injury or decayed... Continue Reading > Are You Having More Difficulty With Your Vision? Posted on February 10, 2017July 28, 2020 There are several eye conditions that can make it difficult to complete daily tasks. These include macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. Occupational therapists have special training to help people with low vision function better. They can help prevent accidents... Continue Reading > Footwear Safety for Seniors Posted on December 28, 2016July 28, 2020 By: Christine Namey, MPT, Lutheran SeniorLife Rehabilitation Services The footwear, including shoes, slippers, or lack thereof, that seniors choose can affect their fall risk. In one study, almost 52% of those that fell said that at the time of the... Continue Reading > Posts navigation < 1 … 32 33 34 35 36 >
Speech Therapists Can Help Improve Swallowing Posted on April 15, 2017July 28, 2020 Adults may experience feeding and swallowing problems due to such diseases or disorders as stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s disease. Those with cancer of the mouth, throat or esophagus, head or neck injury or decayed... Continue Reading > Are You Having More Difficulty With Your Vision? Posted on February 10, 2017July 28, 2020 There are several eye conditions that can make it difficult to complete daily tasks. These include macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. Occupational therapists have special training to help people with low vision function better. They can help prevent accidents... Continue Reading > Footwear Safety for Seniors Posted on December 28, 2016July 28, 2020 By: Christine Namey, MPT, Lutheran SeniorLife Rehabilitation Services The footwear, including shoes, slippers, or lack thereof, that seniors choose can affect their fall risk. In one study, almost 52% of those that fell said that at the time of the... Continue Reading > Posts navigation < 1 … 32 33 34 35 36 >
Are You Having More Difficulty With Your Vision? Posted on February 10, 2017July 28, 2020 There are several eye conditions that can make it difficult to complete daily tasks. These include macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. Occupational therapists have special training to help people with low vision function better. They can help prevent accidents... Continue Reading > Footwear Safety for Seniors Posted on December 28, 2016July 28, 2020 By: Christine Namey, MPT, Lutheran SeniorLife Rehabilitation Services The footwear, including shoes, slippers, or lack thereof, that seniors choose can affect their fall risk. In one study, almost 52% of those that fell said that at the time of the... Continue Reading > Posts navigation < 1 … 32 33 34 35 36 >
Footwear Safety for Seniors Posted on December 28, 2016July 28, 2020 By: Christine Namey, MPT, Lutheran SeniorLife Rehabilitation Services The footwear, including shoes, slippers, or lack thereof, that seniors choose can affect their fall risk. In one study, almost 52% of those that fell said that at the time of the... Continue Reading > Posts navigation < 1 … 32 33 34 35 36 >