The numbers are staggering. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 1 in every 5 adults in America live with a mental health condition. Approximately 13.6 million adults in America live with a serious mental illness, and one-half of all chronic mental illness… Read More »Mental Health – How Can We Remove The Stigma?
Our health care model transitioned to an innovative, proactive approach over the past several years. A focus on the areas of diet, exercise, preventative clinical services, and a high emphasis on monitoring areas of concern is shifting the way care is delivered. While strides have… Read More »Memory Concerns? Take a Proactive Approach
Do you know someone with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia that is complaining of sleep issues or nighttime restlessness? Have you noticed behavioral changes beginning at dusk that seem to last into the night? This person may be experiencing a condition known as sundowning. The term “sundowning” refers to a… Read More »Alzheimer’s Disease and Sundowning
As a job seeker, imagine you had an opportunity to get into the heads of Human Resources (HR) professionals to figure out some Do’s and Don’ts that can help set you apart from the competition. At the Easter Job Transition Group on Tuesday, March 17,… Read More »A Candid Conversation with HR
The Meeting of the Minds Dementia Conference was at the Riverside Convention Center in downtown St. Paul on March 12, 2015 … and HealthStar Home Health was there! Hosted by the Alzheimer’s Association Minnesota-North Dakota Chapter and Mayo Clinic, the conference draws over 1,300 participants… Read More »Meeting of the Minds to Connect the Hearts
The numbers are alarming. 40% of Native Americans in Minnesota have diabetes according to Lori Watso, a former public health nurse and Shakopee tribe member as quoted in a Star Tribune article. This epidemic will continue to expand as Native Americans are nearly twice as likely as whites to become obese, more… Read More »Diabetes and the Native American Population
Reaching out and giving back was the theme of the day at the Minneapolis Urban League (MUL)’s Employer of the Day event held on Wednesday, February 25, 2015. In collaboration with MUL’s Business Employment & Solutions Training (BEST) program, HealthStar’s South Minneapolis team took the… Read More »Connecting With Our Community
At HealthStar Home Health, our team of caregivers, which includes nurses, case managers and therapists provide services that help people stay at home in familiar surroundings, develop good health habits and reduce hospitalizations. One of the skilled services we provide is in-home wound care. Providing good… Read More »Wound Care 101
7:00 am: Amelia Muir, psychiatric home care nurse begins her day by logging into her laptop. After checking e-mails and confirming appointment times with patients, Amelia is ready to enter the field for her four scheduled home visits in Queens, New York. Queens, a borough… Read More »A Day in the Life of a Psychiatric Field Nurse
Whether you have cared for someone with Alzheimer’s in their Minnesota home for many years or have just learned that a loved one has been diagnosed with the disease, managing their behavior and personality changes can be very challenging. You may have already figured out that, as… Read More »Managing Alzheimer’s Behaviors