HTS Blog

Osteoporosis
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Physical Therapy Can Help Osteoporosis

Healthy bones are an invaluable asset at any age, allowing individuals to move freely, conduct daily tasks at a normal pace, embrace healthy, active lifestyles and avoid pain and discomfort like the ones caused by osteoporosis. What Is Osteoporosis? Osteoporosis…
aging parents
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How Senior Care Communities Can Help Adult Children Handle the Needs of Aging Parents

Caring for aging parents requires special care and finding the best methods to overcome the stress, sadness, and anxiety that the child-parent role reversal inevitably brings along is usually a priority for caring children. Caring for an…
Work-Life Balance
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Achieving Your Optimal Work-Life Balance

Achieving a work-life balance is a concept involving choices and priorities related to the professional (career, work, education) versus the personal (family, friends, recreation) aspects of daily life. These choices may be routine and impact…
Earning a Job:
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Earning a Job in the Age of Social Media – 5 Great Tips

As social media continues to dominate our daily lives, it’s more important than ever to consider your online presence when searching for and earning a job. According to Jobvite, a top online recruiting platform, up to 92% of Recruiters and…
Healthy Vision
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Healthy Vision Month: Encouraging the Early Detection and Treatment of Vision Problems

May, also known as Healthy Vision Month, offers people living in the U.S. the perfect opportunity to prevent and address some of the most common eye problems by scheduling an eye exam. Taking good care of our eyesight should be a number-one…
Safe in the Heat
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Staying Safe in the Heat

Hot weather is dangerous! As the temperatures increase, older adults are more prone to harmful effects. As we age, it becomes more difficult for our bodies to adjust and react to sudden changes in temperature. Dehydration, heat exhaustion…
Speech Therapy

Long-Term Care Facilities Promote Speech Therapy for BHSM

Apart from being one of the most-loved months of spring, May is also known as Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM). Every May, BHSM offers both health care providers and the general community the chance to raise awareness about a wide range…

Arthritis Awareness Month: Fighting the Battle Against Arthritis with Physical Therapy

Considered a month of rebirth and renewal, like the other months of spring, May is also known as Arthritis Awareness Month. This month offers Americans the opportunity to become familiar with the most effective arthritis prevention and control…
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A Complete Guide to Working in Post Acute Care

Thinking of Working in Post Acute Rehabilitation? Here's Everything You Need to Know If you’re geared towards the post acute care field of work, then you have a world of opportunities available at your fingertips. It’s a bright and promising…
thera[ist story

What’s Your Part of the Story?

I love stories, don’t you? I love that magical point when you cannot put down a book or when you realize you’re holding your breath at the edge of your seat ready to explode to aid the protagonist (main character) over the climactic struggle…
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Regular Exercise Stops Aging and Improves Brain Health

How Exercise Benefits the Aging Brain While medical experts and doctors are searching for cures and vaccinations to some of the diseases that affect the older generations, others say that the answer is right in front of us. Many agree that…

Post-Acute Care – The Vital Role of Therapy

Therapy Plays a Vital Role in Post-Acute Care The word “acute” in the medical sense means that a disease or illness is sudden or has a short duration. Post-acute care may be indicated for diseases, surgeries, and injuries that dramatically…