CarePartners - Care Connections Winter 2007

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Could Physical Therapy Help You?

Can Cancer Patients Benefit From Massage Therapy?

Is It Time To Hang Up The Car Keys?

You Decide …
Complete Advance Directives For End-Of-Life Care

A Nurse In Your Pocket

Constraint Induced Therapy At CarePartners

Have feedback or ideas?
Contact:

  Amy Smialowicz
  Planning Coordinator
  CarePartners Health Services
  asmialowicz@carepartners.org

Could Physical Therapy Help You? Many Americans suffer from neck or back pain or encounter any number of conditions that prevent them from participating in normal activities at some point in their lives. More >

Can Cancer Patients Benefit From Massage Therapy? At one time, massage therapy was thought to be out of the question for people with cancer. But the benefits of massage therapy for such individuals are being recognized more and more – including stress relief, relaxation and soothing of aches and pains. More >

Is It Time To Hang Up The Car Keys? Older Americans have fewer accidents per licensed driver than younger ones, but when drivers pass 70 years old, the accident rate rises substantially. More >

You Decide … Complete Advance Directives For End-Of-Life Care If you want to make decisions regarding your end-of-life care – rather than have them made by your family, guardian or the courts – you need to put your requests in writing. More >

Support Groups Listing of local groups and locations. More >

A Nurse In Your Pocket Do you ever feel overwhelmed by all the medical information you are charged with understanding and managing for yourself, your spouse or your parents? More >

Constraint Induced Therapy At CarePartners Constraint Induced Therapy (CIT) is an innovative approach to rehabilitation of stroke-related upper extremity movement deficits. More >