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Pain Management: What Are Common Types of Arthritis?
I’m here today to talk with you about healthy living tips for Arthritis. I’m a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner, and I’ve been a GNP for over 25 years. I’ve worked with many...
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Home Safety and Fall Risk
An older adult is likely to experience a fall for many reasons. If you think of a fall as an interaction between the physical environment and certain characteristics of an individual, it's a...
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Nurse Tynisha finds happiness in her clients' satisfaction
Tynisha Mosley-Bates, BSN, RN, Director of Nursing for BrightStar Care Baltimore City/County earned the title of 2018 National Nurse of the Year for her compassion with patients and their families,...
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What Is a Care Coach?
00:09 One of the things we use our in Brightstar clinical pathway program is this idea of a RN clinical pathway coordinator, and that person functions as a care coach. 00:20 It's...
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Seniors Walk/Run at 2018 Ashby Ponds Summer Olympics Sponsored by BrightStar Care
(Ashburn, VA) – Ashby Ponds retirement community recently hosted their 7th Annual Summer Olympics in Ashburn, Va. Since 2009, residents of the community have come together each summer to...
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Kids Learn Why Bees Are Awesome
Honeybees are our most efficient and effective pollinators, and they pollinate lots of fruits and vegetables. We've invited a classroom full of DC kids to come down here and put on the bee...
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Celebrating our 2018 Regional Nurses of the Year
What makes nurses so special? We believe it is a special combination of head and heart. They have the knowledge and clinical expertise to provide the very best care as well as genuine compassion...
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Sweet Rewards
When Dan Price began beekeeping at his Virginia farm, he didn’t anticipate much beyond tending to the bees and making a little honey. Now, nearly a decade later, his beekeeping hobby has...
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Benefits of Gardening with Your Loved One in the South
In honor of National Family Caregivers Month, BrightStar Care took a look at the most popular family caregiver activities across the country. Based on national search data from Google, gardening...
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Helping Seniors Stay Safe During the Holidays
The holidays are upon us, and that means great food, family and friends. This is a time of year when many families visit their aging loved ones, often seeing them face-to-face for the first time in...