CHAPTER FOUR • EXPLORING HEALTH ISSUES

This chapter touches upon the health issues seniors face today. Ailments, illnesses and prevention is an index of health conditions with a brief description of the condition and the agencies and organizations that are available to provide information, support, education and additional resources both within the community and on a national level.

“The healthy, the strong individual, is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he has an abcess on his knee or in his soul.”
Rona Barrett

Illnesses Ailments and Prevention

• Addiction

• Aids/HIV

• Allergies

• Alzheimer’s Disease

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

• Arthritis

• Blindness

• Blood Pressure

• Brain Injury

• Cancer

• Crohns and Colitis Diseases

• Deafness

• Dental

• Diabetes

• Foot Care

• Head Injury

• Headache

• Hearing Impairment

• Heart

• HIV/AIDS

• Huntington’s Disease

• Incontinence

• Kidney Failure

• Leukemia

• Liver Failure

• Lung Diseases

• Lupus

• Mental Health

• Multiple Sclerosis

• Osteoporosis

• Ostomies

• Paralysis and Spinal Cord Injuries

• Parkinson’s Disease

• Post-Polio Syndrome

• Prostate Disease

• Rare Disorders

• Sleep Disorders

• Stroke

• Vision Impairment

• Weight Management

• Women’s Health

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