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Organize Your Loved Ones Health

by admin on February 10, 2010

Be Prepared Organize your Health

Have you wondered about what if? I use to wonder what if all the time. What if something happened to my son and no one knew what his allergies were? Now that he is older and has grown out of “his situation” I have become lax. But now we have to go into that what if stage again. My son is getting older and this summer will be in another state without me (Mom). So how am I going to prepare him for that just in case possibility? I am going to prepare my son by organizing and filling in a Medic Tag so he can put it on his key ring and have his health records with him all the time. I will feel a little more at ease. Of course I will text, email and talk with him more then he probably needs but for that just in case, I will and he will be prepared by being organized.

Medic Tag

MedicTag is the original USB medic alert tag designed for emergency medic information and alert.

Medical alert bracelets, medic ID tags and medi alert jewelry have limited information available. A MedicTag USB medical alert and medic ID tag stores and has instant access to all your medical and emergency information.

In an emergency your medical information is critical to an accurate, timely and possibly life saving diagnosis.

MedicTag is a digital USB personal medical alert and information device that combines your emergency information with today’s technology. A digital memory chip is used to store all your information on the easy to use MedicTag medical history and alert form and the distinctive styling and bright logo will alert medic personnel to your special needs and existing medical conditions.

MedicTag is useful for many conditions including

• ADD/ADHD
• Anemia
• Ankylosing Spondylitis
• Asthma
• Autism
• Blood thinners – Coumadin, warfarin
• Cancer patients
• Cardiac patients
• Cerebral Palsy
• Clinical trial patients
• Diabetes
• Emphysema

• Epilepsy, seizures
• Food, insect and medicine allergies
• Hearing, sight and mentally impaired
• Hypertension
• Mental health patients
• Multiple medications
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Rare diseases
• Special needs children
• Stroke risk
• Surgery, transplant patients

And caregivers for people who live with many of these conditions

Healthcare providers must often either start from scratch or act blindly because they don’t have the patient’s relevant past history, allergies, or medications.

With MedicTag, safety of care will be improved as patients and doctors benefit from immediate access to the patients’ list of conditions, medications and dosages, allowing all parties to avoid the sometimes dangerous duplication of medications and other kinds of errors associated with incomplete information.

MedicTag is simple to use. Plug it into the USB port on your computer to start the program, there is nothing to install, it’s all on the MedicTag. Fill in the blanks with as much, or as little information as you need, click on “save” and you are done.

It requires very little computer skill to use, on most systems it is “plug and play” and is a simple fill in the blanks format. It is compatible with 99.9% of the home and office computer systems in use today and requires only Windows and MS Word to fill out the information form. And no special software is needed to read it, all Windows operating systems include WordPad which can read the information form.

You can also change your information, medications, doctors and any other health information whenever you need to so your information is always easy to keep up to date.

Convenient  and easy to carry on a key ring you can keep it with you all the time. FEMA and the Red Cross both recommend that your emergency information, including medications and emergency contacts, be part of your disaster preparation kit. In case of an emergency evacuation due to hurricane or flood that information is much more likely to be available if you have it on your key ring.

Are you the caregiver for an aging loved one or other family member? Medic Tag can consolidate all their medical information into one form that’s easy to access.

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Caregiving – A Great Resource!

by admin on October 30, 2008

I want to share a great resource for all caregivers. No one should be on a caregiving journey alone when there are resources like this available. Strength for Caring is wonderful resource for caregivers. Please take the time to, see how they can help you by finding resources that you need, chat with someone going through the same things you are and much more.

The Johnson & Johnson Caregiver Initiative is a pioneer in the emerging field of family caregiver support and StrengthForCaring.com (SFC) is the cornerstone of this important program. SFC is a comprehensive website designed to provide family caregivers with a broad range of expert content and information, an emerging on-line community, daily inspiration, and much needed support.

The Caregiver Initiative will launch new programs in the coming months. We are proud to work with other caregiving organizations across America to support the more than 54 million family caregivers who provide care for their loved ones each and every day.

SFC contains four main sections:

* Just for Caregivers - Find ways to take care of yourself while you are caring for others.

  • learn how to decrease stress
  • stop feeling guilty
  • find ways to balance mind, body, work and family

* Caring for Others – Tips for daily care and information about health conditions.

  • find information about caring for your loved one’s specific health condition
  • learn how to communicate with healthcare professionals
  • get practical caregiving tips for safety and daily care

* Connecting Caregivers - Share stories and find support.

  • post a message
  • ask for advice
  • talk to other caregivers on our message boards

* Resource Center – Find caregiver news, books and brochures about caregiving, links to other sites, and more.

  • research housing options for your loved one
  • read articles about money and insurance
  • find multicultural caregiving resources

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How To Form Caregiving Support Groups

January 22, 2008

Share the Care. Forming caregiving groups for people who are seriously ill. Great read by Julie Deardoff!read more | digg story

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