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	<title>Pioneer Medical Alert &#187; Senior Safety</title>
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	<description>Helping Seniors Live Safely in their Homes</description>
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		<title>How a Medical Alarm Can Keep You Independent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that statistically a third of all seniors age 65 and older will suffer from an accident from a fall or other injury sustained in the home?  It is true that as a natural part of aging we become less sure in our movements and what used to be easy tasks take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Ensure Your Safety as You Live at Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are interested in making your home a safe place to live or trying to help a loved one stay independent in their home, it is important to consider what measures you can take to ensure senior safety, especially if they are going to live alone as a senior.
The set of challenges a senior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Senior Safety</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senior safety at home is a real concern. There are several issues to worry about if you are a senior that you may not have needed to worry about as much previously. The following are some tips in areas of each of these issues:
Fires:
The fact is that elderly people experience more fires than not-elderly people. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prevention, the Biggest Aid in Senior Safety</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preventing safety problems is the best thing you can do for yourself as a senior who wants to live at home and maintain independence. There are a number of common problems elderly face, and some good ways to prevent these problems:
Falls:
The older population&#8217;s risk of falling is usually caused by three things: the normal aging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senior Safety at Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a senior there are many safety concerns you might have. In your home there are going to be concerns such as fire hazards, falls, slips, medical emergencies. Your body has changed, your abilities have changed, and you have a whole new set of challenges to face. Besides these however, there is yet another safety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Your Safety Seriously</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many elderly and seniors do not take their safety as seriously as they should. They think that because they have never had a problem or incident before, they won’t ever have one. Many people will not do anything about their safety until after a safety issue occurs. However, as a senior it is important that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using a Senior Safety Company</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At some point in life, things that were once easy are not any longer. As you age your muscles start to lose strength, your eyes start to fail, your hearing, and simple things like stepping over the tub to get out of the shower can be difficult.
These changes in life are what make things like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adapting Your House for Seniors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seniors face a unique set of problems that create safety concerns. For example, a person may not have the muscle strength or reflex reaction to avoid a fall that they once would have. Decreased vision can make it harder to see small obstacles, such as toys left on the stairs by a grandchild. There are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Reasons to get a Medical Alarm</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Center for Disease Control more than 33% of American seniors aged 65 and older are involved in accidents and falls at home each year.  For the loved ones of these seniors, those statistics are motivation enough to seek placement for their senior family member in an assisted living center.  Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling Safe While Being Independent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we age most of our bodies loose the abilities that we once had. Most of us loose some degree of mobility and it becomes more difficult to recover from an accident. Some of us will develop brittle bones and can be seriously injured by a relatively minor fall. Aside from the changes and vulnerability [...]]]></description>
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