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  Check for Safety! A Home Fall Prevention Checklist for Older Adults  Each year, thousands of older Americans fall at home. Many of them are seriously injured, and some are disabled. Falls are often due to hazards that are easy to overlook but also easy to fix. This checklist will help you find and fix those hazards in your home. The checklist asks about hazards found in each room of your home and tells you how to fix the problem. At the end of the checklist, you’ll find other tips for preventing falls. FLOORS: Q: When you walk through a room, do you have to walk around furniture? [  ]  Ask someone to move the furniture so your path is clear. Q: Do you have throw rugs on the floor? [  ]  Remove the rugs or use double-sided tape or a non-slip backing so the rugs won’t slip. Q: Are there papers, books, towels, shoes, magazines, boxes, blankets, or other objects on the floor? [  ]  Pick up things that

    Are you an oxygen patient who’s wanting to travel to a warmer climate, and you’re not sure whether or not we can help? Well, the answer is yes! If you are contemplating a fun road trip, a flight or a bus ride out to greener pastures, Hart Medical Equipment is the place to start. Did you know that if you have Medicare or Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance, then your travel is a covered benefit through these two insurances? Patient travel is one of the services that we provide to ensure you have a smooth, worry-free trip that you so rightly deserve!  We also rent portable oxygen concentrators and accessories for those patients who also qualify to use them, for a weekly fee.  When you do decide to make those final plans to see the countryside, just give our friendly Hart Medical Equipment Travel Team a call, preferably two weeks before your departure.  We will need just a few details to get you started, such as a destination address, mode

As spring peeks its head around the corner, people all over are ready to get back outside.  Morning jogs and evening walks are among some of the favorite ways to enjoy the spring weather.  With many people looking to exercise and enjoy the fresh air, running is a great place to start. Maybe you are one of those looking to start up running.  You’ve planned out your routine, dusted off your old running shoes, and have determined that you will be a runner.  Or maybe you’ve decided to start off with simple walks.  Either way, YOU ARE READY.  The first week isn’t bad, in fact it's kind of enjoyable.  Week two starts and that’s when you realize that you have aches and pains all over.  Your hips hurt, your legs ache, and your shins have splints. But above all your feet hurt, so you give yourself a few days break.  Those few days turn into weeks, and those weeks turn into a busy schedule where you forget all about