Life expectancy in the U.S. is up 43 percent since 1900, and the number of Americans who were 80 or older jumped from 374,000 at the beginning of the century to 2.3 million in the late 1950s. The 2010 U.S. census counted about 8.4 million octogenarians, and 1.5 million who were even older. […]
Imagine sitting in your doctor’s office or lying in your hospital bed and being told you had less than six months left to live. What do you do? Call someone you love. Take that “bucket list” trip. Ask for a second opinion. Or wait for the inevitable. […]
Sure, we know it’s important to do our part to protect ourselves against COVID-19 – hand-washing, social distancing, mask-wearing, and more. We get that. […]
Small businesses in need of Personal Protection Equipment will be able to collect free supplies Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Brevard County Government PPE distribution warehouse at 7740 Technology Drive in West Melbourne. […]
As a patient, arriving for a doctor’s appointment shouldn’t be a hassle. We all want the process to be quick, convenient, and not include sitting in the waiting room filling out paper forms before being seen. […]
More than a third of Americans say they would not get a COVID-19 vaccine right now, even if were free and FDA-approved, according to a new Gallup poll. […]
The year 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the 1918-1919 global “Spanish” influenza pandemic, with an estimated one-third of the world’s population (or ~ 500 million persons) were infected and claimed more than 50 million lives. Since 1918, there have been further pandemics and today influenza remains a global threat. […]
Space Coast Daily, Brevard’s leading local news and information source, is proud to present its newest member of the SCD family of outstanding multimedia products. […]
Lyman Rowan sees volunteering for Wuesthoff Health System Hospice an integral part of his life. The Rockledge resident has devoted 25 years to volunteer hospice work, and despite the heartbreak that is part and parcel of volunteering for an end-of-life program, he wouldn’t have it any other way. […]
Chaplain Woody Morrison is used to consoling families whose loved ones are terminally ill or have passed. But the COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a whole new layer of anguish for mourners – the inability to traditionally grieve that beloved person due to safety measures recently thrust upon us all. […]
More than 100 “dangerous” hand sanitizers have made the Food and Drug Administration’s rolling list of sanitizers that have been recalled due to the presence of a toxic chemical. […]
Peggy Grace, a music therapist for VITAS Healthcare, strums a G major and lets the chord ring out. “I’m in love–I’m all shook up,” she sings, and she’s not the only one. VITAS patient Patricia Browder, in her 80s and living with dementia, sings every word she remembers and mouths the handful she doesn’t. […]
