Bariatric Equipment & Supplies from MyCareHomeMedical.com

From grab bars to commodes, we’ve collected everything you need to equip your or your patient’s bathroom for comfort, convenience, and safety for those patients over 400lbs. Don’t let subpar equipment keep you on the edge of your seat waiting for it to collapse or hoping it doesn't break; most of these products are graded for up to 600lbs.

http://www.mycarehomemedical.com/bariatric-supplies/

Home Medical Supply Company

My Home Medical Care is your go to medical supply company. We have a partnership with Medical Services Company, and through that partnership we have over 60 years of experience with medical supplies. The types of supplies we carry include anything from Asthma & Allergy to full Patient Room products.

http://www.mycarehomemedical.com/home-medical-supply-company/

HackFest winners build a virtual bridge between senior living communities and homebound elders | (repost MyCareHomeMedical.com)

Homebound elderly people might soon have easy virtual access to activities offered by senior living communities, thanks to the winners of the inaugural LeadingAge HackFest. The event brought eight competing teams to Dallas, where LeadingAge's annual conference was held last week. The interdisciplinary teams had 24 hours to think up an idea and create a prototype application, website, interactive online experience or device. “We created a small system where retirement communities can expose their calendar of activities online, and take some of those activities and make them available through a video conference,” explained Cristhian Parra, a member of the winning team. Parra, a 29-year-old computer science doctoral student at the University of Trento in Italy, spoke on camera with McKnight's in Dallas. Through the system conceived by Parra and his teammates, people living at home would be able to access a list of ongoing activities. These could include book clubs, religious serv

http://www.mcknights.com/hackfest-winners-build-a-virtual-bridge-between-senior-living-communities-and-homebound-elders/article/319194/

10 reasons to give up diet soda | MyCareHomeMedical.com

When taken at face value, diet soda seems like a health-conscious choice. It saves you the 140-plus calories you'd find in a sugary soft drink while still satisfying your urge for something sweet with artificial sweeteners like aspartame, saccharin, and sucralose. But there's more to this chemical cocktail than meets the eye. It confuses your body Artificial sweeteners have more intense flavor than real sugar, so over time products like diet soda dull our senses to naturally sweet foods like fruit, says Dr. Brooke Alpert, author of The Sugar Detox. Even more troubling, these sugar stand-ins have been shown to have the same effect on your body as sugar. "Artificial sweeteners trigger insulin, which sends your body into fat storage mode and leads to weight gain," Alpert says.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/10/29/10-reasons-to-give-up-diet-soda/

Patient Lift Chairs Now Available At MyCareHomeMedical.com

MyCareHomeMedical.com offers a variety of lift chairs from Golden Technologies to fit almost any need &/or budget. Not sure which option best suits your needs or that of your patient, here is a brief explanation of the 2 basic types of chairs that we offer. Our two-position lift chair has a sitting position, a reading position, and a lifted or standing position. These models are the most economical and come in a variety of fabrics and styles. A three-position lift chair has a sitting position, a lifted position, a reading position which is at a slight recline, and a recline position. These chairs recline to almost a full 180 degrees. Patient & Caregiver discounts available...

http://www.mycarehomemedical.com/lift-chairs.html

What is DME (Durable Medical Equipment)

Durable Medical Equipment is a term for any medical equipment used in the home to aid in a better quality of living. Some examples of this equipment are walkers , wheelchairs, power scooters, hospital beds, home oxygen equipment, diabetes self-testing equipment (and supplies), certain nebulizers, and their medications (non-disposable). Additional rules apply for Medicare coverage of wheelchairs and scooters.

http://www.mycarehomemedical.com/what-is-dme-durable-medical-equipment/

MyCareHomeMedical.com - Write-up in HME News for website launch

Here's a little write-up in HME News regarding the launch of our website, specializing in affordable home medical supplies for patients & caregivers

http://www.hmenews.com/article/wed-based-retail-store-new-opportunity