Author: Sheila Burns

Travel can be one of the most rewarding and exciting experiences of a lifetime, whether it’s to explore parts of the world that you’ve never been to before or to see friends and relatives who have moved away. However, traveling with an elderly loved one for any reason often means facing challenges that simply aren’t there when traveling alone. If you have a trip planned with a senior loved one, whether it’s a vacation, visit, or a big move, the key to success is knowing what to expect and being prepared. We’ve put together some top tips to help you have a smooth trip.

There are many different types of foods that you can consume which can help you to transform your overall eye-sight and allow you to shield your eyesight from worsening too soon. In the harsh reality of life, when you grow older, every one of the muscles in the human body is set to become weakened and your eye muscles are not any exception! This could end up in you developing ambiguous eye sight or having issues seeing well. It is easy to develop nearsightedness, far sightedness, cataracts, glaucoma and even a variety of other sight difficulties.

The last post was all about how to cope with being alone for the holidays. Yet if you have the opposite, you know all too well that it can be just as stressful to spend a holiday with friends and family. It’s a challenge for the average anxiety sufferer since you often must travel out of the comfort zone of your own home and into someone else’s or at an entertainment venue. There are a few things to keep in mind when it’s time to get in touch with friends and family for the holidays.

Those who are currently struggling with social anxiety will want to know as much as possible about it, because the more you know the more you will be able to help yourself deal with this problem that can be crippling for some. Social anxiety is without a doubt one of the more common mental health problems that people all over the country experience on a regular basis. Some people with this disorder react to being in large crowded places with a lot of people and others have problems dealing with being by themselves.

Designers tackle the challenge of creating scrubs for the 21st Century

Nurses experience more traumatic events in a week than most people will see in a lifetime.  With the rapid growth of the aging population and shortage of caregivers, nurses are increasingly being asked to do more, with less.

A collaborative project to design a next generation inpatient health experience.

What would a patient room look like if the architecture, products, technology, and medical processes were all designed in unison? With support from the Department of Defense, NXT partnered with Clemson University’s Healthcare + Architecture Graduate Program to begin answering this question.

A conceptual installation to create a vision for 21st Century patient care.

Patient Room 2020 is a collaborative design for a next-generation inpatient care environment the strives to improve patient experiences and optimize caregiver performance. Patient Room 2020 provides a platform for design professionals to collaborate with industry partners, healthcare providers and thought leaders in order to generate comprehensive design solutions.