Category: Education

  • patient safety awareness week

    To truly feel cared for by a medical professional. To be able to heal. To feel trust towards those watching over us. When something goes wrong, when we don’t feel well, we need to feel safe. March 14-20 is Patient Safety Awareness Week. Although there have been great strides in patient safety over the decades,…

  • doctor looking at patient's eye

    From the time we are born, and all through our lives, taking care of our vision is an absolute must. At each stage in our life, our vision can change and we can have different needs for our eyes. March is Save Your Vision Month, a good reminder of the need to take good care of…

  • statue of children

    Never lose sight of the people who are the foundation of the future you are working to build Carlos Wallace A bright future starts with wisdom from the past. February is International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month. So, getting a child’s bright future off to a good start early, parents do everything they can to protect…

  • resident room

    What do you think when you hear the word design? Do you think of a beautiful space? A well-placed room layout? When you work with our Total Design Team, you not only get a beautiful design, you get an up-to-date design planned with wellness in mind. Our designers have extensive experience designing projects with the…

  • neon sign says I heart u

    As we approach January, most of us start to contemplate healthy goals. But, did you know that February is all about heart health? So, let’s keep those health goals going into February (and beyond of course) and take care of our hearts! As we move into February, what can we do to celebrate American Heart…

  • cure cancer sign

    “I am a cancer survivor!” Wouldn’t it be great if more people could say those words? As we share in honoring cancer patients and survivors, February 4th is World Cancer Day. And this day was established to further worldcancerday.org goals to promote research, prevent cancer, improve patient services, raise awareness, and mobilize the global community…

  • National Glaucoma Awareness Month

    Most of us don’t give much thought to the pressure in our eyes. However, as one of the leading causes of blindness, glaucoma can start with high eye pressure. Since January is glaucoma awareness month, it’s a good time to think about what to do to prevent this complex, sight-robbing disease. How does glaucoma occur…

  • woman wearing mask

    There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort. Jane Austen In November, we here at Graham-Field, in celebration of National Home Healthcare month, honor the nurses, homecare aides, therapists, and social workers who travel to patients and their families so that they can stay where they are most comfortable – home. And as…

  • elderly person and caregiver looking toward a meadow

    The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else Carson McCullers Family caregiving is defined as giving unpaid, at home help to a family member or friend who can no longer do, or is limited in doing, certain day-to-day activities for themselves. The National Alliance for Caregiving.org reports that in 2020, about…

  • breast cancer walk

    The month of October is more than half over, and we here at Graham-Field would be remiss if we didn’t acknowledge October as Breast Cancer Awareness month. Yes, with all that is going on in the world, we don’t want to forget to be pink. The breast cancer awareness campaign, which began in 1985, was…