New Videos about Hip Replacement Available on NIHSeniorHealth.gov

The content of this blog has been reposted with permission from Laurie Blanchard at InfoLTC blog, at http://infoltc.blogspot.com/. Ms. Blanchard is the librarian at the Misericordia Health Centre Library, University of Manitoba Health Sciences Libraries in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Prior to working at the Misericordia Health Centre, Laurie worked at the J.W. Crane Memorial Library, Deer Lodge Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba for 20 years.  She authors the InfoLTC blog for which she won a Manitoba Library Association's Innovation Award and the People’s Choice Award for Best Poster at the CHLA/ABSC 2009 Conference in Winnipeg. Ms. Blanchard is a former editor of the Bibliotheca Medica Canadiana (now the Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA) , and currently serves on the board of the CHLA. Ms. Blanchard's views are solely her own and do not necessarily represent the views of Clinical Geriatrics or of HMP Communications, LLC.

Four videos about hip replacement have been added to NIHSeniorHealth.gov, the health and wellness website for older adults from the National Institutes of Health. Most people who have hip replacement surgery are between 60 and 80 years old, but more and more people under 60 are turning to hip replacement as a way to maintain function and quality of life. Watch these videos to see hip replacement patients and medical specialists talk about reasons for surgery, avoiding complications, physical therapy, and arrangements for recovery.

Learn more about hip replacement at http://nihseniorhealth.gov/hipreplacement/whoneeds/01.html

For more health and wellness information for older adults, visit www.nihseniorhealth.gov