21 October 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Don’t Play Trick or Treat With Your Health.

Don’t play trick or treat with your health, it’s not worth the risk.   As we get older we tend to become more brittle. Osteoporosis creeps up on us like a trick. If we had been treating ourselves with calcium and vit D supplements, we would be in better shape. Fractures in thin weak bones [...]

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12 April 2010 ~ Comments Off

Helping Kids Understand Alzheimers

4) Helping Kids Understand Alzheimers: Children can be very curious about physical and mental changes, especially with family members. They may ask very frank questions like’ “Why can’t Grandpa remember my name?” or “Why does that lady have to look after Grandpa?” Failing health is one of those uncomfortable subjects adults hate to discuss, let [...]

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30 March 2010 ~ Comments Off

The Primary Caregiver Issue

10) The Primary Caregiver Issue Women represent 66% of all caregivers. In most cases this additional roll as ‘Primary Caregiver” is added to the responsibilities associated with her role as mother, wife and full time employee. The caregivers work, health and relationships with family and friends can all be negatively impacted by the added burden [...]

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