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- 5 Things You Must Do When Setting Fitness Goals - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2012 from Gloria Hao SchneiderAs we approach the last quarter of 2012, let’s look at what we managed to learn about those New Year’s resolutions that 40-45% of us will write . Here are some interesting statistics about those resolutions: • Over half of all goals will be health or weight related. • 25% of resolutions are ...
Views: 1163 - Clinical Progress For Alzheimer's Detection - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2011 from Gloria Hao SchneiderDoctors can usually determine if a patient has dementia, and around 90 percent of the time they can accurately identify whether the dementia is due to Alzheimer's disease. This diagnoses however, usually takes place after the disease has profoundly affected the brain and is causing severe ...
Views: 1525(1 vote) - A Different Kind Of Volunteering For Alzheimer's Disease - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2011 from Gloria Hao SchneiderIt would be difficult to miss the headlines, commentary and information in print, on television and the Internet describing the ravages caused by Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Scientists are gaining insight into the mechanics of what might cause the debilitating disease that ...
Views: 1458 - Alzheimer's Disease Is It Hereditary - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2011 from Gloria Hao SchneiderThere are approximately 5.3 million people living with Alzheimer's in the United States. Imagine the children and grandchildren of those sufferers who face the terrifying possibility of inheriting a predisposition to the disease. Now that there are tests in the works for early detection of brain ...
Views: 1571 - Need Temporary Assistance? A Short Term Stay In Assisted Living May Be The Solution - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2011 from Gloria Hao SchneiderMany times people recovering from surgery or illness are not able to return home and completely care for themselves. Assisted Living facilities around the country offer short term stays to provide the extra care needed during these recovery periods. The short term facility stays are also a good ...
Views: 915 - Assisted Living Residents Discover Not All Pain Is Created Equal - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2011 from Gloria Hao SchneiderThe patient went out of her way to avoid situations where someone might bump into her. She described her body aches as feeling as those she had a bruise all over her entire body. Rebecca, 52, has been living with this chronic type of pain for more than 30 years. After struggling without proper ...
Views: 899 - Assisted Living Communities Dispel Myths About Retirement Boredom - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2011 from Gloria Hao SchneiderThe preparation before work each morning starts in the same methodical fashion. At 6 am, the letter carrier irons his postal worker uniform. He enjoys a hearty breakfast of eggs or pancakes with his wife. He shines his black shoes, and he’s off to work. Morris Wilkinson is 91. Wilkinson arrives ...
Views: 1090 - Charlie Sheen - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2011 from Gloria Hao SchneiderMaybe there will be a sequel, Two and a Half “Troubled” Men. That would be John Cryer because he’s now out of work and Charlie Sheen because he is now completely out of his mind. The hit show went on hiatus while Sheen recovered from an emergency room visit after wild partying and supposedly ...
Views: 889 - A Friendly Gesture Can Go A Long Way For Seniors In Assisted Living - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2011 from Gloria Hao SchneiderHow would you feel if someone greeted you with his or her arms folded across their chest and their lips scrunched up to one side of their face when you walked into a room? Most likely, you would predict that something was wrong and with scrutiny, that the person is angry with you for something ...
Views: 1133 - Assisted Living Residents Reflect On The 50th Anniversary Of The JFK Inaugural Speech - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2011 from Gloria Hao Schneider“Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.” The insightful quote delivered by President John F. Kennedy in his inaugural speech fifty years ago on January 20, 1961 seemed as though it was tailor-made ...
Views: 807 - 13th Zodiac Sign Ophiuchus Generates Excitement For Assisted Living Facilities Los Angeles Residents - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Gloria Hao SchneiderAstronomers from the Minnesota Planetarium Society have found that because of the moon's gravitational pull on Earth, the alignment of the stars has been pushed back by about a month. According to conjecture, star signs were created some 2,000 years ago by tracking where the sun was in the sky ...
Views: 1990(2 votes) - Stress Hormones And Their Relation To Alzheimers Disease - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Gloria Hao SchneiderOur bodies are hard-wired by nature to react to stress in a way that was originally meant to protect us against perceived threats from predators and aggressors. The "fight-or-flight” response is our natural alarm system, and a normal psychological and physical reaction to stress. Many of the ...
Views: 1671 - Alzheimer’s: Not Just About Memory But Ability To Plan, Organize And Reason - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2011 from Gloria Hao SchneiderMost of us notice subtle signs of change when our parents begin to age. It is expected they begin to move more slowly, have less strength, dexterity and energy. It is also normal to have reduced hearing and vision issues or possible problems with incontinence. Even some memory changes are a ...
Views: 1477 - Memory Loss: What’s Normal and What Isn’t? - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Gloria Hao SchneiderMost of us have moments or glitches when we have trouble remembering something that just happened, like where we placed our keys when we got home, or the name of someone you met 10 minutes earlier. In younger people, there could be a host of reasons why these things happen. There are many ...
Views: 2094 - “Senior Proofing” Bathrooms – Ways to Prevent Falls and other Accidents - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2011 from Gloria Hao SchneiderMany seniors fall victim to neglecting personal hygiene, not out of forgetfulness, but because navigating themselves through a slippery bathtub or shower is not only exhausting, but also downright scary. Although they may resist it in the beginning, seniors who wish to stay at home and prolong ...
Views: 5234(2 votes) - “Hello, this is Bank of Nowhere, calling about a problem with your account”: How to Protect Seniors from Money & Telemarketing Scams - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Gloria Hao SchneiderAnyone with a computer, an address, a telephone or a doorbell is a potential victim of some unknown entity attempting to swindle us out of our identity and money. Telemarketing scams seem more likely to target older Americans. A 1995 AARP study found half of the consumers targeted for such ...
Views: 1895(4 votes) - Do you know where your grandparents are? - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Gloria Hao SchneiderIt’s 10PM, Do You Know Where Your Grandparents Are? It may sound like a silly question because of course, the sons and daughters of baby boomers usually do know where their grandparent(s) are on any given night at 10PM: AT HOME AND ASLEEP! However, they probably don’t share much of the ...
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