HEALTHY DIET TIPS: IN SOME CASES, MEDICARE WILL PAY

Nutrition and diet play an important role in helping people with certain diseases manage their health.

 

Advocate for a Better Michigan

For Michigan baby boomers with aging parents, the next two months will give you, mom and dad the chance to speak up for some important family services.  

Finding a Good Private Duty Company

Private Duty companies come in a variety of shapes and sizes and most provide services such as personal care (hands on), homemaking and companionship.

Do We Date to Increase our Worth?

No one defines a real friend as someone who stands by you only if you’re able to buy them expensive gifts.

Are We Old Enough to Drop All Those Expectations?

When do we get old enough to stop the need for a man to be “the man” in a relationship and a woman to stop trying to figure out what a woman should do in response?

 

Never Waste Time Un-Loving Someone

We all lose those we love. No one is immune. We can lose them to death or departure.

Shingles

Here’s a question for you.  What do Chicken Pox and Shingles have in common?  The answer is, they are caused by the same virus – Varicella Herpes Zoster.  While Chicken Pox is highly contagious, Shingles is not.  In fact, the theory is that once a person contracts Chicken Pox, the virus remains dormant in the system until the immune response is diminished, allowing the virus to re-infect the victim in the form of Shingles.

What Constitutes Good Health?

What constitutes good health?  Every day we are bombarded with information about disease processes and symptoms, but very little is said about the signs of good health.

Boomers Battling Fibromyalgia

What is Fibromyalgia?

Fibromyalgia, formerly called fibrositis, is a type of generalized muscular pain accompanied by fatigue. In fact, the term “fibromyalgia” means pain in the muscles and the fibrous connective tissue, specifically the ligaments and tendons.

Collaboration: It Works!

This is a story about community collaboration. Collaboration is a big word to describe the tender act of working together.

When in Michigan: Five Things Every Kinship Caregiver Needs to Know

According to the 2000 U.S. Census, 70,044 Michigan grandparents were raising their grandchildren. There were 183,621 Michigan children living with relatives in 2000: 143,523 with grandparent, 40,098 with other relatives.

Animal Minds

Are animals conscious in the way that we are? What goes on in their minds? 

My Week in Rehab

That’s Wheezy, a 3-week-old orphaned bush baby who had the bad fortune of being dragged home by a house cat.