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Colorado Springs Orthopaedic Group on minimally-invasive options for spine surgery – LIVING WELL Magazine

Minimally-Invasive Options for Spine Surgery

By Roger D. Sung, MD, Spine Surgeon at Colorado Springs Orthopaedic Group, Colorado Springs LIVING WELL Magazine

Eighty percent of the U.S. population suffers from back pain at some point in their life. While most back pain improves over time, many people need some type of intervention to relieve their pain. For patients with continual spine problems, there are many conservative options including physical therapy, medications, chiropractic, and injection treatments. When these options don’t work, many patients are offered surgery to address their spine problems. […]

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Alta Vista on downsizing = freedom – LIVING WELL Magazine

Downsizing = Freedom!
By Debbie Whipple, Alta Vista LIVING WELL Magazine
My expertise in downsizing and moving into a senior community doesn’t come from having gone through that process myself. Instead, I have had the opportunity to watch several hundred seniors make this move into one of the senior communities I have had the privilege to work at over the past decade. I have learned so much from them, and the many professional organizers who have helped them along the way. […]

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Recover Health talks Chronic Kidney Disease – LIVING WELL Magazine

CKD – Chronic Kidney Disease – A Silent Epidemic

Courtesy Recover Health, Recover Health, Linn County LIVING WELL Magazine
The kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped organs that lie on either side of the spine in the lower middle of the back. Each kidney weighs about ¼ pound and contains approximately one million filtering units called nephrons. […]

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Aurora Center for Active Adults on how well do you know your heart – LIVING WELL Magazine

How Well Do You Know Your Heart?

Courtesy Aurora Center for Active Adults, East Denver LIVING WELL Magazine
Year after year, the statistics speak for themselves when it comes to the importance of heart health. Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 785,000 Americans had their first heart attack in 2010, and an additional 470,000 had a recurrent heart attack. It’s clear that heart health education is key for prevention. Do you know your heart? […]

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Camellia Gardens provides the retirement lifestyle you deserve – LIVING WELL Magazine

Worried about finding a Retirement Home for yourself or loved one?

Here at Camellia Gardens, we provide the lifestyle you deserve

By Kyonna Williams, Camellia Gardens, Northshore LIVING WELL Magazine

Camellia Gardens Retirement Community offers residents several types of living arrangements, including independent living, assisted living, and memory care (Alzheimer) care. We help older adults maintain their independence, health and wellbeing in a safe and comfortable environment. Residents can trade in the uncertainties of living alone and the responsibilities of maintaining a home for the affordable services that simplify life. […]

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Cardinal Village: Antioxidants: Myth, Miracle or Mystery – LIVING WELL Magazine

Antioxidants: Myth, Miracle or Mystery?

By Steve Kurtz, Cardinal Village, LIVING WELL Magazine
With each visit to the supermarket or pharmacy, there appears to be a growing number of products claiming to be a major source for antioxidants. We’re told of the many potential benefits of antioxidants including mental enhancement, disease prevention and even longevity, but just how much do we really know about this super nutrient? […]

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Care Initiatives Hospice on knowing the benefits of hospice for you and your loved ones – LIVING WELL Magazine

Get to Know the Benefits of Hospice for You and Your Loved Ones

Courtesy Care Initiatives Hospice, Linn County LIVING WELL Magazine

Hospice care enhances comfort and promotes the quality of life for individuals and their families when cure is no longer likely. Care Initiatives Hospice recognizes that peace and comfort in the closing months of life are essential goals of health care. […]

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First Texas Home Health on the social worker's role in achieving individualized home health care – LIVING WELL Magazine

The Social Worker’s Role in Achieving Individualized Home Health Care

By Megan Adams, LMSW, First Texas Home Health, Texoma and Denton LIVING WELL Magazine
One of the beneficial aspects of providing healthcare in the home is the opportunity for providers to get to know the patient as an individual. Therapists, nurses, and social workers work with patients based on environmental factors that make their situation unique. This also happens to be the very thing that makes home health more challenging. When evaluating a person’s personal environment there are factors to consider. […]

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Copley Place on wintertime safety for seniors – LIVING WELL Magazine

Wintertime Safety

By Sydney from Copley Place, Copley Place, Akron LIVING WELL Magazine
It is good to be like the Boy Scouts, and heed their motto: “ BE PREPARED ” … “the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.” Robert Baden-Powell […]