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Going Local––The Forum at Park Lane

Chef Paul Glassman at The Forum at Park Lane is not your ordinary chef. Then again, this is no ordinary senior living community either. The Forum at Park Lane is known to be the pioneer of upscale senior communities in the Dallas area. It is a five-star senior living community that includes independent senior living, rehabilitation, assisted living and skilled nursing. […]

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The role of a physical therapist in a skilled nursing facility

Lacombe Nursing Centre
The Role of a Physical Therapist in a Skilled Nursing Facility
By Nicole B. Fleming, PT, DPT, Northshore LIVING WELL Magazine
The role of a physical therapist in a skilled nursing facility is to promote, maintain and restore physical function within the neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, integumentary, and the cardiopulmonary systems. When a patient is admitted, an evaluation is performed and a plan of care is established to improve their endurance, mobility, balance, and strength. […]

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Visiting Nurse Association talks telehealth monitoring – LIVING WELL Magazine

VNA’S TELEHEALTH MONITORING BRINGS BETTER PATIENT CARE INTO THE HOME
Courtesy Visiting Nurse Association (VNA), Collin LIVING WELL Magazine
“Good morning, are you ready to check your vital signs?” Patients of the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) are hearing those words all over northeast Texas each day as they prepare to take their vital signs. These daily check-ups are possible because of a technologically advanced telehealth monitoring system used by VNA. […]

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The Denver Hospice, "Hospice means quality of life" – LIVING WELL Magazine

Hospice means quality of life

Courtesy The Denver Hospice

Florence Gruchey gazes out the window of the log cabin her family homesteaded in the Colorado mountains. Birds scurry to the birdfeeder as the sun pours into the room. Florence is a hospice patient living life to its fullest. […]