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UTMB Study Suggests Recovery at HOME could Improve Outcomes!

November 7, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

UTMB Study Suggests Recovery at HOME could Improve Outcomes!
By The Gerontological Society of America, Courtesy Unlimited Care of North Texas, Inc., Denton LIVING WELL Magazine

Confirming many patients’ worst fears, a national study has shown that being hospitalized for an acute event, such as a stroke or hip fracture, can lead to long-term institutionalization in a nursing home. Equally alarming, researchers found that direct discharge to a skilled nursing facility—common practice designed to reduce hospital stays—puts patients at “extreme high risk” of needing long-term nursing home care. […]

Is Your D on the Decline?

November 5, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Is Your D on the Decline?
By Stephanie Mellor, DNP, ARNP, ANP-C, GNP-C, CCCN

An increased desire and awareness of vitamin D’s benefits has been on the rise. Why? A variety of unwanted conditions have been linked with low levels of vitamin D, including: heart disease, diabetes, cancer, mental illnesses such as depression, chronic pain, falls and fractures, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis, fatigue, influenza, and autoimmune diseases. […]

Estate Planning—Not Just for the Rich and Famous

November 4, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Estate Planning—Not Just for the Rich and Famous

Central Trust & Investment Co., Springfield LIVING WELL Magazine

Many individuals believe that estate planning is only for the very wealthy and is put in place to primarily save on estate taxes. However, in today’s evolving economic environment, an estate plan can be much more. […]

Handling the Holidays When You’re Feeling Blue

November 2, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Handling the Holidays When You’re Feeling Blue

Courtesy Jenkins-Soffe, Salt Lake City LIVING WELL Magazine

We often hear the greeting “Happy Holidays” this time of year, but if you’re grieving the loss of a loved one, the holiday season may be anything but happy. Sometimes the holidays cause us to be more aware of the empty space that our loved one has left behind. […]

All Eyes on November –– ANB Bank

November 1, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

All Eyes on November

Courtesy ANB Bank

After experiencing the best start to a year since 1998, the S&P 500 weathered a disappointing April and May to reach a new four and a half year high. The S&P 500 closed at 1,437.92 on Sept. 7, 2012, its highest closing level since January of 2008. […]

Time to revisit your will

October 31, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

TIME TO REVISIT YOUR WILL

By Ronald Ward, Jr., LIVING WELL Magazine

Have you reviewed your will within the last three to five years? Most adults are familiar with the concept of the last will and testament. It is, of course, the device that transfers your assets to someone of your choosing upon your death. […]

A path towards healing

October 30, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

A PATH TOWARDS HEALING
Learning to find hope after the death of a family member

Johnson County LIVING WELL Magazine

In the U.S. today, there is a natural, assumed order to the deaths we will experience in our lives. We believe that our grandparents will die first, then our parents, then our brothers and sisters, and then our children. […]

Solving the Puzzle of Financing the Cost of Senior Communities

October 30, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Solving the Puzzle of Financing the Cost of Senior Communities
By Judie Palmisano, The Trace Senior Community

There are many considerations involved in deciding if a senior community is the best choice for your loved one. In addition to care needs, the type of facility, length of lease, activities and activities, is the cost. Cost is a key consideration when thinking about moving an aging parent(s) to a senior community. […]

Running A Small Business? 3 Reasons Why You Need A Facebook Business Page

October 29, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Running A Small Business?

3 Reasons Why You Need A Facebook Business Page

By Anne Cull, Johnson County LIVING WELL Magazine […]

Movement Rejuvenation

October 29, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Movement Rejuvenation, Part 2
By Fred Miller, DC

At Doctors Chiropractic and Physical Therapy Group, we are specialists in movement rejuvenation. We restore motion of your joints and muscles, improve balance and bring back vitality and strength. You have lost so much of this over the years of taking care of everything else…except yourself. […]