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The Fairway Villas at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club, Denver's newest active adult community – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 19, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Denver’s Newest Active Adult Community

Courtesy The Fairway Villas at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club, East Denver LIVING WELL Magazine
The Fairway Villas at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club is Denver’s newest active adult community opening November 12. With over 150 people signed up to the interest list for information, five home sites were reserved at the VIP event before. This social community will offer a range of activities sure to meet each resident’s passions. […]

Home Town Restyling, Inc., on winter remodel projects – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 18, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Winter Remodel Projects

By Vicki Lyle, Home Town Restyling, Inc., Linn County LIVING WELL Magazine
Winter is a good time to tackle some of those remodeling projects that you have been putting off or planning for the last few years. […]

Autumn Oaks Independent and Assisted Living on New Year's Resolve, Not just Resolutions – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 18, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

New Year’s Resolve, Not Just Resolutions

Autumn Oaks Independent and Assisted Living discusses why keeping up new activities and relationships are an important part of healthy aging.
Everyone knows the old routine of making New Year’s resolutions – lose weight, stop bad habits, start new activities. But often times, keeping up the new or stopping the old is more difficult than most of us realize. That’s why this article focuses on making New Year’s Resolves and not just resolutions – what the difference is between the two and how to choose new activities that suit. […]

New Dawn Memory Care: An Intimate Look at Alzheimer's Disease – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 18, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

An Intimate Look at Alzheimer’s Disease

By Edmarie Meaux, New Dawn Memory Care, East Denver LIVING WELL Magazine
Medicine with all its improvements and technological advances is still an inexact science and the faith in each individual to achieve an answer to the mysterious road to a healthy mind and body often remains elusive for patients, families and health care professionals. […]

Victory Home Health & Hospice explains why you need the flu shot – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 15, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Why You Need The Flu Shot!

By Joan Weems, RN, Victory Home Health & Hospice, Texoma LIVING WELL Magazine
Every year in the U.S., on average:

Five to 20% of the population get the flu.
Approximately four million children get the flu.
$1.7 billion is spent on medical costs for children with the flu and an additional $2.1 billion is spent in indirect costs like missing work to care for […]

Home Instead Senior Care on caring for aging parents – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 15, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Helping Siblings Overcome Family Conflict While Caring for Aging Parents

Courtesy Home Instead Senior Care, Northshore LIVING WELL Magazine
Sharing isn’t always easy for brothers and sisters who grew up under the same roof. Divvying up the wealth of toys, bedrooms or vehicles may have been a challenge at your house, and sharing the daily household chores could have led to family conflict as well. Some things never change! […]

Accessible Home Health on how to lose weight – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 14, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Diet and Exercise – The Key to Weight Loss
By Rokeya Sultana, Accessible Home Health, Collin LIVING WELL Magazine
A combination of diet and exercise can help obese seniors lose weight and stay fit much better than either diet or exercise alone. This had not been proven previously in people over 65 years of age. […]

The Palisades at Broadmoor on the walk to end Alzheimer's – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 12, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

The Walk to End Alzheimer’s

By Jenna Fariss, The Palisades at Broadmoor Park Retirement Community, Colorado Springs LIVING WELL Magazine
It was a beautiful, September morning in Colorado Springs and the sun was hitting Pike’s Peak as it glowed over America the Beautiful Park. As you looked around, you could see brightly colored tee-shirts representing organizations supporting the cause. […]

Unlimited Care of North Texas on 10 things to ask before hiring a home care agency – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 3, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Ten Things to Ask Before Hiring a Home Care Agency

By Linda DeGraffenreid, Unlimited Care of North Texas, Inc., LIVING WELL Magazine
Today’s seniors have more options available to them than ever before. One option more and more seniors are turning to when their physical capabilities diminish or while they recover from a short-term disability is to be treated in the comfort of their own home, wherever that home might be, by a personal assistant or a caring companion. […]

ParkGate Retirement Community on how to lift your spirit and outlook on life – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 2, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Functional Movement – Exercise Benefits

Lift Your Spirit and Outlook on Life
By Chris Smith, ParkGate Retirement Community, North Dallas LIVING WELL Magazine
A regular exercise routine improves cardiovascular health and can lower blood pressure, reduce heart disease risk and help control stress. […]