Articles

Veterans and Veteran Spouses Can Be Approved for Financial Aid for Assisted Living

Veterans and Veteran Spouses Can Be Approved for Financial Aid for Assisted Living!

Courtesy Rambling Oaks Courtyard, Collin County & Denton County LIVING WELL Magazines

The Veterans’ Administration offers a Special Pension with Aid and Attendance (A&A) benefit that is largely unknown. […]

No Picture
Articles

Important Facts You Should Know Before Buying Hearing Instruments

Important Facts You Should Know Before Buying Hearing Instruments
By Liz Brassine, Au.D., Collin County LIVING WELL Magazine

There are five important facts that one should know about hearing and hearing instruments. Understanding these will help you to make a better decision for yourself or a loved one. […]

No Picture
Articles

UTMB Study Suggests Recovery at HOME could Improve Outcomes!

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. […]

No Picture
Articles

Is Your D on the Decline?

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. […]

No Picture
Articles

All Eyes on November –– ANB Bank

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. […]

No Picture
Articles

A path towards healing

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. […]

No Picture
Articles

Meryl Lin McKean: Johnson County health reporter impacts lives

Meryl Lin McKean: Local health reporter impacts lives
Johnson County LIVING WELL Magazine

For over 20 years, Meryl Lin McKean, Fox 4 TV, has been a constant voice on medical issues for concerned viewers in Kansas City and the surrounding area, serving as a first-hand witness to changing technology, treatments and financial aspects of care. […]

No Picture
Articles

Emeritus at Overland Park

Emeritus at Overland Park
DESIGNED TO MEET THE RESIDENTS’ NEEDS…

Johnson County LIVING WELL Magazine

A small community, Emeritus at Overland Park is divided into four separate houses all within the same building. Country Lane, Garden Path, Boathouse Cove, and Cottage Place each have its own indoor porch and front door. The houses are built around a center that includes the art studio, community room, beauty shop, and health center. […]