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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. […]

Hammerle Finley Law Firm on the ABCs of Probate – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 16, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

The ABCs of Probate
By Virginia Hammerle & Rob Morris, Hammerle Finley Law Firm, Denton LIVING WELL Magazine
A wise old lawyer once said, “In criminal law, you deal with the worst of people on their best behavior. In probate law, you deal with the best of people on their worst behavior.” […]

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 […]

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. […]

Northstar Bank: How to protect your identity – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 10, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Protect Your Identity

By Michele Barber, Northstar Bank, Denton LIVING WELL Magazine

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports approximately 10 million Americans fall victim to identity theft each year. Because this crime is growing at an unbelievable rate, it is important for us to know what to do to prevent identity theft, and even more important to know how to respond when our identity is stolen. […]

Lori A. Leu & Associates talks elder law – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 7, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

What is Elder Law?
By Lori A. Leu, Collin and North Dallas LIVING WELL Magazines
So often people will say that they did not know they needed an attorney who practices elder law, or even that such an area of the law exists. Elder law is not a new type of law, but it is a relatively new way to bring several areas of the law together to benefit a particular group of people – older adults. […]

Hearing Services of McKinney talks directional hearing aids – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 6, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Directional Hearing Aids: Understanding Speech in Noise
By Elizabeth Brassine, Au.D., Hearing Services of McKinney, Collin LIVING WELL Magazine
Did you know that your ears are directional? The shape of our ear blocks some of the sound coming from behind, while collecting sound coming from the side and front. Having two ears also is important to helping us localize sound and “hear directionally” (one of the reasons that two hearing aids are recommended over one). […]

Carrus Specialty Hospital on the benefits of using a specialty hospital – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 6, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

What’s Special about a Specialty Hospital?
Courtesy Carrus Specialty Hospital, Texoma LIVING WELL Magazine
Specialty hospitals offer people who have complex medical needs or have significant injuries a place to receive intensive, focused care. Carrus Specialty Hospital is a long-term acute care facility (LTAC) that provides an essential continuum of high-level care. […]

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. […]