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A path towards healing: learning to find hope after the death of a family member

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. […]

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Isabelle at Home

Isabelle at Home brings you Creamy Chicken Bundle Casserole

Isabelle at Home brings you Creamy Chicken Bundle Casserole

You might say: “why mess with a good thing?”

I will say: “not messing just adding some more flavors”

You might say: “you are complicating your life, the can stuff works just fine”

I will say: “I don’t like canned stuff, I like to make from scratch and…complicate my life!” […]

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Detect Lung Cancer with a Spiral Lung CT

Detect Lung Cancer with a Spiral Lung CT
Courtesy MercyCare Community Physicians, Linn County LIVING WELL Magazine

Lung cancer is the second most diagnosed cancer for both woman and men – behind breast and prostate cancer, respectively – but is the most deadly form of cancer for both genders. […]

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Bringing closure to veterans

Bringing closure to veterans

Johnson County LIVING WELL Magazine

When Deborah Grassman began her career as a hospice nurse for the Department of Veterans Affairs, she had the same fear of death that most people face, but what she discovered was how she could find peace, joy and fulfillment in caring for the former warriors at the end of their lives. […]

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Dramatically improve your wellbeing: 7 habits for a healthy life

Dramatically Improve Your Wellbeing
Seven habits for a healthy life

By Dr. Michelle Robin, Johnson County LIVING WELL Magazine

A year ago I released a second edition of my first book, Wellness On A Shoestring: Seven Habits for a Healthy Life. In this book I share with you seven simple, inexpensive (even free) habits that can dramatically improve your wellbeing. While the habits are not season specific, there certainly are fresh and fun ways to integrate each of them with a summertime flare. Let’s explore! […]

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The Nature of Healing

The Nature of Healing
Courtesy Carrus Specialty Hospital, Texoma LIVING WELL Magazine

Experiencing nature – even through a window – can be a powerful motivator. Jimmy Herpeche even credits the turtle in the courtyard pond with lifting his spirits while he was a patient at Carrus Specialty Hospital. The facility, designed to enhance patient comfort and reduce stress, includes four landscaped courtyards and a koi-filled pond at the edge of the property. […]

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Alzheimer Care

Alzheimer’s is a Family Disease

Alzheimer’s is a Family Disease

Johnson County LIVING WELL Magazine

The staff at Garden Terrace is dedicated to providing the best care for those affected with Alzheimer’s and related dementia. They also understand how important it is to be supportive of the family members, friends and loved ones of the residents as well. […]

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The Bus Stop

The Bus Stop
By Jenna Fariss, Colorado Springs LIVING WELL Magazine

“Well, it’s been lovely having dinner with you people, but it’s time for me to go home now” was the sentence Deborah had to hear coming out of her mother’s mouth night after night at the dinner table. The thing was, Ruth lived at home with her daughter and her family. […]