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Visiting Nurse Association talks telehealth monitoring – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 23, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

VNA’S TELEHEALTH MONITORING BRINGS BETTER PATIENT CARE INTO THE HOME
Courtesy Visiting Nurse Association (VNA), Collin LIVING WELL Magazine
“Good morning, are you ready to check your vital signs?” Patients of the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) are hearing those words all over northeast Texas each day as they prepare to take their vital signs. These daily check-ups are possible because of a technologically advanced telehealth monitoring system used by VNA. […]

Home Care Solutions on care-managed home care – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 19, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Care-Managed Home Care
By Dianne Boazman, LCSW, CMC, and Betty Landreaux, LCSW, CMC, Home Care Solutions, New Orleans LIVING WELL Magazine
Elder care issues are often complicated, chronic and complex. Finding the most viable and sustainable solutions for such needs takes understanding. This is particularly true with care-managed home care – a fresh approach and new national trend in non-medical sitter/companion services. By adding professional care management services to traditional home care, care managers help counsel and support individuals and families who are overwhelmed by care decisions. […]

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. […]

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. […]

Physicians' Clinic of Iowa talks multidisciplinary cancer care – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 11, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Multidisciplinary Cancer Care
Courtesy Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa, Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa
A diagnosis of cancer is stressful enough. Having to coordinate appointments, determining who to consult with, and worrying about whether you are getting the proper treatment only adds to that stress. […]

Ochsner Medical Center is one of the top performing hospitals – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 11, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Collaboration of clinical teams leads to top performance on quality of care measures by Ochsner Medical Center – North Shore

Courtesy Ochsner North Shore, Northshore LIVING WELL Magazine

Did you know that Slidell is home to one of the top performing hospitals in the country? Ochsner Medical Center – North Shore was recently named one of the nation’s top performers on key quality measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America. […]

Hospice of the Western Reserve on planning for the inevitable – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 11, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

PLANNING FOR THE INEVITABLE
Start young, before you’re “ready”

By Hospice of the Western Reserve, Akron LIVING WELL Magazine
Ashley, a vibrant, active 37-year-old lawyer, mother of three young children and part-time Pilates instructor has a to-do list longer than her combined client case load. When she learned that her next-door neighbor, a mother of four children who palled around with her kids, had terminal cancer, her mind went in many directions. […]

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. […]

Craig Watson on what happens if you don't have a power of attorney – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 2, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

What Happens if You Don’t Have a Power of Attorney?
By Craig Watson, Texoma LIVING WELL Magazine
My spring 2011 article, which appeared in this column, extolled the benefits of a durable power of attorney (POA). Every estate plan should include a POA. […]