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Sonoran Hip Center on how hip replacement surgery changes your life – LIVING WELL Magazine

December 31, 2011 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

No Limitations – Blue Skies Ahead
By Dr. Gil Ortega, Dr. Kurtis Staples, and Dr. Brian Miller, Sonoran Hip Center, Scottsdale LIVING WELL Magazine
Hip replacement surgery is one of the most successful surgeries ever performed for its real indication – pain that interferes with one’s quality of life. With over 250,000 of these surgeries performed annually in the U.S. alone, many individual’s lives are being changed for the better every single day. This is exciting, however, like any surgical procedure, it is not without some potential risk. It is major surgery, and complications do happen, one of which is termed ‘dislocation.’ […]

Lacombe Nursing Centre on the role of occupational therapy – LIVING WELL Magazine

December 31, 2011 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Lacombe Nursing Centre on the Role of Occupational Therapy

By Susan L. Howden, LOTR, Lacombe Nursing Centre, Northshore LIVING WELL Magazine
The role of an occupational therapist in a skilled nursing facility, such as Lacombe Nursing Centre, is to promote a client’s optimal functional ability and provide opportunities for an increased sense of competency and self fulfillment. […]

The Denver Hospice Grief Center on coping with the holidays following loss – LIVING WELL Magazine

December 29, 2011 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Coping with the holidays following loss

Courtesy The Denver Hospice Grief Center, East Denver LIVING WELL Magazine

The holidays traditionally are a time of celebration, joy, and family reunion but can be the most difficult time of the year for anyone grieving the loss of a loved one. […]

AdvanTx on advanced directives – LIVING WELL Magazine

December 26, 2011 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Advanced Directives: “Planning Ahead and Preparing for Future Today”
By Christian Fulkerson, AdvanTx, Texoma LIVING WELL Magazine
One thing we all have in common: we grow older every day. The majority of us eventually face health issues. The health issues can turn into a terminal condition, leaving us to make important decisions on what type of medical intervention we want. It may come to the point that dying sooner, but more comfortably, may outweigh aggressive treatment. In most cases, patients can decide what they do or not want if that time comes. […]

American Cancer Society Relay for Life Helps Community Fight Back Against Cancer – LIVING WELL Magazine

December 25, 2011 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

American Cancer Society Relay For Life Helps Community Fight Back Against Cancer

By Rhonda Hollen, American Cancer Society, Northshore LIVING WELL Magazine
The American Cancer Society is looking for committee members to be a part of the 2012 Relay For Life events on the Northshore. People interested in being a part of a committee will be a part of the community’s biggest effort to fight cancer. […]

Cheyenne Place: A new spin on independent retirement living – LIVING WELL Magazine

December 23, 2011 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Independent Plus––A New Spin on Independent Retirement Living

By Skip Hale, Executive Director of Cheyenne Place Retirement Community, Colorado Springs LIVING WELL Magazine

Three years ago, we introduced the residents of Cheyenne Place Retirement Community to a new program that we developed exclusively for them. […]

Hydration Station asks "Are you concerned about your health and the health of your family?" – LIVING WELL Magazine

December 21, 2011 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Are You Concerned About Your Health and the Health of Your Family?

By Danny Burke, Hydration Station, Northshore LIVING WELL Magazine
I know I am. For the last 18 years, I’ve been perfecting my diet and exercise program a little bit each year in my quest for optimal health. As for hydration, I did what the experts said and drank up to a gallon of water a day. A year ago, I drank antioxidant alkaline mineral water for the first time. […]

Good Samaritan Society: co-workers are extended family at Lake Forest Village – LIVING WELL Magazine

December 21, 2011 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Co-workers are Extended Family at Lake Forest Village

By Rita Martin, Good Samaritan Society, Denton LIVING WELL Magazine
I came to work for Good Samaritan Society – Denton Village in 1987, expecting it to just be a good job. I quickly realized that it is much more. I left Denton Village after 12 years and transferred to Lake Forest, and my extraordinary journey continued. […]

Humana on working toward wellness as you age – Colorado Springs and East Denver LIVING WELL Magazines

December 20, 2011 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Working Toward Wellness As You Age

By Randa Anderson-Stice, Regional President of Senior Products for Humana in Colorado, Colorado Springs and East Denver LIVING WELL Magazines
Think of your health as a savings account. Throughout your life, you work hard so you can save enough money to live comfortably as you get older. Lifelong well-being works the same way. […]

Colorado Springs and East Denver LIVING WELL Magazines present Jim Marsh and his band Grass It Up

December 10, 2011 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Banjos and Brushes

By Jon Bross, Colorado Springs and East Denver LIVING WELL Magazines
For over 30 years now, Jim Marsh has been playing bluegrass, booking bluegrass and promoting bluegrass in Anniston, Alabama. His passion for roots music and fast pickin’ has been balanced with raising a family, owning an automotive pinstriping business and creating unique folk art. So what is a renaissance man to do when the nest empties? […]