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Fighting Asthma with....A Healthy Diet?

25 May 2013
Source: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences -

Memory care – the door is locked, but is anyone home...

24 May 2013
When the 911 call may be necessary but not sufficient.  The news about the no-CPR policy of in an independent living community in California brought me back.  In the incident reported everywhere, the nurse claimed that the policy in independent living did not include providing CPR – and as a result, the elderly woman died. Years ago when my mother spent some time in an assisted living facility, 911 was invoked nine times within a single year before they ejected her to a nearby nursing home ...

Fish Oil Pills Might Cut Diabetes Risk, Researchers Say

23 May 2013
Higher blood levels of a beneficial hormone seen in those who took the omega-3 supplements Source: HealthDay

Depression May Raise Low Blood Sugar Risk in Diabetics

22 May 2013
Experts say biological changes or a lack of interest in self-care might be to blame Source: HealthDay

Assisted living industry shrinks as the need grows

20 May 2013
Does rising cost parallel consumer distaste for long-term care? Perhaps this caught your eye – an NY Times article on escalating long-term care costs noted (among many numbers) that the assisted living industry, according to its trade association, ALFA, that the US population now living in assisted living is 730,000, that the move-in age is now 87, that the average time of residence is 2 years. read more
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