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Cancer: Are You a Believer?

September 17, 2020
Beth Douglas
Cancer

First, we must settle one of two issues before you continue reading this article. The first issue is straight forward, a “direct-punch-to-the-nose” kind of a question: Do you believe Cancer is “beatable?”I don’t mean, “Sometime in the future…”I think everyone…

Ten Convenience Built-Ins That’ll Help Seniors And The Disabled Live Independently

September 12, 2020
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Seniors

Seniors planning to remodel, repair, or build a new home? Looking for some innovative, unusual — but powerful — universal design features? We can help! We started collecting over 1,000 uncommon, affordable convenience built-ins in 1998, when we first began…

Family Notification Letter

September 9, 2020
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Family Update

To Our Residents and Family Members: We want to inform you that, while we remain at risk at having some individuals at Hamlin Place diagnosed with COVID-19, residents are randomly tested and our staff are tested per the AHCA test…

17 Flu Remedies and Tips

September 2, 2020
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Flu, Uncategorized

The "best" flu remedies seem to vary by who you talk to. Some people think that certain over-the-counter medications are the best way to get relief. Others feel homeopathic remedies work the best. Still, others believe that only their doctor…

The Five Fatal Diseases

The fact is five diseases are fatal to humans, and the first one is a heart attack, the second is cancer, then stroke, lung disease and last but moving up fast in the list is diabetes. The fatal five-share two…

Why Disability Insurance Is So Important

August 22, 2020
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Disability Insurance

When you have a disability of any type, your time, energy, and emotions are heightened as you begin the journey to learn all you can use to regain the best quality of life that you can, given your particular circumstances.…

Caregiving Tips for Boomers: 5 Tips for Decreasing the Cost of Caring for Elderly Parents

Over 30 million Baby Boomers provide countless hours of assistance to elderly parents at no charge. It is estimated that, using average hourly wages, the total amount of this uncompensated care is comparable to the entire Medicare budget. For the…

Dietary Fiber – For Diabetes, Heart and General Health

May 30, 2020
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Diabetes, Diet Tips

Most people understand the importance of dietary fiber in their diet. Much has been said about its importance in heart health, diabetes, cancer prevention, and even weight control. What is less well understood is how different types of fiber effect…

Adjustable Beds – Not Just For the Elderly!

May 6, 2020
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Sleep

In an ever-increasing market for the ultimate Sleep System, most people still believe that the Adjustable Beds which was originally used in Hospitals and Homes for the Elderly are still that. A bed that can help the elderly in and…

One-Third of Cancer Deaths Could Be Avoided

April 30, 2020
Beth Douglas
Cancer

Of the seven million worldwide cancer deaths reported in 2001, 35 percent were attributable to nine well-known behavioral and environmental risk factors, according to an analysis published in The Lancet. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and…