Tag Archive: health care
The Power of Knowing: Women’s Heart Health
The Power of Knowing Women’s Heart Health Thursday, February 15 | 12 – 1:00 p.m. Understanding comes from knowing. February is American Heart Month and for women, cardiovascular disease impacts...
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What is Palliative Care?
Learn about this invaluable resource before you need it! Most adults will suffer from a serious, life-limiting illness in their lifetime. However, despite the prevalence of these illnesses, over 70...
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A Day in the Life of Amy Johnson, Hospice Nurse
Amy Johnson, a nurse with Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro (HPCG), arrives at Whitestone Retirement community at 11 a.m., with nothing but her laptop bag and an ever-present smile....
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What’s going to happen next? Grappling With the Unknowns of Illness, Death and Dying
Some things that are comforting: control, knowledge, predictability and routine. Some things that are uncomfortable: lack of control, the unknown, unpredictability and chaos. When faced with a serious illness, having...
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Coping with a Terminal Diagnosis
“The opposite of hope is despair, and when we despair, it is because we feel there are no choices.” –Warren G. Bennis Death is a part of life, but that...
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Caregiving for the Aging Senses Part 3: Hearing
Hearing is a degenerative sense, meaning that it naturally deteriorates with age. The tiny hairs in our ears (called stereocilia) that process sound become damaged with age and exposure to...
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Caregiving for the Aging Senses Part 2: Touch
A tight embrace from a loved one. The soft warmth of a newborn baby on your chest. The soothing comfort of petting a dog. Touch is our physical connection to...
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Caregiving for the Aging Senses Part 1: Vision
It is no secret that eyesight tends to deteriorate with age. The age-old trope of a grandma with thick-lensed glasses is so ingrained in society that we practically expect our...
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Seasonal Depression: It’s More than the “Winter Blues”
Undiagnosed, untreated, unrecognized Seasonal Affective Disorder could be making the tough times tougher As if it weren’t sufficiently challenging to face the holiday season after the loss of a loved...
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