You wake up with burning, pressure and lower abdominal pain. You are convinced that another bladder infection has set in,… Read more »
Category: Prevention and Wellness Articles
Older Americans Month is May 2008
The United States is nearing the start of a tremendous demographic shift. Beginning in 2011, the first of 78 million… Read more »
November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and National Family Caregiver Month
Candlelight Reflections will honor all those affected by Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders as well as all family caregivers. We… Read more »
No Shortage of Heroes (If You Know Where to Look)
Upfront you should know I am a huge Indiana Jones fan. Recently the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones series… Read more »
Local, State, and Federal Initiatives Make Our Communities More Senior Friendly
In order to better serve the growing number of seniors in our area, Mecklenburg County launched a strategic plan in… Read more »
Giving Goes Both Ways
By Dr. Mary Jane Dye, Minister of Hawthorne United Methodist Church My mother said that growing old was not for… Read more »
Fun Tips to Tape Inside Your Medicine Cabinet
Relieve Headache Pain Did you know that drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately — without… Read more »
Fall Prevention in the Elderly
Most of us are very concerned about what will happen to our loved one if he or she falls. Our… Read more »
Better To Be Safe Than Sorry: Emergency Preparedness for Seniors
For a generation that lived through WWII and The Great Depression, stockpiling rations is not a new concept. For baby… Read more »
Connecting with the Person Inside Alzheimer’s
There is so much that apparently drives us apart as human beings. Yet with all our differences, we humans bond… Read more »
