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The 10 Signs Your Elderly Parent Needs Help

In When Your Parent Becomes Your Child I discussed the issue of aging parents that concerns all of us sooner or later. But how do you know that your parent is in need of intervention? Are you really seeing...

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Cat Eye Problems, Why the Cloudy Eye?

Cat Eye Problems of the outer eye primarily center around two common ailments, conjunctivitis and the cloudy eye. Conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the lining membrane that covers the inner sides of the...

0 comments    cat problems cat health problems
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Discussing Affirmative Action

 My Hummingbird brought this video link to me this morning, for which I am very appreciative. I have my own history with Affirmative Action. The first time I went to take my driving written test I did...

6 comments    united states civil rights
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Elder Abuse Protection and Senior Citizens

The sad truth is that seniors are easy targets for abuse. They often has lost physical and mental faculties, and they can be seen as burdens to caregivers or the people who should be their caregivers. Most...

0 comments    protection senior citizens
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What Is a CNA?

The fist line of defense for patients in nursing homes, hospitals, or other situations where they are in need of care, is the Certified Nursing Assistant, or CNA. What is a CNA? By definition, a CNA is a...

1 comment    job training medical
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Why Eat Prunes or Drink Prune Juice ?

Prunes are Plums. Like the raisin is to a grape. Yummy, dried fruit with tons of nutrients. They are small oval shaped wrinkly fruits. Most are European plums that are grown right here in California. Due to...

4 comments    cooking water healthy
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3 Brain Boosting Activities for Senior Citizens

As people approach later years, they can and are taking a much more aggressive attitude in maintaining mental sharpness. Three activities are recommended: joining a music group, joining an exercise group, and having regular contact with persons under age 25. Each has at least two underlying brain benefits.

8 comments    health music fitness
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The King's Golden Crown

An alchemist at work. Alchemists failed to make gold out of other metls, but they learned many useful facts. Archimedes (287-212 B.C.) was a Greek, a native of Syracuse, a city in Sicily. He was a great...

11 comments    science gold silver
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How to Apply for Low Income Apartments

Do you need to find and apply for low income apartments?  People living below the poverty line, people with disabilities and seniors are all people that need low income apartments.  HUD, the...

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Travel Insurance For The Elderly

With so many more people reaching retirement age and looking to to enjoy life after a long and hard working career, travel insurance for the elderly is a very real business. You might think at 65 or older you...

0 comments    tips travel vacation
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