When your child is sick, you are willing to do anything to make him feel better. Unfortunately, many parents assume that since cough and cold products can be purchased without a prescription, they do not pose a threat of overdose to their children. Unfortunately, over-the-counter…
If your daughter was born with cerebral palsy, you want to do everything you can to make her life as normal and happy as possible. You get speech therapists to help her learn to communicate. You buy orthotics so that she can move around more…
I’ll admit it: I prefer reading a book to reading a screen. I enjoy curling up on the couch with a good Dean Koontz novel—turning actual pages, assuring myself that I’ll stop and do something constructive once I get to the end of this chapter…or…
By now, we probably all know that we should “drive defensively.” A major factor in defensive driving is situational awareness. Situational awareness, as it applies to driving, is the perception of environmental elements such as traffic, road conditions, weather, debris on the road, road signs,…
A recent study published in the March issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology found MRSA was spread in more than 90% of nursing homes studied. MRSA infections are dangerous types of staph infections that are not typically treatable with routine antibiotics. MRSA is typically…
Beyond mourning the loss of independent living, people who move into a nursing home should not view this life change with dread. Such feelings are understandable, though, given some of the stories that the media report on atrocities in nursing homes. These are just a…