Hospice or Home Health – Which is Right for You?

Hospice Focus Hospice provides care to the patient and family and focuses on comfort and quality of life. It manages the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of the patient and family. Eligibility Hospice is for patients with life limiting illnesses who are not seeking curative treatment. Services require a physician order and certification of... Read More

Lifestyles

March 2, 2012

The Silent Killer – Diabetes

According to the American Diabetes Association, 25.8 million children and adults in the United States – a whopping 8.3 percent of the population – have diabetes. Type 2 diabetes, specifically, is increasingly considered a national epidemic – a health crisis that has hit working class and poor communities with a powerful punch. Let’s take a... Read More

Lifestyles

March 2, 2012

Changing Your Life, One Wise Decision at a Time

Decision making is a life skill that isn’t necessarily taught in schools. It’s learned behavior that often comes from the phrase, “He’ll have to learn that for himself.” On some levels it’s an element of maturity, but on another level it’s a culmination of our life experiences. Too often, the ability to make good decisions... Read More

Lifestyles

March 1, 2012

Walt Disney – Reason #15 Why I Love America

Walt Disney, the man, not the company although all things considered the company should make the Top 100 Reasons too. Walt Disney created some of the most special pieces of true American art. His contributions to America are literally works of art on par with histories greatest painters, sculptors, writers, and composers. He taught us all that... Read More

Reasons I Love America, Web Exclusive

March 1, 2012

Is Exercise Really That Important?

Many of us suffer from the most common health problems plaguing society: High Blood Pressure, Acid Reflux, High Cholesterol, Osteoarthritis, Arthritis, Diabetes/Sugar Regulation Issues, Fatigue, Osteoporosis, Joint Aches and Pains, and Being Overweight/Obesity, etc. It seems barbaric that we have to go to gym or fitness center and walk in place on treadmills, like hamsters... Read More

A Better You

March 1, 2012

20 Ways to Develop a Money Making Website

When a potential customer enters into a brick and mortar store you have staff available to answer questions and engage the client in dialogue. The longer they browse in the store the greater the potential for purchase. The same holds true for websites. Design is a crucial element of any webpage. This is truly where the... Read More

The Money Club

March 1, 2012

Lions and Lambs

By: Paulette Dean, Executive Director, Danville Humane Society If March comes in like a lion, it goes out like a lamb. If it comes in like a lamb, it goes out like a lion. That’s how the saying goes for people who like to predict weather. All I know is that March may be a... Read More

Paws for the Cause

March 1, 2012

Teaching Behavioral Modifications

He Said One of the reasons (among many) that you and I didn’t date in high school was because you thought I was a hooligan. Well, I was…and I wasn’t. I did enjoy the occasional prank. I did enjoy questioning my teachers if I thought they were wrong. And I did enjoy my occasional nap... Read More

He Said She Said

March 1, 2012

Tiny, But Deadly: A Look at Rose Rosette Disease

By: Emily Tomlinson Every gardener’s favorite time of year has finally, officially, arrived. The season we’ve been anticipating and planning for since fall. It’s spring! New growth is showing up on spring flowering shrubs and ornamentals, including roses. Take some time to examine the new growth on your roses closely. Are the leaves that are... Read More

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