Archive for August 2009
Seven tips for dealing with health insurance claims
Posted by: Stan Cohen on: August 18, 2009
Sheri Samotin
Life Bridge Solutions
Dealing with medical bills and insurance claims can often become a full-time job. The first step to making sure this doesn’t happen to you is to become familiar with all of the details of your coverage. For example, if your insurance has both in-network and out-of-network benefits, you need [...]
Top 10 tips to control diabetes
Posted by: Stan Cohen on: August 17, 2009
Nancy Heinrich
Economic Wellness Works
If you have been told by a health care professional that you have type 2 diabetes, it is normal to feel anxious or uncertain. But you are not alone – almost 10.5 million adults aged 60 and older in the United States have diabetes.
Diabetes is serious, but you can manage it. [...]
Introduction to intergenerational family travel!
Posted by: Stan Cohen on: August 14, 2009
- In: Family| Senior Living
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Laurence Harmon
Great Places
How about taking Grandma Minnie along on your next cruise to the Bahamas? Would Uncle Ernie like to go along on your family’s Trans Canada Rail Adventure? Even better, could that six-bedroom condo you’ve rented for the family trip in Vail squeeze in Minnie, Ernie and maybe even Cousin Margo?
What [...]
Straighten up and glide right – a few movement tips
Posted by: Stan Cohen on: August 13, 2009
Howie Shareff
You Call this Yoga
In my journey as a physical therapy patient and yoga teacher, I have found that most people overlook proper body positioning while seated or in motion. Our society has become sedentary from inactivity, excessive watching of TV and hunching over computers. Many people tend to shuffle as they walk. The [...]
Five common misconceptions among people with diabetes
Posted by: Stan Cohen on: August 12, 2009
I asked a friend of mine, Nancy Heinrich, a specialist in Diabetes if there are common misconcptions among diabetics that could be causing them issues in their own self care or that senior caregivers need to be aware of.
The following tips from Nancy are so simple, yet easily overlooked:
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