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Dec
11
0 comments Tags: environmental health, healthy lifestyle, holidays, sustainable
Are you one of those organized people who are already prepared for the coming winter holidays? Or do you still have plans to make and gifts to buy? Either way, why not take a second look at some of your usual holiday activities to see if you can make them more “sustainable?” The more people who… Read More »
Posted in: Environmental Health, Public Health
Dec
11
0 comments Tags: caregivers, holidays, senior health
Holidays can be meaningful, enriching times for both the person with Alzheimer’s disease and his or her family. Maintaining or adapting family rituals and traditions helps all family members feel a sense of belonging and family identity. For a person with Alzheimer’s, this link with a familiar past is reassuring. However, when celebrations, special events, or holidays… Read More »
Posted in: Chronic Disease, Senior
Dec
11
0 comments Tags: alcohol use, holidays
Many of us look forward to celebrations during the holidays, a time when some people are more likely to drink beyond their limits than at other times of the year. Some will suffer adverse consequences that range from fights to falls to traffic crashes. Sadly, we often put ourselves and others at risk because we… Read More »
Posted in: Public Health, Substance Addiction and Misuse