Baby Boomers Will Need Long Term Care
Baby Boomers
Baby-boomers are members of the generation born between the years of 1946 and 1964. These “boomers” make up a large portion of our population and in 2006 the first boomer would have reached age 60. There are approximately 76 million baby boomers and the majority of those can expect to require future long term care or home health care services at some point. Even a recent article written by Mayo Clinic which spoke on the various health issues this demographic face can elaborate upon this idea.Given the large demographic which falls[…]
How To Stick To Your Goals
Setting & Keeping
Setting new goals can help set a positive tone for your upcoming days however, setting goals is the easy part and it’s keeping those goals that can become a challenge. How many times have you ventured off with a brand new shiny idea to suddenly, eat better, save more, run a marathon, or even just make your bed every morning? Now how many times have you actually stuck to or even started these goals? Although you may have witnessed first hand that despite your genuine intentions, starting and[…]
Sky High Certified Nursing Assistant Turnover
CNA’S & High Turnover
High turnover among long-term care facilities has been a long time issue now. For many years now directors, owners, nurses, and residents have agreed that keeping these facilities properly staffed is a challenge faced by many. Certified nursing assistants are difficult to find and keep however, a top agency stated that going forward this will be a top priority. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services stated that this issue is something they would like to shift their attention towards in the future. Certified nursing assistants represent about 70% of[…]
Five Gut Healing Recipes
In an effort to help our clients stay healthy and avoid from using their long term care insurance policy as long as possible, we are committed to featuring health tips and tricks found on the health tab of our website. Here you can find news, videos, and “Feature Friday’s Healthy Recipes”, available to you every Friday.
This Friday’s Featured recipe includes five healthy and delicious gut friendly recipes for you to try! These recipes can be beneficial to those suffering from leaky gut in healing the gut. (Please note none of these recipes belong to LTC[…]
The Challenges of Aging
The Aging Body
As we age we become even more at risk for developing minor to severe health issues. Even those who follow a healthy regimen of eating right, exercising daily, and taking care of themselves can sometimes run into health challenges. Sometimes we get older and our bodies begin to drastically change as well as run into unexpected health issues. Many of us will wonder why is that? While some of these changes may be inevitable, hereditary, or circustancial, there are a couple of other factor we can look at.
Immune system
One of[…]
What is “Leaky Gut”
Leaky Gut
Have you ever heard of the term leaky gut? Perhaps you have as, it seems it is being discussed now more than ever. It is even estimated that about 80% of Americans suffer from a leaky gut. Even so you may be wondering what in the world is a leaky gut and is my gut actually leaking!? So the answer is actually maybe so!
Leaky gut syndrome refers to increased intestinal permeability. This occurs in your small intestines when the tight junctions responsible for filtering bacteria, toxins, and undigested food[…]
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