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Someone facing an Alzheimer’s diagnosis may experience a range of emotions, including sadness, anger, and disbelief. It’s hard to tell which is more crippling: the diagnosis itself or the emotional toll it takes on the patient and their family. It can be easy to fall into self-pity.
When my mother was diagnosed, I remember thinking, “Why our mom?” Why did such an outstanding, selfless, and kind individual have to face dementia? Why her, and why our family? I suppose these are questions that p...

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Earth Day 2021 falls on April 22. It is the perfect time to use fun activities that could help to preserve our natural resources, while also teaching kids about conservation. School children will learn about conservation in their classrooms, but hands on experience at home with mom and dad is invaluable. Plus, it’s fun!
Earth Day lands midweek this year. It may be inconvenient for working parents to plan an activity on that day. It’s okay. Plan an earth-friendly activity on an...

Dispensing medications is one of the most critical tasks when caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease. In 2019, the Kaiser Family Foundation reported that 89% of U.S. adults ages 65 and older take prescription medication. Most people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease are part of the same demographic and often take multiple medications to manage both dementia and other health conditions.
Such was the case for my mother. Years before she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, diabetes medicat...

Think back to mixing primary-color paint in grade school. Remember how mixing in yellow changes white, blue and red? Lighting is no exception. A problem too often overlooked is how the yellow-tinted light of high-pressure sodium (HPS) fixtures, which are typically found lighting streets and some parking lots, impacts your perception of the colors around you.
There are public safety benefits when true colors are visible. Imagine a crime has occurred and the police need a description of the car...

People with dementia still need nourishment. Here are tips to help them get it.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia. Defining it and its causes, however, is complicated. Researchers in Toronto at the University Health Network’s Krembil Brain Institute, for instance, suggest that Alzheimer’s is not primarily a brain disorder, but instead more of an autoimmune disease. Other theories exist, as well.
However, we can all agree that Alzheimer’s negatively affects cognitive acti...

There are gender disparities in how Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is diagnosed and treated. Unlike males, females are diagnosed less often and go untreated for ADHD, although they may live with the chronic condition from childhood. Because ADHD is a common neurodevelopmental disorder for children, it is also — assumingly — an equal opportunity condition. While this should be true, the official diagnosis statistics tell a different story.

Of the 6 million children in the Unit...

'Florida Restaurant & Lodging Magazine Fall 2022 Food Issue'

Benefits of Fixed Pricing for Natural Gas
by RAY BUROW
Natural gas accounts for 34% of the energy consumed in the United States, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Commercial customers consumed 10% of the 30.48 trillion cubic feet of U.S. natural gas in 2020. Anyone working in the food industry already knows what the numbers prove. We need natural gas. However...

Florida has a southern charm all its own. Homeowners infuse southern style throughout their homes, but utilize what is unique to the Sunshine State. An updated touch of southern charm influences living room decorating.
Ray Burow Jun 27, 2013
Florida is the southern most state in the contingent United States, and yet most people do not connect southern decorating with Florida home interiors. Maybe it is because southern charm brings to mind large, stuffy, plantation homes. This is not associat...

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Why Are Natural Gas Prices So High?

By RAY BUROW

The price of natural gas continues to rise in the United States and around the world. Unfortunately, the cost isn’t forecast to come down any time soon. The expectation is that the price of natural gas will continue to rise through the winter months. That’s, of course, bad news for residential and commercial customers since natural g...

I hate to be the one to break it to you, but if you hadn’t already gathered from the evening news, we live in a dangerous and wicked world. While it may take a village to raise our kids, and for our purposes, to care for those with dementia, how do we know which village or community of individuals to trust?
Can you trust your neighbors? Can you trust the people in the facility where your loved one with Alzheimer’s has been placed? If you fall ill or worse, what would happen to them? Who would...

Conducting research, asking the right questions, and visiting facilities are key
Caregivers, by definition, provide care, and part of that involves protecting patients or loved ones from physical harm and emotional stress.
Troubling news crossed my desk this week in the form of a story out of Brevard County, Florida. Sadly, an elderly woman with dementia and living in a care facility was allegedly verbally abused and taunted by workers assigned to her care. The workers livestreamed the allege...

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LED Lighting: That’s a Bright Idea! By BOB HORSWOOD, Director, LED Lighting Solutions
Stylishly designed LED lighting is an environmentally friendly energy solution that can bring huge savings to your property, enhance the look and feel of common spaces and provide additional safety and security.
The benefits of switching to LED include: » Durability: LEDs can last for 50,000 hours or longer with the ad...