Have You Considered Respite Care?
By Steven Buttice, Founder and President Living By Your Design, Inc. Things were going just fine even though mom has dementia. Dad is still strong at age 86 and cares for mom’s substantial daily needs at home. Then, dad is told he needs surgery and will not be able to lift or give his normal […]
Grow a High-Yield Vegetable Garden This Season
By Melinda Myers Spend less time and money by growing a bounty of flavorful vegetables this growing season. Increase your harvest, even in small garden spaces, with proper planning and easy care, high-yielding vegetables. A productive garden starts with a plan, but choosing the best vegetables to grow and where to plant them can be […]
For Elaine A Family’s Story With Alzheimer’s
By Annmarie Wallis and Lutheran Hillside Village The best way I’ve heard Alzheimer’s disease explained is that it hides the person we love underneath a layer of confusion, but that there’s still a person who needs our love and attention. For our grandmother, Elaine, that was a constant reminder as we struggled with her diagnosis […]
March is Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month!
Submitted by The Bleeding & Clotting Disorders Institute (BCDI) Blood flows through our body to deliver oxygen and important nutrients to our tissues. In a perfect world, this process would be continuous and uninterrupted. For the nearly three million Americans living with a bleeding disorder, this process is less than perfect. What is a bleeding […]
Peoria Area Anti-Hunger Coaltition 2017 Foodshare Canathon Volunteers Being Recruited Help Your Neighbors in Need
The Peoria Area Anti-Hunger Coalition announces details for the 2017 Foodshare Canathon. 2017 is the 33rd Year of the Foodshare Canathon. The door-to-door collection is on Sunday, March 19, 2017 from l:00 to 4:00pm. Canathon bags will be inserted in the Peoria Journal Star on Monday, March 13, 2017. We ask recipients to fill the […]
The Secret Life of Fat
Book Review by The Bookworm Sez Here’s something important: your pants don’t fit anymore. The blame, you’re sure, lands squarely with the holidays: too many toddies, too much figgy pudding. Perhaps it’s just bad genes or, well, maybe you have no willpower. Maybe, as you’ll see in The Secret Life of Fat by Sylvia Tara, […]
Improve Your Health Through Nutrition
By Dee McCaffrey, Director of Nutrition, Processed-Free America That famous Chinese proverb depicts the simple small action we can take when embarking on any great endeavor. If that endeavor involves improving your food choices, that single step begins with a fork, and there is no better time to begin than now! March is National Nutrition […]
Psychological Development Across the Life Span Part One: From Birth to Age 5
By Jennifer Morrison, PsyD. Throughout the course of our lifetime, there are number of psychological hurdles that we have to overcome in order to continue to grow along the path of psychological development. There are several different age groups, and with each group comes a unique developmental task the person must grapple with in order […]
Facing the World
By Lori Lovely Our faces present an introduction to the world, providing a first impression and a glimpse of who we are, so we want to look our best when meeting people. We want to be ourselves, just a better version, with a natural look that doesn’t reveal our improvement secrets. That’s what The Facial […]
How to Overcome Your Smile Insecurities
Everyone deserves to have a smile that expresses self-confidence and inner beauty. Unfortunately, too many people are insecure about their smile when the sources of their unhappiness can easily be fixed. Turns out, with some simple, cost-effective, and painless cosmetic dentistry, you can dazzle the world with your smile. Three of the biggest smile inhibitors […]