Know What Is hAPPening With Your Kid’s Apps
By Paul Schellenberg, LLC Social media is taking over as the main source of entertainment in today’s society. This has positive and negative aspects. One of the positive effects social media can impart is empowering youths to share their voices and gifts of self-expression. Also, social media can help friends who do not live in […]
Millennial Parents Struggle with High Cost of Living
For many young adults, heavy debt and lower-paying jobs lead to a delay in traditional life goals, like buying homes and starting families. However, research suggests that millennials’ financial worries are adding up to more than stress and disappointment, particularly once they become parents. Two in five young parents rate their financial health as unsatisfactory […]
Stop Tripping and Start Living!
By James Bryson, Founder of New Millennium Institute As a man thinks, so he is! Are you self-handicapping? Are your thoughts, beliefs, and actions limiting your potential? Are these behaviors impacting you, your family, community and health? If so, how would you know, and what could you do about it? What is self-handicapping behavior? Broadly, […]
Animal Laws You Should Know
By Lauren Malmberg, Peoria County Animal Protection Services Many pet owners don’t realize that laws exist that govern our ownership of companion and domestic animals. Regardless of where you live, animal control and humane care for animal laws affect how you must care for your pet and farm animals. State laws cover many situations regarding […]
Nursing Home Readiness By Steven Richter, Heddington Oaks
By Steven Richter, Heddington Oaks One of the most difficult issues that we may face is the fact that a loved one needs to have long-term care. So many emotions bombard us when the time comes. We often find ourselves gripped with a crippling sense of guilt when we can no longer safely care for […]
Vets — How Are You Going To Pay For Assisted Living?
By Steven Buttice, Living By Your Design, Inc. Are you a Veteran? Hats off to you, and thank you for your service. Some say it seems that the US government does not help its veterans to the extent they should. Now, there’s good news for those qualified veterans who are in great need of help […]
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 […]
Get Heart Healthy
By the Staff of Heddington Oaks February is the perfect time to focus on your heart. Not only do we celebrate love with Valentine’s Day, but it is also American Heart Month. Heart disease is the number- one killer of American women and men, and the leading cause of serious illness and disability. According to […]
Understanding Health Risks Improve Your Chances for Good Health
Risks are all around us. A nearby sneeze may raise your risk for catching the flu. Obesity boosts the odds you’ll get diabetes. Smoking increases your risk for many cancers. If you pay attention to news headlines, you may worry that you’re at risk for food poisoning, Zika infection, shark attacks, and more. How can […]