Brandon Wood Retirement Center: Proud to Call This Place Home
By Alexander Germanis From the pilgrims of New England to the settlers of the Wild West, every corner of this nation has been made into a home for not just the individual families who first put down roots there, but also for generations to come. In Morton, Brandon Wood Retirement Center has become such a […]
Mind Power for Accomplishment
By Latosha Piwowar Are you quite anxious with your everyday professional and personal life? Do you ever remain awake at times simply because the tension following a day of work bothers you? Have you got problems focusing on the work at hand? In the event the answers to all of the earlier mentioned questions is […]
Memories and Hope Walk to End Alzheimer’s
By Alexander Germanis “Memory is all we are. Moments and feelings, captured in amber, strung on filaments of reason. Take a man’s memories and you take all of him. Chip away a memory at a time and you destroy him…” ~ Author Mark Lawrence Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia — a despicable […]
Knowledge: The First Fight Against Cancer
By Alexander Germanis Enrico Fermi, nuclear physicist and one of the fathers of the atomic age, once said, “Ignorance is never better than knowledge.” Perhaps nowhere is this better represented than in the medical profession. It is knowledge that first serves doctors in their efforts to care for their patients. It has also been said […]
Helping Kids Understand Alzheimer’s Disease
Submitted by Reflections Memory Care When a family member has Alzheimer’s disease, it affects everyone in the family, including children and grandchildren. It’s important to talk to them about what is happening. How much, and what kind of, information you share depends on the child’s age, and relationship to the person with Alzheimer’s. Helping kids […]
A Home of Independence
The most prized of possessions is not something tangible. It is not a house, a car, or a precious work of art. Yet it is something men and women fight to obtain, fight to keep, and refuse to give up. It is independence. Unfortunately, as we age, independence can become harder and harder to hold […]
Peoria Christian School Creating Healthy Families, One Student at a Time
By Alexander Germanis While reflecting on our academic days, it is not uncommon to find ourselves musing over what subjects we studied, what lessons we learned that we still put into use today and, of course, which teacher taught us the most. That last part can often be a complicated question to answer. Not only […]
John R. Day & Associates, Ltd. Christian Psychological Associates Faith to Restore and Grow
By Alexander Germanis Humans are complex beings. Our health is not isolated to just physical aspects. Even those who dedicate their lives to treating a single facet of our condition will admit there is a need to tend to all aspects of our being. A medical doctor will say one’s emotional wellbeing is as crucial […]
Teverbaugh, Croland & Mueller Personlized Care for All Women
By Alexander Germanis While not always remembered and often glossed over in historical texts, women have nevertheless played the most vital role in human history: they have perpetuated human history. Without women, there would be no childbirth, no nurturing of children, and, therefore, no future generations. For all women of this and future generations, there […]
Summer Dos and Don’ts for Hearing Aid Wearers
Submitted by Sound Choice Hearing Clinic While many of us had our doubts, summer is finally here! We look forward to this season because it gives us the opportunity to indulge in activities requiring warm, sunny days, like boating, swimming, hiking, and traveling. Wearing hearing aids shouldn’t keep you from enjoying yourself, but it is […]