by Julie Ann Anderson on January 31, 2012
Blood pressure is something that people should strive to control throughout their lives, but it’s particularly important for seniors and senior health. High blood pressure is a common problem, affecting more than 50 percent of all Americans who are 60 years old or older. What is High Blood Pressure? When your heart beats and pumps [...]
by Julie Ann Anderson on January 26, 2012
The second Wine Country Senior Games are scheduled May 31 through June 10. Senior athletes age 50 and over who may have missed a chance to compete in the inaugural event last year can get a new chance. Sports for the 2012 Games will include archery, swimming, soccer, basketball, running, walking, tennis, bocce ball, golf, [...]
by Julie Ann Anderson on January 23, 2012
Omaha Business Hall of Fame By Cindy Gonzalez WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER A former mayor, a publisher, a marketing expert, two husband-wife teams and the founder of a discount-store chain are to be inducted into the Omaha Business Hall of Fame. The selections follow a nomination process that sought people whose accomplishments in business were historically [...]
by Julie Ann Anderson on January 18, 2012
Committed to Quality Care In an effort to monitor and improve the experience of all of the Home Instead Senior Care network’s clients, the network has commissioned J.D. Power and Associates, a globally-recognized independent market research firm, to conduct periodic surveys of all of its valued clients. J.D. Power and Associates conduct surveys with clients [...]
by Julie Ann Anderson on January 16, 2012
Morning Mojo: Challenge + Crisis + Pain = OPPORTUNITY By Tom Tognoli | November 21st, 2011 Why does life throw challenges and crisis at us, like the crisis we have all been dealing with for the last year? Because that is the only way we will change. It is the only way we will rid [...]
by Julie Ann Anderson on January 12, 2012
Morning Mojo: My life is in a rut!!!! By Tom Tognoli | November 7th, 2011 “I’m stuck in a rut…I’m just not happy with where I am in my life.” We can feel this way about our health, our relationships, and our job. We can feel like we are stuck in a rut, good or [...]
by Julie Ann Anderson on January 10, 2012
Morning Mojo: Success has to be an obsession By Tom Tognoli | October 10th, 2011 How bad do you want it? Success…how bad do you really want it? So many of us say we want to be successful, but we really don’t want it bad enough and that is why we don’t have it. We [...]
by Julie Ann Anderson on January 6, 2012
Morning Mojo: Be 110% Committed By Tom Tognoli | September 26th, 2011 If you have ever played a contact sport in your life like football or rugby, you know that a sure fired way to get hurt is by not playing full out. Not going 110%. Not being 110% engaged. In contact sports you are [...]
by Julie Ann Anderson on January 5, 2012
Monday Mojo: The Tiny Black Dot By Tom Tognoli | May 23rd, 2011 If I were to make a little black dot on an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of white paper and show the sheet to a group of people and ask them what they see, the majority will say that they see a [...]
by Julie Ann Anderson on December 31, 2011
Pneumonia Quiz – Test your Knowledge 1. Pneumonia is not usually contagious. True or False? 2. Walking pneumonia is generally deadly if not treated in a reasonable amount of time? True or False? 3. What is pneumonia? A) A lung infection. B) Loosening of the lungs. C) Advanced [...]