Archive for December, 2008

79-year-old Dick Clark will help ring in yet another New Year

Four years ago, when the seemingly ageless Dick Clark experienced a massive stroke, very few people thought he’d be back on TV for his annual New Year’s Eve in Times Square. But, he surprised all the nay-sayers. He’s been back and he plans to continue coming back.
Unfortunately, but understandably, he’s not up to the big [...]

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SURVEY: Do you have a living will?

I’ve put together a survey for you and anyone else who may be interested. The topic is living wills and advance directives. I am looking for information that tells me how many people have living wills, who doesn’t and what may be holding back people from drawing one up.
I invite you to complete the short [...]

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Managing your stress

Stress is around us everywhere and getting older doesn’t necessarily stress will decrease. For some, it increases as different issues affect us and we have to find ways to cope.
Art therapy has been used for a long time with children, but it’s also something that can help adults when they are stressed and need an [...]

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Advance directives survey/poll coming up

There are a lot of issues behind documents like living wills and advance directives. These aren’t just for those who are heading into their third age or stage of life, but for anyone, as disease and accidents can happen at any time.
I wrote about the issue at the beginning of the month (Being kept alive [...]

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Good-bye TV rabbit ears - it’s digital only coming soon

If you’re watching an old-style television, called an analogue TV, then you have only a bit more than a month to get set up with a digital system before the broadcasting system in the United States switches over by February 17, 2009. If you’re in Canada, you have until August 2011, and if you’re in [...]

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