Monthly Archive: July 2018

Retirement Home

Pontiac Retirement Home Shocked By $2.4 Million Gift from Woman Who Never Lived There

Pontiac Retirement Home Shocked By $2.4 Million Gift from Woman Who Never Lived There By Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune for SJ-R.com PONTIAC — A retirement community got a call from a bank officer on an otherwise nondescript weekday in May. A 103-year-old woman, touched by a decades-old connection to Evenglow Lodge in Pontiac, had left… Continue reading Pontiac Retirement Home Shocked By $2.4 Million Gift from Woman Who Never Lived There

Aimee Sharp
Mental and Behavioral Health Facility

Northern Colorado Mental and Behavioral Health Facility Headed Back to Voters

Northern Colorado Mental and Behavioral Health Facility Headed Back to Voters By Saja Hindi for the Coloradan  Dozens packed the Larimer County Commissioners hearing room Tuesday. As commenter after commenter took the microphone, continuous pleas were made for the commissioners to allow voters to reconsider a ballot initiative they said was vital to the community —… Continue reading Northern Colorado Mental and Behavioral Health Facility Headed Back to Voters

Aimee Sharp
Homeless Veteran

Living in a Beat-Up Jeep After Mounting Hardship, A Homeless Veteran and His Wife Cling to Hope, Waiting for a Place to Call Home

Living in a Beat-Up Jeep After Mounting Hardship, A Homeless Veteran and His Wife Cling to Hope, Waiting for a Place to Call Home By Benjamin Oreskes for the LA Times Lawrence and Carla McCue listened from the last row as the mayor spoke to veterans at the Los Angeles National Cemetery on Memorial Day. Lawrence, 75,… Continue reading Living in a Beat-Up Jeep After Mounting Hardship, A Homeless Veteran and His Wife Cling to Hope, Waiting for a Place to Call Home

Aimee Sharp
Divorce to Afford Care

Texas Couples Feel Pressure to Divorce to Afford Care For Disabled, Ill Children

In this article from the Dallas News, learn more about why some couples are considering divorce to afford care for their children with special needs.

Aimee Sharp
Hospital Supply Inventory Management

Hospital Supply Inventory Management Creating a Cottage Industry For Technology

By Rachel Z. Arndt for Modern Healthcare Within every hospital, supply problems are likely to lurk. Often, they’re problems of too much: too many sutures, too many surgical staplers, too much of too many items. Hospital staff, distrustful that they’ll have what they need when they need it, err on the side of excess. But that’s… Continue reading Hospital Supply Inventory Management Creating a Cottage Industry For Technology

Aimee Sharp
spinal cord injury

Market Haul: Grocery Shopping with a Spinal Cord Injury

A weekly trip to the grocery store can be a big ordeal with a spinal cord injury. With the right planning, it can be an efficient and enjoyable experience.

Aaron Baker
Senior Bathing and Hygiene

Steps for Senior Bathing and Hygiene

A caregiver's guide to senior bathing and hygiene. Resistance to bathing can come from a multitude of reasons. Learn what they are and how to overcome them.

Taylor Snell
young boy with medical complexity, sitting in a power wheelchair inside a school or medical facility, facing a young man crouched down to assist.

A Call for Allies for Families with Complex Disabilities

Families with complex disabilities lack a voice. Only by having allies to help us ask for programs and support can our voices be heard and heeded.

Alethea Mshar
compare

When You Compare Your Child to Other Children with Special Needs

Sometimes you can’t help but note and compare the differences in development and progress between your child and other children with special needs.

Jamie Sumner
celebrities incontinence

Famous People with Incontinence

While some people may be reluctant to talk about their experience with incontinence, there are celebrities are doing their part to raise awareness.

Stephanie Struyck Elgin
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