Review of good bits of info. about, by and for baby boomers
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Posted by Rosie on March 17, 2010
Mold can cause major health issues. I am concerned about what happens when folks have flooding in their homes. After the water is gone and things almost back to normal the mold madness can begin.
Take a few minutes to read this recent post about mold and how to prevent and rid your home from it’s horrid grip. The blog post is on a New Jersey site called, Be in the Know NJ.
Posted by Rosie on March 9, 2010
Why I Became a Fan of this Page
I am trained as a Community Health Educator. I still work as a Health Educator and actively maintain a blog on health issues. I also actively advocate using social media to promote public health messages. Hence, I belong to many public health pages and groups.
This page belongs to an innovative School of Public Health in Provo, Utah. It has several posts that provide great public health information. It also has volunteer and internship opportunities. I like it.
I am surprised that the entire school is not involved. There are a couple of videos and lots of pictures on the site. I encourage you to join because of the updated health information. If you are a student you will get career information and updates.
Posted by Rosie on March 1, 2010
Check out Non’a choices for really bad food choices. Did anyone say cool whip? Read this informative article now.
Posted by Rosie on December 23, 2009
The National Women’s Health Information Center (NWHIC) is taking orders for a FREE power-packed calender for women. This calender is in English and Spanish.
Well, I’m glad you asked. I have provided an excerpt from their clearly written ABOUT section below. But let’s start with their contact information.
800-994-9662 or 888-220-5446 (TDD)
Monday through Friday (9:00 am to 6:00 pm, eastern time)
The National Women’s Health Information Center (NWHIC) is the most reliable and current information resource on women’s health today. We offer FREE women’s health information on more than 800 topics through our call center and web site.
By phone (in English and Spanish) or via our web site you can find:
* original health information on special topics like pregnancy, breastfeeding, body image, HIV/AIDS, girls health, heart health, menopause and hormone therapy, mental health, quitting smoking, and violence against women
* original health information and resources for special populations: minority women, women with disabilities, girls, men, and Spanish speakers
* thousands of health publications
* statistics on women’s health
* daily news on women’s health
* a calendar of women’s health events
and MORE!
We are also the National Breastfeeding Helpline! Our trained breastfeeding peer counselors can give you support and encouragement and help you with your basic breastfeeding questions and concerns. If you are having a hard time, don’t give up! Call us FREE at 800-994-9662 or visit: www.womenshealth.gov/breastfeeding.
I think the best thing to do is go to the order page and look at the sneak peek of the inside of the calender. But there something very important for you to know.
Whereas, you can order only one(1) copy of the calender in English, you can get multiple copies of the calender in Spanish.
So, share this information with everyone so single copies of the calender can be ordered in English. But please share with those who know Spanish so you can get the multiple copies. SPREAD THE WORD. This information can save a woman’s life.
Posted by Rosie on December 9, 2009
This video is aimed at hospital based infections. They are commonly called, HAI(Hospital Associated Infections.
Now, some folks do not want to ask health care providers or visitors to wash their hands. But mental discomfort now can mean physical discomfort later.
View this insightful video by Centers for Disease Control.
Sometimes people are picking up infections, from pneumonia to antibiotic-resistant staph (MRSA), while under treatment for other health problems, or even while just in the hospital having a baby. That’s a situation that could, and should, be completely avoidable.
Kimberly-Clark Health Care is on the forefront of protecting patients from Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and has put together a site dedicated to that prevention called HAI Watch: Not on My Watch. The site has information for both healthcare professionals and healthcare consumers.
Posted by Rosie on October 11, 2009
I just read this powerful article on the” 14 Mistakes Even Smart Women Make”. Now, since most of the folks reading this post are probably baby boomers or related to baby boomers I thought this article would be helpful.
I like it because it looks at some areas related to prevention we thought we knew but might have missed a step or two. Personally, I know more about lead poisoning as it relates to men and children. Never knew the work done related to stroke risk and women.
Of course, this means I will research this point a bit more but the suggestion the authors make regarding running water is a bona fide good practice to reduce the lead content in your water. You can visit great sites like Be In The Know NJ for great resources on lead poisoning.
Posted by Rosie on June 17, 2009
I want to feature caregiver blogs for a few days. Why? Because not only am I a care giver but many, sooo many baby boomers are providing care for a loved one. Many are doing inhome care, site visits, or doing what they can long distance.
It can provide a strain, both emotionally and physically on the care giver.Although there are support groups out there many of us just don’t have that quality time to attend. Some of us get great therapy, hope and information from blogging.
So, if you have services or just plain support to save sanity regarding caregivers please share. Now if you want to be a guest blogger please email me, rosiehorner(at)gmail.com, with your blog post. Please I don’t want just ads but added value information that can help all that read this site.
Thanking all of you ahead of time.
Just hope that the information can help somebody.
Rosie
Posted by Rosie on March 26, 2009
Iwas first introduced to Zumba, virtually by Pam. One of my in-laws told me about Wii fitness. I am saving for that one. The bottom line is FITNESS! Moving this body.
Baby Boomer Pam has a great site on fitness. I saw this recent post on Pole Dancing and wanted to share it. I decided that it would be great fun and if I do it I will be sure that the pole is secure and ground is padded.
Posted by Rosie on February 17, 2009
Good health is important to us all.
I am not happy about presenting this article. But it is worth consideration. Shoudl we believe it?
What are 1o reasons to cut out or reduce your coffee intake?
Posted by Rosie on December 23, 2008
More and more baby boomers are now providing care to their parents or other loved ones. Yet, we often neglect ourselves. As I got my mind into mental preparation for the holiday I am faced including the routine duties of providing care to my mom. As the only child I have resigned myself to just getting the job done.
Yet, today as I included additional tasks like taking stool samples to the testing lab, picking up her medicine, trying to decide when I would bake holiday cookies and locking in a time to pick up my own medicine I turned to humor as a survival mechanism.
When I went to the lab for additional instructions, and hoping she would allow me to unload the two days worth of samples I had already taken, I gave the technician a Hersey chocolate. I told her that this would be a reminder of my sample dropoff scheduled for the next day. I then joked about providing stool collection samples for caregivers. I said, “I only knew about using double gloves from CSI,” We both laughed and I left to complete more errands before I went shopping, return home to pick up my purse with the drivers license I forgot, grap a sandwich and write this quick post before I am off again. (Who said this was a vacation day?)
The laughter and prior prayer for help was part of my survival. If I did not do it I just knew I would be destined to spend time in some facility until my insurance kicked me out. Of course I am not going into all the related details leading up to the stool samples nor the final exciting process of collecting them in tnose vials. Thank goodness I did not have one with the white top that needed refrigeration.
But my point is I am not alone. Many baby boomers are finding ways of coping with caregiving even if they have other folks to help in the process. So please share them as a comment to this post. It not only will help me but I am just sure it will help someone else.
Stories are also welcomed.
Meanwhile, have a blessed Holiday season. I really do hope I can squeeze in a Zumba class after I see my mom this evening. But I did say I was baking tonight or should I clean. I also need to cook meals for mom and home. etc, etc Better to blog, Ha~Who knows got to stay flexible. I guess she had to when raising me.
Don’t forget to leave your survivial tips.
