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You can do simple things around the interior of your home to lower your risk of falls. First, do basic decluttering as noted in our previous column on this topic. Then, move on to specific room-by-room issues, as suggested by the National Institute on Aging. First, your floors, stairs, and hallways:
Sharon Hospital is open to all now
American society has changed dramatically since the time that the public school structure was first created.
Whether you’re an older adult or somebody who’s caring for an older family member, most of us want to live out our lives in our own homes, for as long as it’s safe to do so. The key is to make the “safe to do so” part last, and we can start toward that goal by adapting the home with an eye on safety.
America is the land of the free and this generally encourages everyone to think this gives them license to act freely, of their own volition.
From the editor: This is a letter sent to the Office of Health Strategy by the Hotchkiss Library of Sharon board of directors.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Hotchkiss Library of Sharon, I write to oppose Nuvance Health’s proposed closure of the Labor and Delivery Unit at Sharon Hospital.
This is the time of year that makes us think about the things and the people in our lives for which we are grateful. We all have our problems, but we all have our blessings as well, and this has been the time to consider the balance between the two.
The images are pretty amazing (oh, yes, and beautiful). The Hubble images astound us still, even after 32 years! Now we have The James Webb Space Telescope sending back astounding images, broadening our concept of the vastness, yet exciting contents, of space.
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