Did you know that today has been designated as World Alzheimer’s Day?  Alzheimer’s is a degenerative neurological disease affecting millions worldwide.  The theme for this year’s World Alzheimer’s Day is: Diagnosing Dementia: See It Sooner. The ultimate goal of World Alzheimer’s Day is to gain the attention of the media and to ensure legislative bodies and political entities across the world are reminded of the impact that Alzheimer’s and dementia will have on our growing elderly population.  Every 70 seconds someone is diagnosed with …

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I’d like to remind you that the NNBA’s 20th Educational Conference is on October 24th and 25th in beautiful, sunny, Daytona Beach, Florida. The registration fee is very affordable for the two-day conference at only $299. It’s a personal educational experience and the speaker’s list reads like a who’s who list of noteworthy nurse entrepreneurs.
This is one of the best conferences I have ever attended.  Close groups, one-on-one interaction, chock full of information you can take home and use immediately.  If you are thinking of starting …

An Injured Soldier Re-emerges as a Sprinter
ALAN SCHWARZ
Published: August 13, 2009

The decision came only days after Jerrod Fields, a United States Army corporal on a 2005 reconnaissance mission in Baghdad, had his left ankle and foot mutilated by a roadside bomb. After managing to drive his four troopmates back to base — valor that earned him a Bronze Star — Fields woke up in a hospital in Germany with a choice: have surgery and be discharged, or amputate and stay a soldier.

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Jerrod Fields became a …

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As a case manager I often have a difficult time obtaining transportation for my patients.  Without a way in which to attend their physician appointments, they fail to improve.  I recently ran across this listing from Disability.gov which is specific to Arkansas, but all states are listed on their website.  I have personal experience with the Ozark transportation which I found to be excellent and very reasonably priced.

AR GetCare Transportation Services Information
Information on community-based transportation programs in Arkansas that offer support for individuals so they may live independently.

Aging …