Charlotte Edition

By Lynn Schneider, Director of Community Relations, Park Royal Hospital Having a spouse who is battling a serious illness can bring about a multitude of emotions. Estimates have shown that families provide 80% of the long-term care for chronically ill individuals in the United States. When someone has a spouse who is suffering from a serious illness, he or she …

By Physicians Rehabilitation A person with knee pain knows how often it gets in the way of doing the things they want and need to do in daily life. Because the knee is a weight bearing joint, knee pain affects almost everything we do that requires mobility, including those things most of us have usually taken for granted. For many, …

Most people associate speech therapy with the ability or lack there of to speak, and therapy associated with that. Speech rehabilitation is only a small part of what speech therapist do. In fact, speech-language therapists have many responsibilities in acute-care settings, medical inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient rehabilitation and rehabilitation in the home care setting. Speech Therapist work closely with physician specialists …

By Dr. Noël Crosby, Au.D. Another great tool for the hearing impaired is mental exercise that can improve the part of the brain that processes sound. This is even more important in today’s world because recent studies from John Hopkins and the National Institute of Aging have linked hearing loss to dementia. These studies revealed that those people who experience …

Living beyond chronic pain and fatigue. Chronic pain and fatigue often occur together. Fatigue can be a normal and important response to physical exertion, emotional stress, boredom, or lack of sleep. Pain and fatigue symptoms are expressed in many different ways throughout our bodies. Not all symptoms are present in any one case or in any one certain part of …

By Dr John Rand, D.V.M. This time of year the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (1-888-426-4435) receives considerably more phone calls than usual. Friends and relatives who come to visit may leave bags out where pets may have access to their medications. Keep any and all medications, both prescription and over-the-counter, safely away from your pets at all times. The …

The holidays are supposed to be a joyful time of good cheer, parties and family gatherings, but it is not unusual for many of us to feel  sad, lonely or even anxious during the holidays. This condition, which has come to be called “holiday blues,” can occur with any holiday or vacation time.  It commonly happens at the end of …

By Arlene Knox, Senior Director of Development, Florida SouthWestern State College Foundation I have a pile of envelopes on my desk.  Some are multi-colored, some with pictures of children and families, others with printed messages of hope, and still some with beautiful stamps and graphics. It is the holiday season, and while many are from friends and family, many were …

By James W. Mallonee Consider the following situation, the children come to visit over the holidays and they begin to remark about your confusion or failing to manage your day-to-day activities.  They also begin assisting you frequently and state that you seem to be having difficulty with your vision and remembering things.  Moreover the children begin asking questions about what …

By Sandy Keir, CFP®, Suncoast Advisory Group I met a lovely woman at a charity function last week and we started talking about our families, where we came from and how we ended up on Florida’s Suncoast.   She told me that she owns her own company and that she’s very excited about the good year it’s having.  I congratulated her …