How Does Blood Clot?
Overview Blood clotting, also called blood coagulation, occurs in reaction to a wound to halt the flow of blood. This happens so that blood loss will stop and also so that the wound will be closed and no bacteria or…
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The Power of Color in your Wardrobe
The Power of Color in Your Wardrobe My favorite colors are yellow, orange, light blue and baby pink. These also happen to be a few of the colors in my spring color palette. Getting your colors done became all the…
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How to Talk to your Aging Parents about Planning for their Future
I had to smile at the irony as I started to think about the topic of talking to aging parents about their “future”. How many options do aging parents have that deal with their future? The future for aging parents…
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Parents need to instill a sense of responsibility and discipline in their children regarding their working life in order to help them become mature adults,capable of facing the challenges of everyday life. Here is what parents can do to accomplish…
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Thoughts from one with Dementia Written by her RN Daughter who Spoke with her on Alert Days
Dementia’s Christmas (A Dementia Story of Love) Hum, somebody said Martha, but that lady has white in her hair and MY Martha is a little girl…. This lady’s coming to my table and she called me mom, but that just…
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Elderly Caregiving Tips
Old age is an interesting level of existence. To me it seems like a whole new dimension is layered to an already complex reality. It is an indescribable sense of emptiness that was never there before. We have different ways…
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Fitting Room Etiquette
What a timely topic! Just yesterday, my teen and I were trying on jeans at a department store. On the other side of the parchment-thin fitting-room wall, two girls were having a profanity-laden conversation. Had there been an attendant present,…
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How to Care for a Sick Friend or Family Member at Home
It will be a challenge but also a triumph, to care for a sick friend or family member at home.The time it takes for them to recover will vary according to their illness. First,care givers deserve congratulation, for standing up to…
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Why Women Wear Revealing Clothes in a Professional Setting
To know for certain why a particular woman wears revealing clothes in a professional setting you would have to ask her, but we can speculate in general as to what are the causes of such behaviour. Some women have learned…
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Aging Parent Family
It seams just like yesterday when you were a kid and your strong mother was taking care of you. No matter how many difficulties she met you didn’t feel a thing. That is because you meant everything for her and…
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Organization my Sock Drawer
“Sure, Spike. I’d love to go out with you tonight, but I have to stay home and rearrange my sock drawer.” That’s the oldest excuse in the book. (What book? Don’t ask. Men don’t get it, and women won’t tell.)…
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Should you let Parents Live with you
In this situation, no one can give you the answer. Making such a decision, requires a lot of thought and planning ahead. This will effect everyone involved, your parents, yourself and any children you may have. It should be discussed,…
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Elderly Care why you should keep your Parents out of Nursing Homes
Nursing homes are supposed to cater to elderly people who cannot manage on their own, for one reason or another. We’d all like to believe that it’s as close to a fairy-tale ending elders can receive when they are unable…
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How the way we Dress Tells something about us
Most people in today’s society use clothing to help them form first impressions of others, and second and third impressions also. I however, have this brain that tends to see things from a different perspective than people around me. I…
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When Guests Bring Pets for Christmas
Whether because your Aunt Annie is traveling with her Chihuahua or your niece cannot stand to let your Great Dane alone all day, pet lovers sometimes bring their pets with them to holiday activities. Depending on your pet’s disposition, age,…
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What Teachers should Wear or should not Wear in the Classroom
June 24, 2014 Style and Beauty - Other
In a society where it seems ‘everything goes’ sometimes, it is important to remember that teaching is still a profession. Yes, a paid occupation or job that requires formal training routinely held by those responsible, respected persons or persons whose…
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Finding the right Retirement Home
Retirement housing is usually specifically built with the older person in mind and usually on one level, like a bungalow or flat. This allows you to continue to be as independent as possible. There are two main types of retirement…
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When grown children move on and parental duties end, the empty nest syndrome may not be as hard felt, until after retirement or loss of a spouse. Nonetheless, with more time on their hands, parents can get lonely. Their grown…
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Why Women should have a Bra Fitting
Many women today are wearing the wrong size and/or style of bra and they have no idea that they are doing this. They are pulling and pushing and squishing their girls into these contraptions and then wondering why they have…
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The Secret to Beach Proof Makeup
Going to the beach is a great trip for families, kids and singles looking for some fun in the sun and a relief from the summer heat. It can be a great place to mingle with friends or a hunting…
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Ferrets Pets Family
One stable pillar in my household has always been family pets. We’ve had fish, birds, cats, dogs and even mice! The one animal I really wanted but could never have, I finally got this past year: a ferret! My mother…
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How to tell a Family Member they have a Bad Odor
Odor. The one thing that we all dread gracing our co-workers or family with. Daily showering and fragrance will kept odor at bay, but sometimes more often then not odor finds a way to return. High maintenance jobs, fitness sessions,…
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Tips for Taking Care of an Aging Parent in your Home
When you have decided that the best place to take care of your aging parent is in your home you must face some important decisions about how to accommodate not only your parent, but also the rest of the family…
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How to Leave the Dressing Room with your self Esteem Intact
Can you hear the voice in your head uttering verbal abuse and criticism from where you sit in your lounge as you recall the hundreds of times shopping for a special outfit or just because you needed a bit of…
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Should you let Parents Live with you
Having your parent live with you must be a mutually agreeable decision between the two of you and other members of your family. Many times, though, circumstances present themselves in such a way that the decision is taken out of…
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Things to Remember if you have Muslim Guests
If you are entertaining Muslim guests, all the traditional rules of being a good host or hostess apply; be warm, caring, gracious and welcoming. Muslims have specific traditions and customs but your guests will not expect you to know the details…
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Tips for Dealing with Messy Guests
We all know what to call those who use our towels and never wash them, eat all our meals and never do the dishes, sit in rooms they never clean, roam around all the day long in their night dresses…
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Elderly Caregiving Tips
Care givers have a special gift, the gift of compassion. I have sought the training to become a certified nurses assistant then extending into the field of home health care. I put my talents to use in a private rest…
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Worst Clothing Ensembles ever Worn or seen
When you go downtown on a weekend for a good time, there is bound to be something that happens either to you or to someone else that will make the evening that much more memorable. I have two embarrassing clothing…
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The little known Secrets of five Superfoods for Healthier Skin
Skin is the largest organ in the body so we must get skin care right if we are to present healthier skin to the world every day. Both women and men are guilty of purchasing skin care products that promise…
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Large Family Pros and Cons
There were six of us kids; I was the last girl and had two younger brothers. I know a lot about the pros and cons of growing up in a large family, as you may well imagine. One of the…
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