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January, 2012 Edition
Greetings!
WOW! It is year 2012! This New Year, Sunshine Gardens and the Country Home are excited to add a sibling to our family of facilities! We are proud and excited to announce that in the next month, the Hilger family will be opening a new facility in Crystal River, Florida! It is called Sunshine Gardens-Crystal River and is modern, comfortable, and built with beautiful finishings. Please go on our web site at sgwseniors.com to view the progress of the facility. We will be announcing the grand opening soon! Bob and Jackie Hilger are family oriented, so much so, that they chose to build the facility in Crystal River to be close to their son Robert (Robby) Hilger and his beautiful wife, Jan. Sunshine Gardens-Crystal River will cater to the senior population in Crystal River , Florida, who need more assistance, as well as, may suffer from memory deficiencies. As our loved ones continue to age, it becomes vital that loving, home-like environments are available. We are proud of this home and know that we will continue to offer excellent care with a great team in Crystal River. Here in Durango, things are looking bright this New Year. We are offering more activities, broadening our scope of care by utilizing area resources including home health and hospice care, and we are expanding our day services program offering more options for the community! Let's make this year a wonderful one! Blessings to you and your loved ones this 2012!
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| Caregiver's Corner
By: Lou Gans, Sunshine Gardens Resident
This pleasant caregiver was born in Middletown, Pennsylvania, and migrated to Colorado Springs, CO, and then to Durango. Her name is Carrie Morningwake.
Carrie's first career included work as an ice cream server before serving as a life guard. She then progressed to working as a radiology assistant.
Attracted to love of small towns, the life-style brought Carrie to Durango. She also enjoys hiking and tubing the river in spring and summer months. In the winter, Carrie enjoys playing in the snow and snow-shoeing.
After attending Pikes Peak Community College, Carrie transferred to Fort Lewis College eagerly preparing to complete her courses by 2012. Carrie's father is a hospital chief and her mother is an emergency G.I. nurse. Carrie's identical twin sister, Stacey, resides in Colorado Springs.
Although Carrie has no children, she has three dogs who keep her busy. When she is not playing with them, she enjoys travel. Carrie has back-packed in Alaska and throughout Colorado. She also hiked 24 mountains in the year 2010, alone. Carrie also enjoys competing in running races against her sister. While they are competitive, this year the two plan to travel to Africa to hike Kilimanjaro! Keep it up, Carrie! More power to you!
Born in Denver, CO, this vivacious caregiver has lived in Roseville, MI; Tampa, FL; and finally in Durango, CO. Her name is Destiny Deul. Before Sunshine Gardens, Destiny worked as a day care provider, in restaurant and hotel management, and also security. The beauty of Durango, drew her to live here.
Destiny's schooling efforts transported her all across the United States. Her father, Terry Cooper, is a musician and small business owner in construction. Her mom, Penny Faust, is an IT professional with CDOT (Colorado Department Of Transportation.) Destiny's five siblings are scattered all over. Her husband, is also her best friend. They were introduced by Destiny's cousin at a birthday party.
Destiny has two children, Alyssa and Jaelyn. Both live in Durango. Destiny has traveled 48 states in the US, parts of Canada, and the Mexican Riviera.
Destiny has written cookbooks, entered horses in stock shows at the national level, and is ambitious about life. Destiny, your endless energy will continue to direct you toward success! You are a winner! |
| Cold Weather May Raise Blood Pressure in Elderly: Seasonal Variance Suggests Target for Better Treatments
Thanks to: health.usnews.com
MONDAY, Jan. 12 (HealthDay News) -- When the temperature drops outside, blood pressure appears to rise in older adults, a new study shows.
The systolic (top number) and diastolic (bottom number) blood pressures both rose and fell with the change of seasons in the 8,801 people, aged 65 or older, looked at in the study by the Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale of Paris. The average systolic blood pressure, for example, was five points higher in winter than in summer for the participants. Instances of high blood pressure (systolic blood pressure higher than 159, or diastolic higher than 94 millimeters of mercury or higher) were found in 33.4 percent of participants during winter but just 23.8 percent during summer.
The findings were published in the Jan. 12 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
The reasons for the correlation, though, were not known. The authors said it could be related to the baroreflex, a mechanism of blood pressure regulation that is modified in elderly subjects or a function of the sympathetic nervous system, which helps control involuntary actions such as stress response.
Background information in the article said seasonal variance in blood pressure has been noted in past studies, but not specifically in the elderly.
"Although our study does not demonstrate a causal link between blood pressure and external temperature, the observed relationship nevertheless has potentially important consequences for blood pressure management in the elderly," the authors wrote.
More information
The American Heart Association has more about the dangers of high blood pressure.
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Let's Talk Nutrition
Thanks to: seniornews.com
In one of his articles, Tom Venuto, fitness trainer and author of "Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle", makes a great point about nutrition. He says:
"The condition of your body today is the result of the sum total of all the food choices you've made in the past. The condition of your body in the future will be the sum total of all the food choices you make today. Most people take their food choices very lightly, not realizing that everything they eat has an impact on their physical condition."
A little later in the same article, he goes on to say:
"Choose low grade foods and you'll have a low grade body. Choose high grade foods and you'll get leaner, stronger, healthier, more muscular and more energetic."
Unfortunately, the truth is that many of us pay little attention to what we eat. After a few (or many years of this) we wonder to ourselves (or maybe out loud) "What went wrong? How did I get this way?"
Sadly, many believe that where they are is where they will stay. However, it is never too late!
Whether it is in choosing the foods you eat, the exercise you get, or don't get, or many other lifestyle choices which go into a healthy, or unhealthy, body, deciding in favor of what is best for health is almost never "too late".
Sure, it would have been better if you, and I, had begun making the good decisions in our twenties. But, we didn't, and, as a friend of mine says, "It is what it is."
The good thing is that it does not have to remain "what it is". Even people in their nineties
find that getting more exercise and eating better makes them feel better, ward off illnesses, and often, live longer.
You can decide that "it is what it is" and keep on doing what you've been doing. However, if you don't like what it got you, you probably are aware that the old saying has come into play, "Keep doing what you've been doing and you'll keep getting what you've been getting."
It comes down to choice. You cannot change past choices, or their consequences, but you still have control over what happens after you read this.
Your choice.
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FIT OVER 40
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May this New Year bring you and your family health, happiness, and prosperity! Sunshine Gardens will continue to grow and thrive!
Trisha Kellogg
Marketing Director
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Our mission is to create a forum about senior citizen living care topics, as well as other adult assisted living news that matters most to you.
-Assistant to Editor: Lou Gans
-Monthly Writers: Charlie Mitz, Bill Steinberg, George Hayo, Allen Sapp-Freelance Writer: Gina Pruett
*Other residents wishing to contribute, please contact Trisha Kellogg
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