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Advance Planning and Powers: You’re a Better Planner Than You Realize

Most of us are great planners whether we know it or not. However, when it comes to planning for our end of life decisions, we fizzle out. Here are a few plans that you should consider having in place: • Power of Attorney for Finances • Power of Attorney for Health Care • Living Will [...]

Taking Good Care

We were reminded this week of how often the topic of boundaries plays out and into our lives, both personally and professionally. We take great pride in having 100% customer satisfaction. The care we provide is all about you, our customer. Thank you!

Men Can Cook – we’ve always known that they can!

Men Can Cook August 14 2010 An important annual event takes place today Aug 14 2010 in Greensboro NC at the Special Events Center of the Coliseum. A fundraiser in support of the Women’s Resource Center of Greensboro features 50 local men who will present their delicious creations from 6-9pm. A silent auction with fabulous [...]

Free Alzheimers Caregiver Workshops

The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is offering a free conference for family caregivers in Charlotte on August 6 and Raleigh on August 7. The conference is a care-focused, interactive conference for family caregivers, which will include presentations by top experts, a virtual dementia tour and memory screenings. Space is limited. Press here for more detail: [...]

Upshot on Retirement for Boomers

Retire or Refire Retirement Re-Defined Retirement, or rather, Refirement (coined by Lynda Smith and Graeme Codrington, of the Refirement Network ) – different looking for most boomers by a long shot. Not what most of us may have thought years ago as we first headed into our careers and working years in our 20′s. Read [...]

TRP and Freedom, Randy’s Corner, July Service Star

Happy 4th of July everyone! We are proud to announce Service Star of the Month of July 2010, Ashlee Dais! Read her story, too, by pressing the link below. Freedom and TRP, read more here…

Randy’s Corner, Service Star Caregiver of the Month, Spa Day at ….

Calming presence, Pain relief, Morale booster : Randy, our Director of Community Relations, woofs about spending time with residents in assisted living and independent living – read more by pressing our June newsletter link below: June 2010 Newsletter Hearthside Home Care & Lifestyles

DM us on Twitter @HearthsideHome

Twitter Page link for Hearthside Home Care & Lifestyles Did you know that you can DM us on Twitter, with an inquiry about home care aide services and even to inquire about or place a product order? It’s easy, just click the link immediately above to our Twitter page, follow us there, and press the [...]

An Open Letter to Nurse Advocates in North Carolina

“Nurses, today we must lift our heads from the bedside and recognize the challenging environment we are currently in and do something about it. Our profession and our patients can wait no longer – nurses are the bedrock of sound nursing policy and nurses must be heard. Without your help, bad policy decisions will continue [...]

Peppermint Essential Oil

by Tina Glenn Not well-known about peppermint essential oil: it’s soothing when applied topically. Its vapors can penetrate the outer layers of the body and directly affect the internal organs, and have a relaxing effect on smooth muscle tissue. It’s potent for soothing stomach aches and other ailments in the digestive system such as indigestion, [...]