How many of you have suffered – literally suffered – from standing in long checkout lines at Shaw’s or other supermarkets. Your children are cranky, your back hurts, your patience is at its breaking point – yet you wait and wait and wait. Your stress level is causing your face to redden and develop a …
Over 60 generation loving self checkout! Who knew? Read More »
Technology has finally concentrated on the elderly – Thank God! As a caregiver to both parents for over 20 years – manually checking blood pressure, lungs, heart rate, respiration, and blood sugars was exhausting for my parents and myself. Congestive Heart Failure is a monitoring nightmare for the caregiver. Observing changes in walking and balance …
Technology for the elderly and caregivers. Who Knew? Read More »
Both have a positive association on cognitive abilities such as executive function, short term memory, reasoning, global cognitive function, processing speed and recall. In older adults these skills can stimulate several cognitive abilities, brain plasticity and possibly reduce MCI (mild cognitive impairment). Knitting can lower heart rate and blood pressure and reduce harmful blood levels …
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Just in time for the holiday season – Texting manners from Emily Post. Growing up we were taught manners in how to greet people, introduce people – remember: Steve this is Pat; Pat this is Steve – dining manners – napkins on your lap, and where to place your napkin if you were leaving or …
More and more experts are telling us that interruptions and distractions have eroded our ability to concentrate. Can you imagine a world without smartphones and other devices that make us accessible and distracted and interrupted every second of the day. This fragmentation of our time and lack of concentration has become the new normal. When …
There are a few reasons why people who stutter don’t do so when they sing. One is called easy onset of speech, or easy voice, or smooth speech. This describes the way you sing. Think about it – you generally use a smoother and easier voice when you’re singing versus when you’re speaking. Speech therapists …
The Department of #education #teachers Education’s Computer Science for All Movement in the country’s K-12 schools are preparing #students and #parents, regardless of socio-economic background or career interests to meet the demands and thrive in a fast paced, ever changing technology future. This initiative is supported by the White House, #Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, #Oracle and …
