Parity - An Enormous Step
The Wall Street Journal headline on July 11 read -- “Congress Cuts a Deal for Mental Health Parity. Both Georgia Senators Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson supported the passage of the bill. Senator Edward Kennedy returned to Washington for the first time since his brain surgery to vote in favor of this important legislation. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) called the bill “an enormous step.
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Mental Health & Wellness
Mental Health & Wellness
PE for LIFE!
This is a favorite fantasy of mine -- children are succeeding in school, physically fit, and feel good about themselves and their lives. Then I sit down to write a carefully worded letter to Governor Perdue about how this would be so easy to accomplish in Georgia -- how the test scores for the CRCT would rise, and how Sonny could accomplish other goals at the same time -- that of downsizing our children and ...
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This is a favorite fantasy of mine -- children are succeeding in school, physically fit, and feel good about themselves and their lives. Then I sit down to write a carefully worded letter to Governor Perdue about how this would be so easy to accomplish in Georgia -- how the test scores for the CRCT would rise, and how Sonny could accomplish other goals at the same time -- that of downsizing our children and ...
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Caregiver Stress, Patient Anxiety Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's type dementia (gradual loss of memory and ability to care for oneself)is changing the lives of hundreds of caregivers and patients in Statesboro today. Alzheimer's affects 5.2 million Americians today and that awesome total is expected to rise to as many as 16 million by 2050.One out of every 8 people age 65 could be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Multiply that number by the family caregivers who lose time at work or quit work ...
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Alzheimer's type dementia (gradual loss of memory and ability to care for oneself)is changing the lives of hundreds of caregivers and patients in Statesboro today. Alzheimer's affects 5.2 million Americians today and that awesome total is expected to rise to as many as 16 million by 2050.One out of every 8 people age 65 could be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Multiply that number by the family caregivers who lose time at work or quit work ...
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Ogeechee Area Hospice Executive Director
Ms. Martha Firges RN – A Faithful Servant
A great lady and incredible servant to Bulloch County died recently and I my life is fuller for knowing her. Ms. Martha Firges RN, was an integral part of this community for over 60 years.
Beginning in the 1950s, as a nursing supervisor at Bulloch Memorial Hospital, employees knew she meant business when they saw “Ms. Firges coming around the corner". After all , there were too many people to care for ...
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A great lady and incredible servant to Bulloch County died recently and I my life is fuller for knowing her. Ms. Martha Firges RN, was an integral part of this community for over 60 years.
Beginning in the 1950s, as a nursing supervisor at Bulloch Memorial Hospital, employees knew she meant business when they saw “Ms. Firges coming around the corner". After all , there were too many people to care for ...
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Mental Health & Wellness
Fourth of July Visit
I visited my friend Mary Carol (MC) this holiday week, driving to her home in central North Carolina. We worked together at the Lexington (NC) Public Library many years ago. At the time (1980), MC’s daughter, April, was in my pre-school story hour at the library. Today, she and her husband are the parents of two delightful children -- Gavin and Madeline. Gavin is going to kindergarten this year and both MC and April are ...
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I visited my friend Mary Carol (MC) this holiday week, driving to her home in central North Carolina. We worked together at the Lexington (NC) Public Library many years ago. At the time (1980), MC’s daughter, April, was in my pre-school story hour at the library. Today, she and her husband are the parents of two delightful children -- Gavin and Madeline. Gavin is going to kindergarten this year and both MC and April are ...
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