by Martha Evans Sparks, Staff Writer
This is a pop quiz. What industry in the United States is growing although 98 per cent of its customers say they would rather be dead than do business with that industry? That’s right, nursing homes.
Wesley Village Senior Retirement Community in...
by Martha Evans Sparks, Staff Writer
Someone observed that laughter is one of the basic food groups. It’s true, if food includes an activity that lowers blood pressure and increases oxygen in the blood.
We’ve known for a long time that exercise tends to reduce stress....
by Martha Evans Sparks, Staff Writer
The nursing home called without warning. “The plain English translation of what the nurse said stunned me,” my friend, Meg, told me later. “Did I want to call Hospice, keep my mother comfortable and let her die soon, or did I...
by Martha Evans Sparks, Staff Writer
Grandparents raising their children’s children are becoming more common. By far the biggest reason grandparents assume primary parental responsibility is the drug and alcohol addiction of the children’s parents. This accounts for...
by Martha Evans Sparks, Staff Writer
The 9th Annual Bluegrass Region Grandparents and Relatives As Parents Conference (GAP) will be Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Clarion Hotel (formerly the Holiday Inn North), 1950 Newtown Pike, Lexington. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m., and the...
by Martha Evans Sparks, Staff Writer
Many people have two voices. One is the voice they use for business and social friends, family members who are perceived as peers, and strangers with whom they rub shoulders. The second voice is reserved for two classes of individuals,...
by Martha Evans Sparks, Staff Writer
Forewarned is forearmed. That is a cliché we are all tired of hearing. Yet, like most clichés, it is true. That’s what my friend Ken found out. In the middle of a hectic Monday morning he took a call in his New York City office...
by Martha Evans Sparks, Staff Writer
Lydia Jacobs has had type 1 diabetes for 35 years, even since she was a young child. That Jacobs is in good health and able to work full time is proof that she has managed her chronic disease with self-discipline and skill.
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