If you have children, it's important to protect their safety by surveying your home to check for any potential danger areas for your child. The American Academy of Pediatrics offers this checklist for childproofing your home. A "full-house survey" is...
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A Safety Checklist for the Home
New Nursing Directors Named at Porter
Donna Hagen, RN, MSN, CCRN-CSC, has been named the new Unit Director of 2-West at Porter Valparaiso Hospital Campus. Hagen came to Porter from Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center where she was the Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Critical Care...
Read MoreThe ACS Birthday Declaration Movement
To most people, birthdays are just a reminder that they're getting older. But at the American Cancer Society, "Happy Birthday" is a victory song, because a world with less cancer is a world with more birthdays. And that's definitely something to...
Read MoreRittenhouse Senior Living of Valparaiso To Host Open House
Valparaiso just sprouted a new kind of senior living community! Introducing Rittenhouse Senior Living of Valparaiso. A new kind of Senior Living and Alzheimer’s Care community that puts individual progress and personal fulfillment as our highest...
Read MorePorter’s New Tobacco Cessation Program
There's a new bedside education program that has recently been implemented at Porter- Valparaiso Hospital Campus. These new educational efforts have been made possible through a grant from Valparaiso University. The new program is based upon hospital...
Read MoreMassage in the Mainstream
You've been at your desk for ten hours, and lunch was a quick sandwich and chips. Your boss remains a bear, despite your galley slave efforts, and your neck is a rope of knots. Sometimes the bump and grind of work takes its toll on the body. Surveys...
Read MoreExercise and Stress
Exercise has always been linked to better mental health, but until recently researchers have struggled to prove why.Work at the University of Georgia and the Indiana School of Medicine suggests that exercise not only increases the release of...
Read MoreAromatherapy Makes Medical Scents
Remember how you felt when you took a deep breath of that ocean air? What about arriving home to the mouth-altering smell of mom's freshly made chocolate chip cookies? Yes, it's true, we have all been involved with aromatherapy.Why Do Scents Affect...
Read MoreSt Agnes Afternoon Jazz and Silent Auction
Everyone in Valparaiso is invited to the St. Agnes Adult Day Care Center Afternoon Jazz and Silent Auction Fundraiser, with music by The Jeff Brown Trio. The fundraiser will be held on August 23, from 2 - 6pm at St. Pat's Banquet Hall in Chesterton....
Read MoreMemory Walk to Fight Alzheimers
Join in the fight to end Alzheimer's disease—join us for the Memory Walk! The Memory Walk will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at Hidden Lake Park in Merrillville, IN. For more information about Alzheimer’s disease and/or the Memory...
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