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A smiling doctor holds up a checkup instrument while smiling outside a building. [credit: unsplash.com, eben kassaye]

Aging Healthy: Checking Our Physical Health and Healthcare Checkups


May 2, 2024

Our last post in the Aging Healthy series discussed the reasons to stop smoking, as well as limiting alcohol and other substances. In today’s post, we are going to discuss regular healthcare checkups and why they are important to healthy aging. Going ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Aging, Aging Healthy, AgingHealthy, Doctor, Health, Healthcare, Medical, Pgm_FCS, Senior
a government pickup drives along a rapidly flooding coast during a storm

Disaster Preparedness: Plan for those with special needs


September 23, 2022

In the last post, "Disaster Preparedness: Planning for medically dependent sheltering," we talked about how to register for a medically dependent evacuation center. In this post, we'll look at how to prepare if someone you know has a special ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, Work & Life
Tags: #stormsafety, Disaster, Disaster Prep, Medical, Pgm_FCS, Preparedness, Shelter, Special Needs