Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, WI Medications and Aging If you are looking at the title of this article and thinking that you don’t need to read it because you certainly are not old, think again. All of us are aging and if this doesn’t apply to you now, it will. Statistics reveal that 91% of people over 65 take at least one prescription drug and 41% use five...
Inflammation
Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, WI Inflammation is the process your body uses to provide the healing chemicals and nutrients needed to help repair damage due to injury or disease. There are two types: acute—a temporary helpful response to an injury or illness; and chronic—a slow, creeping condition caused by a misfiring of...
Self Care
Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, WI January has come and gone but it is not too late to think about changes you might need to make in your life. One of the most important resolutions you can make is to practice self care. Self care is the practice of taking deliberate action to preserve or protect your own health: physical, mental, emotional and...
Helping Those Who Struggle
Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, WI When someone is struggling we want to help but may be afraid of saying the wrong thing, so we remain silent. Knowing what to say can be difficult—but it doesn’t have to be. Active Minds (activeminds.org) presents a three-step model which you may find useful. The steps are Validate, Appreciate, and Refer. Validate looks like...
Becoming a Dementia-Friendly Faith Community
Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, WI Dementia is NOT normal aging. It is a diagnosis: an overall term that describes a wide range of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person’s ability to perform everyday activities. Alzheimer’s disease may be the first to come to mind when dementia is mentioned but...
Brain Health
Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, WI Lifestyle has a profound impact on your brain health. What you eat and drink, how much you exercise, how well you sleep, the way you socialize and how you manage stress are all critically important to brain health. Regular aerobic exercise (running, biking, swimming, walking) improves blood flow to the brain, which preserves...