Ditmas Park News
Special Thanks To Our Incredible Ditmas Park Staff!
We are grateful to our amazing and dedicated staff for their teamwork during our recent successful annual survey. We couldn’t be more proud! #settingthestandard
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Kratom Tea For Anxiety and Chronic Pain, Is It Safe?
Kratom tea is being heavily promoted as a viable cure for anxiety, depression and chronic pain. It’s made by brewing the leaves of the kratom tree or mixing kratom leaf powder into boiling water. The Kratom tree comes from Southeast Asia. In larger amounts, it has a sedative effect. Some people even use kratom…
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Senior Citizens Concerned On How To Pay For Medical Care
Senior citizens are concerned as to how they will pay for their medical care. These expenses can use up a significant part of monthly income, even for families who thought they had saved enough during their working years. Indeed, paying for long-term care—whether delivered at home, hospital, or nursing home, often depends on the…
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Yoga Keeps Senior Citizens Brain And Body Healthy, Fit, And Young
Yoga is a series of exercises that helps senior citizens stay brain and body healthy. It also maintains their fitness and a feeling of being young again. More than 22 clinical studies show that yoga improves the quality of life for seniors. Yoga consists of several mind-body exercises that originated in Hindu tradition and are…
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Daily Aspirin Linked To Brain Bleeding In Senior Citizens
A daily aspirin has been linked to brain bleeding in senior citizens, a study released this week shows. Many doctors recommend that seniors take an aspirin a day to protect their hearts. But, according to the new research results, taking a daily low dose aspirin has no benefit and may even increase your risk…
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Diets: Which Is Better, Low Fat Or Low Carbohydrates?
Diets, so many of them. Which one do you choose? More importantly, which diet can successfully shed weight off you and keep it off– long term? Those are great questions and it seems that no one has the answer, since there are so many diets on the market.Indeed, new fad diets and diet books appear…
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Medicare Advantage Plans Increasing Member Benefits In 2020
Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will be increasing their member benefits in 2020. The expanded benefits include expanded home meal deliveries, transportation, and home cleaning. The announcement was made by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) earlier this week. CMS focused on adding benefits that are not typically considered health needs but that can…
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Take a look at what we have planned for this month!
Click on the link below to see more! April 2019 Recreation Calendars
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How to Have a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving
Salmonella Outbreak in Raw Turkey Meat It’s that happy Thanksgiving time of year again and here are some safety tips from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who report that since November 5, 2018, a multi-state salmonella outbreak in raw turkey has occurred in 35 states and is currently under investigation. So far…
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