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Buy It, Sell It...call Classified 576-6721 -CONSUMER NEWS - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012 - PAGE 7
Senior Lifestyles
February 15, 2012
A Publication of
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Colon Cancer Screening Saves Lives, But Many People Don’t Get TestedPage 2
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Senior Lifestyles Guide(NAPS)– One in three people 50 years old or older has not
been screened for colon cancer, yet screening could help save
their lives. This statistic is just one of the troubling findings of
a national study by the Colon Cancer Alliance, the leading
national patient advocacy organization dedicated to increas-
ing colon cancer screening rates and survivorship, and Quest
Diagnostics, the world’s leading diagnostic testing company.
The two organizations recently teamed up to uncover the
barriers that prevent people from being tested for colon can-
cer (also known as colorectal cancer), the second-leading
cause of cancer-related deaths in men and women in the
U.S.
Screening by colonoscopy, fecal immunochemical tests and
other methods helps identify colon cancer in early stages
when it is still highly treatable. For this reason, the American
Cancer Society recommends screening
for every man and woman of average
risk, beginning at age 50. African
Americans, smokers and anyone who has
a family history or other risk factors
should be tested even earlier. Yet the
Colon Cancer Alliance/Quest
Diagnostics study found that many peo-
ple 50 and over are not being screened.
Moreover, the barriers to screening
ranged from the lack of recommendation
for screening by a healthcare professional
to time and cost constraints. The study
also suggested that fear of the bowel
preparation, side effects and anesthesia
typically associated with colonoscopy are
additional barriers.
“Screening tests like a colonoscopy do a superb job of catch-
ing colon cancer in early, treatable stages,” said Jon R.
Cohen, M.D., senior vice president and chief medical officer,
Quest Diagnostics. “Unfortunately, some people refuse to
undergo these proven tests because
they find them inconvenient and
unpleasant. Other individuals simply
do not understand the value of
screening, in some cases because a
healthcare professional has not
talked to them about it.”
The study also found that 80 percent
of respondents said they’d be more
likely to be screened if a convenient
blood test were available. Blood tests
that detect the DNA of colon cancer
tumors shed into the bloodstream
are available in the U.S. and Europe,
but have yet to be adopted into med-
ical guidelines for screening. Quest
Diagnostics offers its ColoVantage
blood test to help physicians evaluate colon cancer risk in
patients who refuse to undergo colonoscopy or other guide-
line-recommended tests. A positive test result requires further
evaluation that may include colonoscopy.
“Any death from colon cancer due to a failure to screen is a
tragedy that could have been prevented,” said Andrew
Spiegel, chief executive officer of the Colon Cancer Alliance.
“I encourage patients to talk to their healthcare providers
about the importance of colon cancer screening, their risk
factors for colon cancer, and the different screening tests
available. With increased screening rates, deaths from colon
cancer may one day be a thing of the past.”
To learn more, visit www.ccalliance.org or
www.QuestDiagnostics.com/ColoVantage.
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Admission to Stratford Nursing & Rehab Center is given without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, mental/physical
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Stratford Nursing & Rehab Center
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Senior Lifestyles Guide Page 3
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Don’t Forget: • Flower Vases • Portrait Attachments • Flower Saddles • Solar Eternal Lights
(NAPS)– If you’re thinking about spending winter in a
warmer climate this year, you’re not alone. According to the
University of Florida’s Bureau of Economic and Business
Research, almost 1 million North American “snowbirds”
plan to migrate south. But before these snowbirds can settle
into their Southern roosts, it’s important for them to secure
their Northern perches. Best tips include:
Security and Remote Monitoring – Before the bags are
packed, you may want to investigate new products that put
technology to work while youíre gone. For peace of mind,
new services now remotely monitor and control your home’s
security and thermostat from a smartphone or computer. You
can remotely arm or disarm the alarm system and control
lighting, household appliances and the thermostat–which can
save money on utility bills. With connected cameras, you can
monitor the home from anywhere in the world–even receive
instant text messages when doors are opened or closed.
Telecommunications Services–David Gregg, new product
journalist and senior editor, behindthebuy.com, shares the fol-
lowing advice on telephone, cable TV and Internet services:
“Instead of making two separate calls, check out www.cable-
mover.com for disconnecting your TV, phone and Internet at
your current home and reconnecting at your winter address.
And it doesn’t matter if your cable service provider is differ-
ent in each location. The best part is, once you are ready to
return, you can use the same service again to reverse the
process.”
Freshen Up! – A dormant home will inevitably become stuffy.
Keep it return-ready with a new type of air purifier that
cleans the air and prevents the spread of allergens such as
mold or mildew. Air purifiers with true HEPA filters capture
99.9 percent of particles and impurities. Put the unit on a
timer and your air purifier automatically senses air quality
levels and neutralizes viruses/bacteria, keeping your indoor
air clean.
Don’t Forget the Basics – Gizmos are great, but remember to
turn off your refrigerator – or turn it down to the lowest set-
ting – and unplug your electronics. For those items that can’t
be unplugged, be sure to use a surge protector. Consider new
devices that power down appliances and tech devices that
consume phantom power – power you continue to use even
after you hit the off button – saving you money on your elec-
tric bill.
For more tips and ideas on how to smooth your annual
snowbird migration, check out www.cablemover.com.
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Senior Lifestyles Guide
Regency Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
“Bridging The Gap From Hospital To Home”
• Short-term Inpatient • Long-term Placement • Secured Dementia Unit •Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy
515-386-4107 100 Ram Dr • Jefferson
www.regencyparknursing.net 515-576-5117 • www.brucesfuneralhome.com
923 1st Avenue South Fort Dodge, IA Scott Graham
Owner
Healthcare Supplies & Equipment We have Everything you Need!
• Prescriptions • Bath Aids & Benches • Toilet Seat Risers • Canes • Walkers • Crutches • Diabetic Supplies • Plus a whole lot more!
We provide complete insurance billing to
Medicare/Medicad, Title XIX and all major
insurance companies.
DANIEL PHARMAC Y 1114 Central Avenue • Downtown Fort Dodge • Phone 573-3431
Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m. • Saturday 8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. • Open Sunday 10 a.m. -1 p.m.
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Call 515-573-8147 for more information. 328 South 8th St., Fort Dodge
Services Provided: • Home Care Aid Service
• Home Care: light housekeeping • Personal Care: bathing and hair care
• Meals on Wheels
Grandview Health Care Center
Skilled Nursing with Therapy available In-House and Outpatient.
Respite Care Offered
508 2nd St. NE, Dayton, IA • 515-547-2288
* Winner of American Healthcare Association Bronze Award for Quality Care*
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Page 4 Page 5
When It Comes to Anti-Aging Skin Care, Don’t Forget the Body Healthy At Home(NAPS)– While most anti-aging efforts focus on
putting your best face forward, there’s no reason
to forget the rest of your skin. Your face is not the
only part of your body that exhibits signs of aging.
Fortunately, nourishing and replenishing the skin
on your body can help fight the effects of aging
and result in a smoother, slimmer and more toned
appearance.
Skin Care On Several Fronts
“The skin on the body changes as we age. It loses
structural proteins, contributing to a loss of
smoothness and firmness. Additionally, circulation
becomes hampered and skin lacks its youthful
moisture content with age,” said Helen Knaggs,
Ph.D., Vice President of Global Research and
Development for Nu Skin. “This all leads to the
skin on the body sagging and looking old, which is
a real aging concern for all people.” Lifestyle
changes can help fight the signs of aging.
While topical treatments are also essential, how
you deliver topical ingredients to the skin matters.
That’s where the latest technology can really be
helpful– by delivering anti-aging nutrients where
they are most needed.
Take Advantage of Technology
New developments in technology, such as the
ageLOC Galvanic Body Spa, can improve healthy
skin in a highly effective way by assisting with
ingredient delivery to the skin.
The latest spa instrument, created by Nu Skin,
uses unique pulsating galvanic technology to apply
ageLOC Body Shaping Gel, a cosmetic gel that
works with the spa. The pulsating galvanic current
maximizes the anti-aging effects of the product on
the arms, abdomen, buttocks and thighs, by puri-
fying, refreshing and smoothing skin to provide a
slimmer, more toned appearance. “In less than
four weeks you can already see the difference, you
can really see how much tighter my skin appears,”
said Ann Houghteling, a Nu Skin distributor and
participant in the Nu Skin’s ageLOC Galvanic
Body Spa clinical trials. ageLOC technology helps
to positively influence the appearance of the skin
on the body to look slimmer, smoother and firmer.
With a self-adjusting current, lighted display, and
audio indications, itís easy to use at home.
Firmer Skin
The ageLOC Galvanic Body Spa is paired withageLOC Body Shaping Gel that improves the
appearance of skin’s firmness. The complementa-ry daily follow-up topical, ageLOC DermaticEffects Body Countouring Lotion, contains ingre-dients that help inhibit fat production, stimulatefat breakdown and reduce the appearance of fatand cellulite while smoothing and moisturizing theskin, helping take years off of skin’s appearance.
Thanks to the latest anti-aging science, you can give yourself a spabody treatment at home using a handheld instrument that uses gal-vanic technology to target the sources of aging.
(NAPS)– With proper planning, returning home from
a hospital stay need not result in unexpected chal-
lenges for seniors. Currently, one in five Medicare
patients is readmitted to a hospital within 30 days
after discharge. Studies have shown that nearly half
these readmissions are linked to social problems and
lack of access to community resources.
To help combat this readmission epidemic, a new
informational brochure is available for seniors and
those who care for them.
“Hospital to Home: Plan for a Smooth Transition” is
the new publication from the Eldercare Locator. It
features information about planning for a stay in the
hospital and planning for your return home. The
brochure includes tips for making a hospital kit,
preparing your home, managing medications and
learning about community resources that might be
helpful to you.
For a free copy of the brochure, call the Eldercare
Locator at (800) 677-116 or download it from the
Resources section of www.elder care.gov.
Tips on managing medications and finding community resources are in a new, freebrochure.
Buy It, Sell It...call Classified 576-6721 -CONSUMER NEWS - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012 - PAGE 11PAGE 10 - CONSUMER NEWS...Where Results Cost Less! - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Senior Lifestyles Guide
Regency Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
“Bridging The Gap From Hospital To Home”
• Short-term Inpatient • Long-term Placement • Secured Dementia Unit •Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy
515-386-4107 100 Ram Dr • Jefferson
www.regencyparknursing.net 515-576-5117 • www.brucesfuneralhome.com
923 1st Avenue South Fort Dodge, IA Scott Graham
Owner
Healthcare Supplies & Equipment We have Everything you Need!
• Prescriptions • Bath Aids & Benches • Toilet Seat Risers • Canes • Walkers • Crutches • Diabetic Supplies • Plus a whole lot more!
We provide complete insurance billing to
Medicare/Medicad, Title XIX and all major
insurance companies.
DANIEL PHARMAC Y 1114 Central Avenue • Downtown Fort Dodge • Phone 573-3431
Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m. • Saturday 8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. • Open Sunday 10 a.m. -1 p.m.
The Ultimate in Comfort & Style
Call now to find out more about Pride Lift Chairs!
Now Only $ 139 99
Rolling Walker Rolling Walker 8” Wheels 8” Wheels
Experience the Luxury
16 CCDI bedsermediate beds74 Int
332-2623(515) Phone: a 50548IowHumboldt,
enue NorthvA11th 1111 North Care
ard with 24-hour a daycourtdisorders, this area offers a secure unit and outdoor erving those with alzheimers and other related S
ained and y try care bard with 24-hour a dadisorders, this area offers a secure unit and outdoor erving those with alzheimers and other related
Suitesermediate beds40 Int
332-4104(515) Phone: a 50548IowHumboldt,
800 13th Street SouthSouth Care
been designed to enhance the residents’ safet
ronic Confusion or DemThe Ch.yanxiet
eloped for creativapies are devtherof discomfort and disorientation. R
el of care to minimizoptimum levStaff members from all disciplines are tr
ed atmosphere.y and a relaxsimplicite emphasiz. Wdedicated staff
ard with 24-hour a daycourtS
Care Cent
Humboldt Care Centers are Five Star Providers
mboldtHu
, orientatio yybeen designed to enhance the residents’ safet
enting Illness (CCDI) Unit at HCCN hasronic Confusion or Dem
e expression without eloped for creativesident activities and of discomfort and disorientation. R
el e the residents’ level of care to minimizvide ained to proStaff members from all disciplines are tr
ed atmosphere.e secure surroundings, e emphasiz
ained and y try care bard with 24-hour a da
ffers Adult Day Care
Humboldt Care Centers are Five Star Providers
er North o Care Cent
, orientation, and functioning.
enting Illness (CCDI) Unit at HCCN has
vide
ffers Adult Day Care
Humboldt Care Centers are Five Star Providers
ence ing a differ r“Mak
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to nursing cawith access
need aou yIf Care CentmboldtHu
h and aly life we toucer in ev ve
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can stapeople break, need affers Adult Day Career North o Care Cent
ving for s striywah and al
term respite care!
nd meals.activities, a
fromy can staffers Adult Day Care
Helping to make your life better... Because WE CARE.
NORTH CENTRAL HOME CARE Supportive and Compassionate care in your home.
Call 515-573-8147 for more information. 328 South 8th St., Fort Dodge
Services Provided: • Home Care Aid Service
• Home Care: light housekeeping • Personal Care: bathing and hair care
• Meals on Wheels
Grandview Health Care Center
Skilled Nursing with Therapy available In-House and Outpatient.
Respite Care Offered
508 2nd St. NE, Dayton, IA • 515-547-2288
* Winner of American Healthcare Association Bronze Award for Quality Care*
Not just books... possibilities.
515-573-8167 424 Central Avenue, Fort Dodge, IA
www.fortdodgeiowa.org/library
FORT DODGE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Free WiFi Available
Page 4 Page 5
When It Comes to Anti-Aging Skin Care, Don’t Forget the Body Healthy At Home(NAPS)– While most anti-aging efforts focus on
putting your best face forward, there’s no reason
to forget the rest of your skin. Your face is not the
only part of your body that exhibits signs of aging.
Fortunately, nourishing and replenishing the skin
on your body can help fight the effects of aging
and result in a smoother, slimmer and more toned
appearance.
Skin Care On Several Fronts
“The skin on the body changes as we age. It loses
structural proteins, contributing to a loss of
smoothness and firmness. Additionally, circulation
becomes hampered and skin lacks its youthful
moisture content with age,” said Helen Knaggs,
Ph.D., Vice President of Global Research and
Development for Nu Skin. “This all leads to the
skin on the body sagging and looking old, which is
a real aging concern for all people.” Lifestyle
changes can help fight the signs of aging.
While topical treatments are also essential, how
you deliver topical ingredients to the skin matters.
That’s where the latest technology can really be
helpful– by delivering anti-aging nutrients where
they are most needed.
Take Advantage of Technology
New developments in technology, such as the
ageLOC Galvanic Body Spa, can improve healthy
skin in a highly effective way by assisting with
ingredient delivery to the skin.
The latest spa instrument, created by Nu Skin,
uses unique pulsating galvanic technology to apply
ageLOC Body Shaping Gel, a cosmetic gel that
works with the spa. The pulsating galvanic current
maximizes the anti-aging effects of the product on
the arms, abdomen, buttocks and thighs, by puri-
fying, refreshing and smoothing skin to provide a
slimmer, more toned appearance. “In less than
four weeks you can already see the difference, you
can really see how much tighter my skin appears,”
said Ann Houghteling, a Nu Skin distributor and
participant in the Nu Skin’s ageLOC Galvanic
Body Spa clinical trials. ageLOC technology helps
to positively influence the appearance of the skin
on the body to look slimmer, smoother and firmer.
With a self-adjusting current, lighted display, and
audio indications, itís easy to use at home.
Firmer Skin
The ageLOC Galvanic Body Spa is paired withageLOC Body Shaping Gel that improves the
appearance of skin’s firmness. The complementa-ry daily follow-up topical, ageLOC DermaticEffects Body Countouring Lotion, contains ingre-dients that help inhibit fat production, stimulatefat breakdown and reduce the appearance of fatand cellulite while smoothing and moisturizing theskin, helping take years off of skin’s appearance.
Thanks to the latest anti-aging science, you can give yourself a spabody treatment at home using a handheld instrument that uses gal-vanic technology to target the sources of aging.
(NAPS)– With proper planning, returning home from
a hospital stay need not result in unexpected chal-
lenges for seniors. Currently, one in five Medicare
patients is readmitted to a hospital within 30 days
after discharge. Studies have shown that nearly half
these readmissions are linked to social problems and
lack of access to community resources.
To help combat this readmission epidemic, a new
informational brochure is available for seniors and
those who care for them.
“Hospital to Home: Plan for a Smooth Transition” is
the new publication from the Eldercare Locator. It
features information about planning for a stay in the
hospital and planning for your return home. The
brochure includes tips for making a hospital kit,
preparing your home, managing medications and
learning about community resources that might be
helpful to you.
For a free copy of the brochure, call the Eldercare
Locator at (800) 677-116 or download it from the
Resources section of www.elder care.gov.
Tips on managing medications and finding community resources are in a new, freebrochure.
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