According to various statistics, women face a different set of challenges when it comes to rehabilitation and drug abuse. As of 2013, it was estimated that as many as 2.7% of women were struggling with alcohol and drug abuse. As a matter of fact, the female abuse of prescription pain killers and number of overdoses is also on the rise. Women are also more prone to developing conditions such as post traumatic stress disorder and depression. Many drug rehab centers are now catering to the needs of … [Read more...]
Why You Need to Take Recovering From An Injury Seriously
June 29, 2017 by
Why You Need to Take Recovering From An Injury Seriously – Even If It's Inconvenient It can be hard juggling a busy lifestyle as it is, and so getting a physical injury can feel like one of the most annoying setbacks imaginable. You may have injured yourself playing sport or running as part of your healthy lifestyle, or simply slipped or fallen, but either way, an injury can cause a lot of hassle as well as – of course – pain. Why Some People Don't Allow Their Injuries to Recover Properly … [Read more...]
Do You Feel Like Life is Passing By Too Quickly?
May 12, 2017 by
Do You Feel Like Life is Passing By Too Quickly? Five Ways You Can Slow Life Down Today’s modern woman is one that wears many hats – career professional, mother, daughter, caretaker, wife/partner, friend, and many more. Juggling so many different hats and roles can certainly have time feeling as though it’s speeding by, with one day blending into the next in a blink of an eye. So how can you slow life down? Obviously we can’t stop the clock, but is there a way to have those days feel a … [Read more...]
Why You Don’t Always Have to Take Your Children on Vacation
May 3, 2017 by
Family vacations are important. It is an opportunity to spend some quality time together, reconnecting and enjoying downtime as a family. Most families take at least one vacation a year, typically in the school holidays, but not always. However, what you need to remember as a parent is that it’s OK to take a vacation without your children. Parental Guilt Guilt is a parent’s best friend. We feel guilty about working while someone else takes care of our children. We feel guilty for not … [Read more...]
How to Enhance Your Nursing Career
April 28, 2017 by
Nurses are passionate, they are brave, and they work hard every single day to give everything they can to their patients. As a nurse, you are constantly learning, and as times change, we are constantly adapting to new ways to provide care to give the patients the most current and effective care. The more we learn and adapt to these changes, the more we learn about providing the greatest healthcare to others. Perhaps you want to learn more, to enhance the many skills you have already acquired as … [Read more...]
Silver Door Homecare™, serving the GTA
April 21, 2017 by
Silver Door Homecare™ is a Canadian-owned Certified Age-Friendly Business® providing premium home health care services in the Greater Toronto Area. With an emphasis on personalized service, Silver Door provides high-quality home care support tailored to the specific needs of its clientele. We are extremely proud to be a top provider of premium health care services. Why become a Silver Door member? Because you will enjoy unique benefits not offered by other home care services. Our members are … [Read more...]
Giving Girls in Uganda an Equal Chance
January 10, 2017 by
“I want to be a nurse.” This comment was made in response to my age old question of, “What would you like to be when you grow up?” I’ve asked this question to children in the United States, but this time I was in Uganda, speaking with a 14-year-old girl, Malacondia, who attends St. Luke’s Primary School in the northern part of Uganda, near the border with South Sudan. The school educates children from Uganda as well as refugees from South Sudan, displaced by the horrific unrest there. Not … [Read more...]
5 Reasons Why It’s Great to Be Pregnant at the Beach
October 6, 2016 by
Many pregnant women make the assumption that they can’t go to the beach while they are pregnant, but nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, there are a host of great benefits that you can derive from going to the beach while you are pregnant, and a few of the reasons why you should not hold yourself back from having some fun in the sun are listed below. 1. There Are So Many Adorable Things You Can Wear These days, maternity clothes are comfortable and attractive, and there … [Read more...]
5 Of The Best Things a Mother Can Do for Her Children
September 6, 2016 by
Being a mother is definitely one of the best jobs on the planet. From the first second that your child enters your life, you’ll experience love like no other and a need to protect like you’ve never felt before. Becoming and being a mother is a very emotional experience that nobody can prepare you for. Many people panic before welcoming their first child, thinking that they won’t be able to provide it with all of the care and knowledge that it will need. In reality, as soon as the child arrives … [Read more...]
