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"Nature itself is the best physician." -Hippocrates "Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness…
Tis the season and a good time to re-circulate this piece originally posted in 2018.... ****** Many of us naturally get the idea of keeping…
Here at Mayo Clinic Arizona, we are working to expand our mental health support in our primary care practice. In that process, we have hired…
In this time of Thanksgiving, I thought it fitting to repost a thank you for all our research participants over the years. I…
I used to consider myself a decent, part-time gardener, but that all changed with these crazy non-seasons when I moved to Florida. It has been…
It is a common scenario: you think you are doing just fine, but family or friends can see that you are having significant memory loss. …
The staff at HABIT tend to be people who like organization (did you notice?), and this goes beyond calendaring. With a family of 5 +…
A few weeks ago, one of my Arizona HABIT team members (@AndreaCuc) posted a mindfulness activity. Around the same time, I attended a guided meditation…
I wanted to make sure that our readers and alumni were aware of an upcoming conference for professionals and people living with dementia and their…
A recent conversation with one of my trainees about supplements or the latest dementia treatment "breakthrough" got me thinking about this post from Dr. Shandera…
Why walk? Walking practices helps increase heart rate, strengthen heart, and increase blood circulation through your body. Increasing blood flow into the legs is beneficial…
I've reposted this one by Miranda Morris and Peggy Gannon originally from 2018 before, but that repost was already 2 years ago! This remains such…
In HABIT we've kept our Memory Support System (aka the MSS, aka the planner, aka the calendar) in paper form since the beginning. Back then…
We finished HABIT up in Florida this week, and one of my participants was planning to get back to Tai Chi. That reminded me of…
Here we are in the last weeks of summer...bittersweet as we say goodbye to all that summer means and transition to fall and its many…
In the HABIT program, we're are all about forming new habits to help our patients --hence the name! Our habits are about ways to compensate…
This continues to be the hottest topic when I am in my HABIT Alumni Groups. So much so, that even though this post was originally…
As a “graduate” of the HABIT program, Dr. Chandler asked me to share how I balance my caregiving for my husband and my volunteering in…
We've been getting a lot of help here in Florida lately from a special team member in Arizona: Jeanne Eilertsen. Now our longest serving…
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