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If you are loosing your hearing or finding it difficult to hear, here are some tips on to improve communications:

• Be close to the talker for hearing and speech reading
• ask people to talk at a moderate pace (like a newscaster)
• ask people to look at you and keep their hands and objects away from their mouths so you and see them clearly.  try lip reading
• if one ear is better than the other, have the person position himself on the side of your good ear
• avoid background noise
• plan ahead (ie: call restaurants ahead and ask for specific seating)
• ask specific questions about what you have heard rather than just saying what
• repeat what you have heard to see if you have understood correctly Read the rest of this entry »

Urgent care facilities are much like doctors’ offices.  A true urgent care facility treats patients on a walk-in basis.  Appointments are not taken and unless a genuine emergency comes through the door, patients are treated in the order they register.

When should you go to urgent care?

Urgent care facilities treat minor illness and injuries.   The scope of practice ranges from sore throats, fever, headaches, flu, rash, allergic reactions, insect and animal bites, cuts, fall, sprains and more.  Some even perform routine physicals.  Many facilities have an X-ray machine on site and perform routine lab tests such as rapid step or urine dips.

Urgent care practices treat the immediate problem; you still need to visit your doctor for chronic conditions or routine care.  Your general health matters should be directed to your physician’s office.

You should visit the emergency room for serious or potentially serious conditions.  If your condition is life threat or will require intense evaluation, you should call 911 or go directly to the nearest emergency room.

How do I choose the best urgent care?

• The more experience an urgent care facility has, the better prepared they can be to handle a wide variety of injuries and illnesses. 

Do urgent care centers have any accreditation or have they been surveyed?

• You can get this information from the city or town office

If you take a few minutes planning your next shopping trip, you can improve the shopping experience and save time and gas too. 

1. identify the stores you want to go to with a corresponding shopping list
2. start shopping at the store furthest away from your home. this way, you will minimize driving extra miles going from store to store haphazardly-unless perishables are involved.  Always make the last stop before heading home be the grocery store. 

I find a month at a glance yearly calendar works great to keep appointments.  I notate all personal doctor appointments, social gathering, etc.  I like the 8×10 size which fits nicely in my briefcase.   Some women like the smaller size to put in there purse.  

There are many electronic type calendars, but I still prefer the hardcopy.  No data loss due to power outage or battery wearing out.