With April being Autism Awareness Month, we thought we would share the following article about a local Chef and her son, who has autism, here in the Myrtle Beach community that we live and work in. She cooks some mean waffles, too! By Ashley Gooden, WPDE Myrtle Beach, S.C. (WPDE) — Johnny D’s Waffles and Bakery […]
By: Christy Kern, WIVB.com People around the country are recognizing March as Brain Injury Awareness Month. According to the Brain Injury Association of New York State, about 3.5 million people are currently living with a brain injury. That means a brain injury occurs every nine seconds. Joyce Norman, from Wyoming County, is still feeling that […]
Since 2001, Nightingale’s Nursing & Attendants has been providing in-home care services to families in the state of South Carolina! Because of our commitment to providing the best possible care for our clients, we have a proven track record of client satisfaction. Below are a few of our most needed services. If you or someone […]
In-home health care, which most people prefer, is generally more affordable than nursing home care, but still can be expensive. Nationally, it costs about $33,000 per year for a home health aide visiting six hours per day, five days a week. Whether you’re looking for round the clock care or just a few hours a […]
First off, all of us at Nightingale’s Nursing would like to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas! This time of year is vert special to us because we get to spend more quality time with not only our friends and family, but also our employees and patients. We try to provide the best home […]
By Valerie VanBooven, RN BSN, Editor in Chief of HomeCareDaily.com According to the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), there are “millions of nurses, home care aides, therapists, and social workers” across the country who support elderly and disabled men and women at home. The vast majority of these individuals are unsung heroes […]
By Karen Herold, LATimes.com October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but what we need more than passive awareness is proactive prevention. By virtue of their sex, all women are at risk of developing breast cancer. Knowing your individual risk can help you minimize the likelihood of developing the disease. For example, we know that having […]
By Jeremiah Bailleu, WFAA.com September is Healthy Aging® Month, an annual observance month designed to focus national attention on the positive aspects of growing older. While there is (unfortunately) no magic pill that you can take or food that you can eat that will keep you looking and feeling like a 21-year-old forever, there are […]
By Matthew Loftus, Christian Today In the era of modern medicine, a great many human afflictions can be treated, if not cured outright. Medicines easily defeat diseases that once would have killed us, while prosthetics and pain-relief drugs help us adapt to disabling symptoms and incurable illnesses. Dementia, unfortunately, remains neither curable nor especially treatable—and it […]
By Shay Thomas, RollingOut.com Made official by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008, July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. The National Alliance on Mental Illness named this awareness month in honor of author and advocate Bebe Moore Campbell. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, some of the disparities impacting minorities […]