http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Sandra+Cooney Wellness, Fitness and Diet Sandra Cooney Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=349085&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet I am sure you have heard of how it is important to eat healthy and that the right diet can increase your energy levels. Now - have you actually come across three special mood boosters in food? Especially for the elders, who can be a bit down due to sickness or simply lack of energy - yet when they g... Home Management Sandra Cooney Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=349089&ca=Home+Management One of my clients, let’s call her Marry, is to a certain extent an independent person. She is able to dress and eat on her own, but she needs help with mobility, as she loses her balance quite easily when walking. Therefore I helped her today to get up after the dinner, and I lead her for a short wa... Home Management Sandra Cooney Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=349093&ca=Home+Management Read today’s newspapers, or a book, have a coffee and enjoy the last beams of this autumn sun - it’s beautiful to have time for things like this, isn’t it? So don’t wait any longer - dress up and go out - and you will feel so well as you walk along the streets of Dublin, meeting familiar places and... Home Management Sandra Cooney Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=349098&ca=Home+Management One of our client, let’s call her Christie, is a totally independent client who needs help just with bathing. So my task today was to help her with bath. I knocked on Christie’s door and announced that it was time of her bath. Firstly I went to prepare the place, so I filled the bath with water and... Family Concerns Sandra Cooney Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=349131&ca=Family+Concerns In climbing a mountain, if we know the path and take it as a matter of course, we are free to enjoy the beauties of the surrounding country. If in the same journey we set a stone in the way and recognize our ability to step over it, we do so at once, and save ourselves from tripping or from useless... Family Concerns Sandra Cooney Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=349461&ca=Family+Concerns There are more than 60 million grandparents in the United States and their numbers are increasing as a portion of the general population. Enormous changes have taken place in longevity and lifestyles since today’s older adults were, themselves, young grandchildren. Experts estimate that there are th... Family Concerns Sandra Cooney Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=349463&ca=Family+Concerns Home Care for the Elderly: Through Laws Achieve the Freedom of Life There are laws for rest, laws for work, and laws for play, which, if we find and follow them, lead us to quiet, useful lines of life, which would be impossible without them. They are the laws of our own being, and should carry us as... Home Management Sandra Cooney Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=349473&ca=Home+Management Home Care Tips: How to Write First Letter to a Distant Grandchild Don’t let that blank sheet of paper intimidate you. Here’s a model that you can rework to suit your situation: Grandma and Grandpa now live in a house that is very far from the town in which you live. We’ll still see each other as oft... Home Management Sandra Cooney Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=349475&ca=Home+Management So here we go - a new year arrived and maybe we forgot to review the 2008 one, or to set goals for 2009. Nevermind, what really is important is, whether the change will actually happen. Here is a tip for this year: just watch and measure, if possible, all that you do and try to overcome yourself the...