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Worst Day as a Child Care Centre Teacher by Angeline Patient Expert

Posted Sat 23 Aug 2008 6:16pm Worst Day as a Child Care Centre Teacher Child , Parenting , Potty Training , Preschool I love to read comments and yesterday’s comments made me laugh... when he or she had diarrhea the previous day, please don’t bring him or her to school or child care centre, the teachers can be spared from ALOT OF UNNECCESSARY CHAOS! Thank Read on »

Probiotics Help Reduce Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Day Care Children by Mary Pougnet Patient Expert

Posted Wed 09 Jun 2010 10:58am New research published in the Clinical Nutrition journal shows that Lactobacillus GG (LGG), a strain of probiotics, may decrease the risk of upper respiratory tract infections in children attending day care centers. The researchers also found that the rate of absence due to infection was lower in children receiving LGG when compared to placebo. [...] Read on »

Littlest Kids in Big Day-Care Centers May Have Better Health Later On by Medline Plus Posted Mon 06 Dec 2010 4:00pm , Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Very young children who go to child care centers with large groups of children get more respiratory and ear infections during their preschool years but fewer infections while in elementary school, a new study has found. The study included children born in 1998 to 1,238 families. The kids went to either a large child care Read on »

Mercury from thermometers poison day care kids by Pat S. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 14 Sep 2008 5:17pm (Posted by Patrick Sullivan Jr.) Marie Flowers of MercuryPoisoned.com points me to a story going on in New Jersey. Apparently, the Kiddie Kollege day care building used to be a mercury thermometer factory that was never fully cleaned up. And now, kids like Alexis Davis are showing signs of mercury toxicity: "Alexis went to Kiddie Kollege for two years Read on »

Acne Care Tips for Day to Day Care by franklinb Posted Sun 04 Oct 2009 11:11pm Acnezine Tips for Day to Day Acne Care Acnezine treatment for your acne should be accompanied by a healthy skin care routine. Wash the affected area twice a day... regularly. Keep long hair off the face and shoulders and wash it daily. Avoid shaving as much as possible; while shaving take care to avoid nicking the pimples. Use a fresh Read on »

Stepping Stones in Care Series: Adult Day Care Fills a Gap by Carol Bradley Bursack Posted Wed 02 Jun 2010 12:00am of services. What kind of care do our folks really need? The answer to that is often that they may benefit from more than one kind of service at a time. If your elders live in their own home, maintenance help and perhaps some in-home help for health issues are already in place. Read more about adult day care in the second installment of this series Read on »

Should I Use In home Care or Adult Day Care? by Carol Bradley Bursack Posted Thu 09 Sep 2010 12:00am You've got mom set up for several hours a week of in-home care. She does well enough, but she seems lonely. The caregivers who come to the house are nice and they do their job, but they are all quite young and Mom could use some peer interaction. Read more about the differences between in-home care and adult day care: Find help Read on »

Should I Use In-home Care or Adult Day Care? by Carol Bradley Bursack Posted Tue 04 May 2010 12:00am You've got mom set up for several hours a week of in-home care. She does well enough, but she seems lonely. The caregivers who come to the house are nice and they do their job, but they are all quite young and Mom could use some peer interaction. Read more about in-home care and adult day care on eldercarelink.com: Find care Read on »

First Day at Day Care by Christina Molin Posted Tue 14 Sep 2010 12:00am The plan was to take some pics of the kids together yesterday as we were getting ready to take both of them to day care. Well Vince was a bit more co-operative here, Sept 2007 on his first day: This time around he was busy welding the door shut. He keeps his eyes shielded against the sparks in case you are wondering why he Read on »

Adult Day Care – or Day Services – Can Fill a Gap for Caregivers by Carol Bradley Bursack Posted Thu 14 May 2009 4:31pm Which sounds better? “Let’s go, Dad. We need to get you dressed for day care.” Or “Hey, Dad – let’s get you ready. The guys at the club are waiting!” If your Alzheimer’s afflicted dad is dragging his feet about going to day services and you need to get to work, which do you think would be more effective? It’s pretty obvious that the more respectful Read on »