14 Fun Activities for Winter Break

26/12/2019 06:00am | 2404 views

 

This winter, don't despair when snow days and holidays leave you with a house full of bored and bickering kids. These fun winter-break activities will keep your children occupied and happy both indoors and out – throughout the frosty season!

 

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What Hispanic People Think Of Trump: Us Latinos Give A Wide Range Of Answers

16/05/2017 06:00am | 5473 views

Compiled by Francisco Navas, The Guardian

We are Venezuelans, Cuban refugees, or Americans born to Salvadorian parents. We are Texans and Peruvians. We split our lives between Argentina and North America. We are men and women, black and white, religious and atheist, and everything in between. We speak English or Spanish – or neither, or both. We are US citizens or undocumented. We don’t all care about immigration and, our new president’s thoughts aside, we aren’t all Mexican.

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CVS y más Wants You to Feel Welcome, to Make it Easier to Get Proactive About Your Health

23/03/2017 10:41am | 7285 views

If you want better health it helps to have someone you can talk to in your language about medications or therapies or prevention, in an environment that is welcoming and familiar.

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Finding Your Caregiver Role to Keep Your Loved One Connected

31/10/2016 10:42am | 6159 views

By Glenn Llopis

Anyone who’s ever cared for a loved one battling a chronic disease or an aging parent in declining health will soon realize, as I did, that the caregiver ecosystem is much broader than you initially think it’s going  to be. When my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and later moved to an assisted care facility, my mother and I were devastated.  He was such an integral part of our daily lives, and still was, but now it was with a new sense of urgency as we became his front-line caregivers.

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Stepping Up When It’s Time to Step Into the Caregiver Role

31/10/2016 10:15am | 6769 views

by Glenn Llopis

 My father was a huge influence on my life and career, with many lessons and pearls of wisdom to share throughout his long and rich life. But what I didn’t expect, is that when the tables were turned, and I was thrust into the caregiver role of an aging parent, that he would still be the one teaching me lessons – about life and vulnerability, courage and strength, dignity and death. Nor could I have known about the multidimensional aspects of caregiving – and the magnitude of the responsibility – because nothing can prepare you more than actually being in that situation yourself.

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