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Before you set those resolutions

A number of years ago Family Recovery Center was offered a weekly space on the pages of the Salem News. Eloise Traina snapped up the opportunity. Dr. Traina passed away in 2022, and Eloise Traina has retired, but she requested a reprint of the first New Year’s article her husband wrote for ...

Commit to a healthier, happier lifestyle

Editor’s Note: The following column previously ran Jan. 1, 2022. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life expectancy also brings an increase in the number of diseases, injuries and impairments that ...

Gratitude for public support of FRC’s mission

Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes for a Happy New Year to you and your loved ones. As we approach the culmination of the year, I extend sincere holiday greetings on behalf of the Family Recovery Center. Reflecting on the past year, we acknowledge the challenges that have touched our lives ...

Gadgets available to help aging adults cope with immobility

Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life expectancy also brings an increase in the number of diseases, injuries and impairments that affect older adults. With this in mind, we at the local Visiting Angels ...

Cause and effect

In school we learn about cause and effect: What we do at one point will have impact at another point down the line. You can look at this in a negative way – choosing to do something you know has high risks, and you will receive your consequences (aka effects) of your actions. Or you can ...

Beware the risks

We have spoken a number of times about the dangers, the high risks, involved with substances bought off the streets and the dealers that some people trust with their lives. Actually, the dealers don’t care. If they cared they wouldn’t deal to you. A couple of weeks ago, the Ohio Narcotics ...

Diet can ease suffering of difficulty swallowing

Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life expectancy also brings an increase in the number of diseases, injuries and impairments that affect older adults. With this in mind, we at the local Visiting Angels ...

Giving thanks

We have just celebrated Thanksgiving and Black Friday. I think my favorite holiday in my adult life has been Thanksgiving. My family, including my brothers, their wives and children, gathered at Mom and Dad’s house, later at my husband’s and my house, and now at my brother and ...

Honoring our military veterans

“Thank you for your service.” We hear and say those words frequently, throughout the year to express gratitude for the man or woman who has paused in civilian life to step into the military and protect our great nation, our people. Saturday is Veterans Day. Originally it was called ...

Angels: Celebrating holidays with seniors

Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life expectancy also brings an increase in the number of diseases, injuries and impairments that affect older adults. With this in mind, we at the local Visiting Angels ...