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STROKE:
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally.
If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
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Further Information on Philips C-Pap Machine Recall
Philips’ new sound abatement foam design was finally approved by the FDA.
Update you on more recall details:
As of 9/1/2021, the US FDA has approved Philips' new foam material.
Philips anticipates rework to commence in the course of September 2021.
Philips has already started replacing certain affected first-generation DreamStation CPAP in the US with DreamStation 2 devices in August (please note that the DreamStation 2 is using a different foam design and thus not impacted by the recall).
We have no confirmation on the PR System One CPAP replacement timeline.
Philips predicts it will take approximately 12 months to complete the recall process worldwide.If you have already registered your recalled device(s), Phillips has confirmed that all of the unit serial numbers collected and submitted are in their database waiting for the repair/replacement process to start.
If you have already registered your recalled device(s), Philips has confirmed that all of the unit serial numbers collected and submitted are in their database waiting for the repair/replacement process to start.
Your device must be registered to get serviced either by the dealer you purchased the machine or by yourself. You can register the machine at Philips official recall site .
From Neal Graham...to...Anthem Opinions
I am on my bicycle most days of the week, usually alongside Anthem Parkway, between Anthem Drive and the shopping center and the Anthem Highlands southern end of the Parkway loop.
Since I know that in the last few years there have been a few bicyclists killed on roads in this vicinity, I ride on the sidewalk.
(In fact, over the years I’ve personally known two bicyclists killed by collisions with vehicles, and I don’t intend to be another statistic myself.)
However, on my typical route I must cross Anthem Parkway, a road with curves and short sight distances for drivers.
Most challenging is when I have to cross the Parkway.
In particular, there are two spots with crosswalks and flashing warning lights to protect pedestrians.
In my experience, a very significant number of drivers, perhaps 1 in 15, simply will not stop for a person in the crosswalk!
I wear a bright yellow construction vest, so I know I can be seen.
To deal with these drivers I’ve made it a habit to remain completely out of the crosswalk until the cars actually come to a stop, assuming at all times that they will not.
As I have waited on the curb for the cars to give me a break, I have even resorted to signaling with my arm to call attention of the cars to the flashing lights—often to no avail.
Fortunately I have an electric bike that can pass through the crosswalk 3-4 times faster than a pedestrian can.
However, an elderly pedestrian who walks in this crosswalks, flashing lights or not, is a slow-moving target. He is at the mercy of distracted and negligent drivers, many of whom, most likely are not SCA residents..
This is a tough call, Dick. I remember driving north at Scotts Valley when someone made a left turn (coming south) RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AND NEVER SLOWING DOWN. They could barely see over the steering wheel.
My contention for bicycle riders is TO STAY ON THE SIDEWALK WHILE RIDING. I don't care if they do or don't belong there. It is a better way to protect themselves against traffic so bless their souls no matter how they secure themselves. As I see it, if they have the ability to ride a bike they are competent enough to deal with the small amount of foot traffic.
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Regarding burglaries, it's true that MOST occur between 10AM-4:00PM....the perp "knows" that if the house will be vacant, it will most likely be between those hours (in SCA).
The perp also "knows" that by 4:00 PM most of the residents are home.
One of the most effective deterrents is a dog in the house (and not necessarily a big 'Cujo-like' dog; the minute they hear barking they're off to another house (because they don't want to deal with a dog - regardless of how big it is).
Right or wrong, SCA has a reputation for being a "Wealthy Place" and we get robbed for the same reason given by the infamous bank robber Willy Sutton.
When asked why he robbed banks he answered "because that's where the money is"
Driving Laws will be Enforced
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Energy Residential Tips:
Turn off lights
Turn off pool pumps
Avoid using large electrical appliances such as dishwashers, washing machines and electric clothes dryers
Adjust the thermostat to 78 degrees or higher to reduce the use of air conditioning during this time, and use ceiling fans to cool people and pets.
Pre-cool your home prior to 2 p.m.
Keep the refrigerator and freezer closed as much as possible
Close window coverings to keep the heat out
Do not charge electric vehicles between 2 and 9 p.m.
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Did you know that the most common cause of clothes-dryer fires is lint buildup?
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Will you join us in our support of those who are willing to give their lives to protect us from those whose goal is to destroy our community, state, and country?
Many years ago when I lived in Chicago, I was engaged to a Chicago policeman. His district was the west side of Chicago.
He was in a single man squad car when the news broke that Dr. Martin Luther King was shot and killed. The rioters had overturned a newspaper truck and were shooting, burning businesses and looting them.
I did not see him for three days and did not know if he was alive or dead.
Having said the above, NO GROUP, especially the present day protesters, have a right to condemn EVERY policeman across our country because of a small percentage of 1-2% (bad apples).
You can apply that flawed logic to every ethnic group.
The relatively few bad people are the ones that make the headlines and not the tens of thousands of policemen who save lives, catch thieves, jail rapists, pull victims out of auto crashes, apply CPR, etc.Can you imagine our country without law enforcement?
Our country would be reduced to total anarchy.
That is exactly what our enemies would love to see happen.
A PEACEFUL protest is understandable, but to try to harm police who are there to protect businesses, property and human lives is more than outrageous, it is CRIMINAL!
Do the protesters even consider that standing next to each other and shouting, is causing a rise in the Covid 19 cases?
Many of them do not even wear masks. That is irresponsible and childish behavior on their part.
I have talked to about a dozen policemen in Henderson.
They have always been polite, courteous, and have answered any questions I might have.
Their response to me has NOTHING to do with the color of my skin.
They are trained well.
I am color blind in the sense that my professional career was solely taking care and testing veterans in two VA hospitals.
The staff was also comprised of various races.
I cannot ever remember an incident where race was an issue.
IT IS TIME TO START THINKING AND ACTING LIKE ADULT HUMAN BEINGS AND NOT LIKE SCREAMING, SPOILED PETULANT CHILDREN!
GOOD POLICEMEN ARE A NECESSITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE CURRENT TIMES WE LIVE IN.
There are so many in this community that have had emergencies and immediately dialed 911, yet I see no comments in support on this article – how strange and disappointing
Our daughter and her husband are both officers here in the valley and I worry for them all the time.
The current environment is such that just being outside in uniform is dangerous for them and they have to hide all vehicles for fear it will bring retribution at their home.
My son in law is investing thousands for full body armor for our daughter since her position requires visits to victims of assault and often they are not in the kindest of neighborhoods – just showing up on the block in police uniform is life-threatening these days.
How is this right?
A gal goes to college and back for a Masters and gives up her first profession to become a police officer to help people and as a result becomes a target herself?
Would she ever choke-hold someone?
Shoot someone unless fear for her own life?
Would she knee someone in the neck until they cannot breathe?
You don’t know her or her husband, but I can tell you that they are 2 of the most generous, kind, giving and empathetic people I know and their reward is to have to live in fear, both on the job AND at home.
What world are we living in now?
Police lives matter too !
- Liz,I have to admit, I too am disappointed in the few individuals who would be willing to come forth and merely say "I support police".
They are either afraid to do so, don't care enough to do so, or agree that disrespecting them, shooting them, or maiming them, is acceptable.
Yet my guess is that at the first sign of a problem, all will expect a police officer to lay down his or her life to be there for them.
Sad that there are more comments for a restaurant that few will ever attend, than for our "men in blue".
Sun City Anthem:
Never forget, those who are complacent about a problem only have themselves to blame when it magnifies, and when it magnifies, the probability of it subsiding becomes less and less with each passing day until the problem becomes impossible to solve......
...resulting in drastic actions none would have ever believed possible. - From Barry Goldstein...to...Anthem Opinions
Dick, as you know my brother was a police officer in L.A. in the 70’s.
He wrote me a number of letters telling me I would not believe the things he witnessed patrolling the Watts area of L.A.
He could not believe how one human being would treat another.
The police are the difference between civility and the wild, Wild, West.
Where would we be, without their protection?
My heart goes out to the number of friends we have whose children are serving us as police officers. They deserve our support and respect.
The few bad, always ruin it for the many. - From Peter Hudson... to... Anthem Opinions
Thank you Dick for sending our way this wonderful article and words of the late Paul Harvey.
There is not a whole lot more that my wife and I can add that hasn’t already been stated by others.
You can add our names to the list of those who are in support of our many great men and women who are willing to put on that uniform each and everyday to serve and protect each and everyone of us.
- I am in agreement with the comments previously posted. My son has been a Deputy District Attorney and relates many stories about the crimes, police officers and the process; further he also worked in a Non-Profit that took in and cared for
Abused children 24/7, these were the worst cases that had no where else to go. The form and type of abuses my son explained were difficult to believe,
There is a very UGLY part of our society that fortunately few of us have to witness.
So yes I have always supported the Police; Prosecutors; Firemen; Military; Border Patrol; Caregivers for abused children and many more. These are the people who help protect us and help rectify the UGLY part of our society.
- From Gary Smith & Helve Hiis..to...Anthem Opinions
We wanted to attend the Blue Lives Matters march scheduled for Las Vegas a couple weeks ago. It did sound like there was HUGE interest from folks in attending that march.
Last we heard, the 'take a knee' crowd downtown was successful in getting it postponed until September.
We think the 'take a knee' crowd downtown was worried about backlash.
Say what you will, but we are pretty certain that the planned Blue Lives Matters march didn't include rioting and property destruction as part of its agenda for demonstration.
Don't believe the propaganda you are fed by the mainstream media.
They are still trying to avenge their 2016 election rejection any way they can.
Don't be naive, our society is over run with criminality -- head to toe.
When push comes to shove, we think you will be surprised at how much support our police have.
A safe and sane place to live is why we live here.
That is why we pay taxes.
We support our dedicated and brave police!
Regarding Air Travel my suggestions are:
1. Don't Go
or
2. Drive Instead
A valued reader shared this experience traveling from McCarran Airport. The individual asked to remain anonymous for security reasons.
Though the Eyes of Our Reader
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Then the normal walk to the gate.
In that 10-15 minute walk, we did not encounter one employee that we noticed doing any sanitizing.
Again, not very socially distant.
Cognitive Impairment in Aging
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Have noticed if you or a loved one is repeating yourself, or struggling to do things that didn’t use to pose much of a problem?
1. Is this normal aging or something more significant?
Common causes of cognitive impairment in older adults
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Beware of Scams
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What counts as High Occupancy?
What doesn’t count?
24/7 enforcement
No crossing
Fines
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Unfortunately, the problem is likely to get worse before it gets better, but there are several things you can do to prevent "porch pirates" from destroying your holidays.
They simply sneak onto the porch, grab the package, and run.
After all, things come up from time to time.
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Regarding those Porch Pirates...….if you observe a car following a Fed Ex truck, a UPS truck, those Amazon delivery trucks, etc. write down the license plate number and call the Police (don't try to be a hero and confront them).
The Decision to Stop Driving
Something Every Senior Has to Face Some Day
We've all experienced it....driving through the community and seeing an individual drive in a manner that will affect their safety, as well as, the safety of so many others.
How many times have you said?
"Can you believe that person just did what they did??
or
The more common response...
"That stupid a...hole almost killed someone".
Either way, if you or know someone who exhibits behavior that could kill someone, it may be time to consider a decision that most, if not all of us, dread....
...the realization that it may be time to stop driving.
But how do you know when it’s time for your loved one to limit or stop driving?
Although natural changes that may occur in our brains and to our bodies as we age, the question of when it is time to limit or stop driving is not about age.
It’s about the ability of the driver.
To this end, observing the driving of the loved one about whom you are concerned and looking for warning signs of unsafe driving is a great first step in determining whether it’s time to talk to them about "hanging up the keys".
As we all know, driving ability goes beyond the simple ability to physically operate a vehicle.
Safely driving a vehicle requires physical and cognitive capabilities, driving skills, and good driving behavior.
Here are only a few warning signs of unsafe driving:
1. Delayed response to unexpected situations.
2. Becoming easily distracted while driving.
3. Decrease in confidence while driving.
4. Having difficulty moving into or maintaining the correct lane of traffic.
5. Hitting curbs when making right turns or backing up.
6. Getting scrapes or dents on car or garage.
7. Having frequent close calls.
8. Driving too fast or too slow for road conditions.
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Dementia & Alzheimer's
Defining their Differences for a Safer Community
To those of us in the "senior age" category, either of these two words when medically diagnosed, can be devastating to both the patient, as well as a spouse or other loved one who knows that such a diagnosis will forever change their lives.
... and strangers who unknowingly may be the victim of an individual suffering with such conditions.
...especially by those who might drive a vehicle and dangerously affect innocent individuals.
Over the years there have been numerous auto accidents, some fatalities in the Anthem communities, that needlessly have cost innocent lives by those whose mental capacity has been affected due to the aging process...
...and by those who refuse to accept the fact that other factors may be at work which will affect their abilities.
...and that is the purpose of this article...
Saving innocent lives...
...recognizing a problem that exists...
...and...taking the necessary steps to solve it...if possible.
These two terms have been around for more than a century, and all too often they have been misused; however, at this stage of our "senior" lives, it's important to know the difference, as well as, recognizing early and ongoing symptoms.
While Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia (accounting for an estimated 60-80% of cases), there are several other types.
The second most common form, vascular dementia, has a very different cause — namely, high blood pressure.
Other types of dementia include alcohol-related dementia, Parkinson’s dementia and frontotemporal dementia, and each has different causes as well. In addition, certain medical conditions can cause serious memory problems that resemble dementia.
A correct diagnosis means the right medicines, remedies and support.
For example, knowing that you have Alzheimer’s instead of another type of dementia might lead to a prescription for a cognition-enhancing drug instead of an antidepressant.
Finally, you may be eligible to participate in a clinical trial for Alzheimer’s if you’ve been specifically diagnosed with the disease.
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What it is?
Dementia
In the simplest terms, dementia is a non-reversible decline in mental function.
It is a catchall phrase that encompasses several disorders that cause chronic memory loss, personality changes, or impaired reasoning...
...Alzheimer’s disease being just one of them.
To be called dementia, the disorder must be severe enough to interfere with your daily life.
Alzheimer's
It is a specific disease that slowly and irreversibly destroys memory and thinking skills.
Eventually, Alzheimer’s disease takes away the ability to carry out even the simplest tasks.
A cure for Alzheimer’s remains elusive, although researchers have identified biological evidence of the disease: amyloid plaques and tangles in the brain.
You can see them microscopically, or more recently, using a PET scan that employs a newly discovered tracer that binds to the proteins.
How it's diagnosed
Dementia
A doctor must find that you have two or three cognitive areas in decline.
These areas include disorientation, disorganization, language impairment and memory loss.
To make that diagnosis, a doctor or neurologist typically administers several mental-skill challenges.
In the Hopkins verbal learning test, for example, you try to memorize then recall a list of 12 words — and a few similar words may be thrown in to challenge you.
Another test — also used to evaluate driving skills — has you draw lines to connect a series of numbers and letters in a complicated sequence.
Alzheimer's
There’s no definitive test; doctors mostly rely on observation and ruling out other possibilities.
For decades, diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease has been a guessing game based on looking at a person’s symptoms.
A firm diagnosis was not possible until an autopsy was performed.
But that so-called guessing game, which is still used today in diagnosing the disease, is accurate between 85-90% of the time.
The new PET scan can get you to 95% accuracy, but it’s usually recommended only as a way to identify Alzheimer’s in patients who have atypical symptoms.
If any of these symptoms are apparent, don't hesitate on contacting your physician for analysis. Doing so allows an opportunity for proper planning.
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Safeguarding Against Auto Burglary
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6 Steps for establishing Senior Home Safety
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Then make your best effort to remove clutter, secure loose rugs, install non-slip mats, and so on.
2. Well-lit hallways and rooms
3. Smoke detectors and fire extinguishers
4. Avoid spills and burns
5. Medication
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Have you noticed the declining driving skills of senior drivers in the community?
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Have you ever heard that "line" in a phone call from a stranger?
It could be a scam !
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When you give consideration to how SCA has screwed up our lives with their endless & mindless regulations, the LAST thing we need is for SCA management try to dictate how we drive.
Hi Dick...
Jim Mayfield is worried about OUR poor driving skills, RIGHT?
Perhaps he doesn’t travel Anthem Pkwy and see the skills of the drivers driving through to Inspirada et al..
In my opinion these younger drivers speeding and unsafe lane changing through our community are a much bigger concern than older Seniors diminished skills.
ENFORCE THE EXISTING LAWS!
Ticket the reckless behavior, young and old.
Suggesting mandatory required driving classes or any other IMPOSED (without authority) EDICT should be DOA.
There is no doubt that certain Inspirada AND Anthem Highlands elements have created a dangerous driving environment, likely due to their not being a 55+ community, in addition to some seniors who should NOT be on the road.
Those under 55 still believe they are invincible in many cases...AS WE DID WHEN WE WERE THAT AGE.
I fully agree that "enforcing the existing laws" is the best medicine.
Personally, I try to keep the speed limit (usually taking an extra 5 mph), but I can't ever remember a time NOT BEING PASSED by both young and old.
I've always maintained that if the law was properly enforced (with a bit of common sense discretion) that within 2-3 days, the amount of speeding fines collected, would pay the annual salary of a police officer; that the best pain a violator could experience came from a pocketbook in fines and increased insurance premiums.
But...as to the Senior communities, I believe that there is one element that might be addressed by the HOA (if possible)...GOLF CARTS.
What bothers me most of all are GOLF CARTS being driven by those who believe they are driving regular automobiles.
Watching some SPEED down a street (especially streets that pass numerous side streets), can be death warrant to any person in an unprotected vehicle that is WHACKED by a person that enters the moderately traveled street by a senior who BLOWS A STOP SIGN, referring to such stupidity as a "rolling stop".
So, where are the police?
Very few seem to be around when you need them unfortunately.
As part of my activities with the Community Patrol, I go through the parking lot twice a shift. What we usually look for is if people parked in handicapped spots have either a placard or handicapped plate.
In the process of doing this we are exposed to some of our drivers. The majority are fine. But the others are scary.
Speeding in the parking lot.
Don’t know what a stop sign means.
No signals.
A quick stop and a turn.
Taking up an entire 2 way lane,
What I call driving blind, not looking out for where you are going.
Shooting through at the lane intersections, and finally,
Backing out of a spot with your eyes closed!
Hi Dick,
I agree with you & Robert Smith.
Also Bob Nusser makes a valid point.
Maybe Sandy could spend some time observing the traffic on her way to a well deserved lunch.
You however make the point the best.
We (you and I) probably drove like the young folks up the hill many years ago.
Good subject to bring up back memories.
I will limit my thoughts to the parking area and one way road near Anthem Center which goes to the end of the Center, around the turn, one way, past the center entrances (computer room, sewing room etc.) and past the mailbox.
Having almost been hit by cars going the wrong way on the one way, the Board/CEO should consider improved safely with better and larger One Way signage, repainting the one way arrow with bright paint, and set up camera at strategic points to monitor traffic.
I agree with many of the opinions expressed in response to Mr. Mayfield's posting.
I would like to add two points to consider:
1. There are a number of places on our SCA streets that bushes, shrubs, trees, etc. are obscuring sight lines.
There is a particular one on Anthem Pkwy and Olivia Heights that blocks the view as traffic comes down the hill to Albertson's, etc.
(Where traffic comes over that hill at quite a clip!)
I have reported such in the past...with very favorable response.
If you see something...please report it.
2. Our SCA board needs to be proactive in lobbying RTA to bring a bus route up to us...closer than Horizon Ridge.
It would be wonderful if something ran from here (at one of the shopping centers) to the Southern transit station that is on Gillespie.
You can catch buses going all over the valley from that transit center.
Traffic is only going to be a bigger hassle in the years to come with all the growth we are seeing.
Makes sense for a number of reasons...one of which is an aging population.