During National Volunteers Week, a Special Luncheon and Words of Wisdom From an Insider

Volunteers are the lifeblood of the Nathaniel Witherell, connecting and building community and helping to enrich the lives of our residents.     (pictured above: l-r  Mary Tate, Volunteer Coordinator; Chef Thomas Russell; Carissa Ronish, Therapeutic Recreation Director. “Volunteers play an incredibly important role here,” notes Mary Tate, who coordinates all volunteer activity for the…

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Do You Want More Privacy? Here’s How to Protect Your Health Information Online

Most Americans will tell you they value privacy and want to protect themselves online from any unwanted searches into their private lives, especially their medical records. When it comes to such health information, they assume that HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act/Privacy and Security Rules) will protect them. Well, yes and no. HIPPA will…

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We Love Chocolate, But Is It Good for You?

Some of us like to have our chocolate and eat it, too. Whether in cookies, slathered on cakes, poured on top of ice cream, or eaten straight from a bar, chocolate is delicious. While we tend to think of chocolate as a Valentine’s Day gift or think more about it during American Heart Month, for…

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BINGO! For seniors, it’s more than a game.

It’s almost cliché that Bingo and senior health facilities go hand and hand. Here at the Witherell, residents play the game every week, but so do millions of others elsewhere. Bingo is even played online. Pretty interesting considering the game is nearly 500 years old. We wondered, why, after all these centuries, is Bingo so…

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