Your Most Important CosmeticWritten by Wendy Owen
Article - Your Most Important Cosmetic? Sunblock by a mile!Are you a skin care junkie? Is your bathroom closet overflowing with bottles and jars? Does content of these bottles and jars actually do anything to improve your skin? My guess is "sometimes". We all get seduced by promises of younger looking skin or banish wrinkles overnight. But sad fact is a lot of pretty looking products out there do not do what they promise and wrinkles, acne, broken veins or whatever ails you is still there next morning. There is one cosmetic that stands head and shoulders above rest - Sunblock. Sunblock is best preventative of aging skin you can buy in a bottle. It won't make you look younger in a few applications, you need to use it regularly - like every day - but over time it will make a tremendous difference to appearance of your skin. Sunblock can be found as lotion, gel, roll on, or spray. If you're on a tight budget you can usually buy a bottle for just a few dollars from a supermarket or drugstore. Test it on an inconspicuous part of you first in case you have an allergy to it! This is more important for cheaper brands.
| | As the primary caregiver, should I journal my feelings about Alzheimer’s disease?Written by William Hammond, J.D.
Being a caregiver is stressful and difficult. It involves contradictory feelings, thoughts and frustrations. When you have to care for a loved one who has Alzheimer’s, you have to be patient, talk with a calm voice and never “talk down” to your loved one.Journaling your thoughts and feelings will definitely help you cope with situation. Write in your journal all that comes through your mind and your heart; nobody but you will read it. It is between you and your journal. Let your pen guide you through pages. You may want to do some extra research on Alzheimer’s disease to better understand process and stages your loved one will pass through. If you are a little bit knowledgeable about disease, process of caring will be easier on both you and your loved one. You can keep daily notes on your loved one, such as bathing or eating changes, whether she becomes agitated, and so on. It can also help you remember things to discuss with doctor. The good thing about a journal is that it is handy and you can write whenever you feel like it, day or night. It will never contradict you. On contrary, it will aid you in dealing with your internal emotions; it will relieve your mind and your soul. If you are uncomfortable about writing, then it may be easier for you to express your feelings by recording them on a tape recorder. If you like, you can recall some family gathering you all had together, a camping trip or fishing trip where your loved one caught a BIGGGGG fish! You can read this part to him and it might trigger some memory in your loved one…a memory that was lost to Alzheimer’s.
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