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Preventing Injuries<br />
Waiting to Happen<br />
By: Heather Latimer / Heather’s Self-Help Tips<br />
If you’re unable to walk, lift, and carry like<br />
you used to, there are tasks you find difficult<br />
or impossible. Additionally, other people create situations requiring<br />
attention that can be downright dangerous.<br />
When a newspaper has been thrown onto your sloping desert garden,<br />
if you attempt to reach it, rocks may roll down, your feet will follow,<br />
and you’ll land on your face as Mr. FA did.<br />
Trash collectors occasionally return<br />
containers to the middle of your sloping<br />
driveway. Should you attempt to wheel one<br />
in, the heavy weight can cause a downward<br />
run and carry you with it. (Find out if you’re<br />
eligible for Disability Service from Republic 702-735-5151.)<br />
A visitor might move a chair to an unreachable place. Or toss a<br />
cushion, (intended to relieve your aching back) to a faraway spot.<br />
House cleaners remove electric plugs then quite often fail to replace<br />
them. Your appliances won’t work, and lamps won’t light when<br />
darkness sets in.<br />
Extension cords are often left lying where you walk. Mind you don’t<br />
catch your foot in them, and tumble.<br />
Beware! A departing person asked to lock the door, will often agree,<br />
then merely close it, so any odd bod can gain access.<br />
When someone drives your car, the seat will be repositioned, mirrors<br />
changed, and most likely left that way. Should you get behind the wheel<br />
without noticing you’ll be at risk on the roads.<br />
Watch! Check! If possible don’t let an offender leave without being<br />
reminded to correct the oversight.<br />
Heather Latimer is a nationally recognized specialist in making<br />
difficult subjects easy and author of 17 books. See amazon.com/<br />
heather latimer/how to overcome.<br />
CenterWell Care Opens in Henderson<br />
22<br />
<strong>May</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
L<br />
ast month CenterWell Senior Primary Care celebrated the<br />
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In-person tours of the new CenterWell location are available by<br />
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