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Medicare Advantage was created out of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. In short, Medicare Advantage was designed to allow private carriers like Anthem Blue Cross, United HealthCare, Humana and others to create health care plans designed for individuals using Original Medicare. The plans would be uniformed to cover what is offered by Original Medicare along with enhanced benefits such as preventive care, dental, vision and even hearing.

These Medicare Advantage Plans come with additional supports for seniors to help minimize overall medical expenses. Medicare Advantage is approximately a 17 percent subsidy on top of the 80 percent paid by Original Medicare.

One of the biggest obstacles most families have is getting the keys to the car. This certainly isn’t an easy task but one that is often necessary to keep them from hurting themselves as well as others. People sometimes think that they only need to take the keys away if they have dementia. There are many reasons that make a senior unsafe when driving like vision (frontal and side), hearing, their reaction ability, understanding the rules of the road and limitations due to physical impairments.

The placenta is an amazing, unique organ. It grows with the baby from the very first cell divisions, so it can begin its important work of providing nourishment as soon as possible.

It is the direct physical link between the mother and child, and as such, may even provide comfort to the baby. They grow together, entwined and connected in the womb. At the time of birth, the placenta maintains its connection to the womb as long as possible, to continue sustaining life until the baby’s successful arrival into the outside world. Only then does it relinquish its grip on the mother and is also born. In the placenta’s case, though, its birth will only hasten its death. Even so, the placental-child connection continues after the duo are born. If allowed to separate naturally, as in a lotus birth, the placenta will remain attached to the baby for several days before it inevitably severs their link.

Forget the flowers - Say it with romance!

Lets face it. Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to give flowers and candy to your significant other, not birthdays. They are just a little too cliche and it makes you look like you took the easy way out, especially if your wife’s or girlfriend’s birthday happens to be Feb. 13th or 15th.

It’s far better to take the road a little less traveled and add some romance to the big day. And with just a little forethought and planning, you can turn your mate’s birthday into something the both of you will remember for a lifetime.

Christmas is a very exciting time of the year, especially for children. With the festive season approaching here are a few ideas of how to keep the kids entertained before the big day.

Anyone who has been around little ones during December will be familiar with the way they ask every day, when Santa will be visiting. It can be fun towards the end of November to get them to make their own advent calendar, so that they can see exactly how many days there are left. The easiest way to do this, which will save cutting small, awkward pieces of cardboard, is to make a super sized calendar.