December 2016 - Alivity Care Advocates

Home Care Work – How We Value It

It’s time to look at how we value home care work Clare L. Stacey, Kent State University There are two million home care workers in the United States. They change diapers, administer medications, bathe and dress people and transfer the immobile from one place to another. [Read More...]

Exercise Every Day During the Holidays

Another reason to exercise every day during the holidays William B. Farquhar, University of Delaware Yes, of course we all know we should exercise every day during the holiday season to help counter the onslaught of excess calories that started on Thanksgiving and will mercifully end with a New Year’s toast. [Read More...]

Happy All The Time – Why You Shouldn’t Be

Why you shouldn’t want to always be happy Frank T. McAndrew, Knox College In the 1990s, a psychologist named Martin Seligman led the positive psychology movement, which placed the study of human happiness squarely at the center of psychology research and theory. [Read More...]