Last Updated on October 15, 2026
The Residents’ Council Health Services Committee shares common issues regarding health that can benefit our residents.
I Woke Up With A Bat on My Head and Now I Am in the ER
I am writing this in the ER. I woke up about 3 o’clock in the morning feeling something crawling across my mostly bald head. I instinctively reached up to brush it off. It was too heavy to be a spider but too light to be a mouse. What could it be?
Tick Bites
Tick bite information submitted by the Health Services Committee: (1) Article “Everything You Wanted to Know about Ticks but were
Afraid to Ask” By Joeseph Gagliardi, Health Services Committee and (2) Poster
Medication Take-Back Event August 17
Medication Disposal Day will take place again, Monday, August 17, 2026 from 1 – 3 PM in the Fireside Lounge and Cross Creek Lobby.
Reducing Dementia Risk
Reducing Dementia Risk by Dr. Stephen Schimpff Dementia/Alzheimer's is scary. Diabetes is a major risk factor, increasing the risk by about 50%. Reversing prediabetes is straightforward and critical to avoid progressing to diabetes, but of 115 million Americans with...
Sedentary Death Syndrome by Dr. Stephen Schimpff
Image: photoschmidt/Shutterstock. Used under the publisher’s license.Sedentary Death Syndrome by Dr. Stephen Schimpff This is a sobering syndrome. Worth being aware of.