Pittsburgh North Hills worthy cause and organization for elderly help
North Hills Community Outreach http://www.nhco.org/index.htm Yes, there are a lot of causes and charitable organizations out there looking for help and donations, especially during the holiday season, but that doesn’t make any single one of th...

Looking for inspection information on nursing homes in Pittsburgh?
PA Dept of Health The Pennsylvania Department of Health has some good information on nursing homes throughout the state. The website has a nursing home locator where you can enter your zip code or city and a list of nursing homes will be shown wit...

Attorneys Against Hunger - Pittsburgh Thanksgiving silent heroes
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank Volunteers http://www.acbf.org/Grants/AAH_Events.asp Attorneys Against Hunger, of the Allegheny County Bar Association, has been helping feed the hungry and elderly in Allegheny County since 1993. They have rai...

Should you bring an Alzheimer's patient home for Thanksgiving?
This is a simple question to some, but to many families, it is not that easy. Children of aging parents who have, for one reason or another, found that they had to move their parent to a nursing home, face living with guilt on a daily basis. No matte...

November 11, 2009 is Veterans Day - give thanks
This Wednesday, November 11, 2009, is Veterans Day. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed this date in November as Armistice Day in 1919 in the United States on the first anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I . It ...