Welcome Home works as a three part initiative: a campaign, workbook and website, to better prepare family members and potential residents for the realities of long term care. Rather than conceptualizing older people as needing to be placed in a care home which implies passivity, Welcome Home encourages their involvement as active participants in their own health -making active choices, decisions and judgements about their new environment.
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines are a common solution for sleep apnea patients. They are extremely evasive and often disrupt sleep patterns, positions and overall comfort of the user. Despite CPAPs quality of use, they continue to be uncomfortable for the user and often are a hindrance rather than help. They can often cause, eye infections, stuffy noses, anxiety, pressure points, and dry mouth. For Children with sleep apnea a CPAP machine can be a traumatizing...
Without seeds, we cannot grow food. Patenting laws on particular varieties of germplasm. By patenting naturally existing biodiversity in plant breeding, complications arise in the sharing and distribution of produce, which in turn hinders “the foundation of successful breeding.” - Hamilton, Lisa M. “Linux For Lettuce.” This idea of successful breeding heavily relies on the system of seed preservation. By creating a system to preserve and fairly distribute seed, farmers and...
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