Review: Coffee Brew Station Great for Weak Hands

My husband and I recently got a coffee pot as a gift, but it didn't quite fit the decor we wanted so we headed over to Kohl's with the $40 credit, a 30% off sale price coupon to find a new coffee pot. My right hand is quite deformed now from rheumatoid arthritis and I could barely pick up the pot each morning, so we knew a fancier, heavier pot was not the solution. We ended up with the Hamilton Beach 48465 Brewstation Summit Ultra 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker and it retails on Amazon for about $60. I love it! Here are a few things to consider: it's not a cappuccino maker & you don't use individual coffee flavors like some of them. This is basically just a regular coffee pot, but the coffee goes into a pot/container inside the … [Read more...]

Forms to Print to Keep your Medications Organized

How many times have you gone to see a new specialist & the nurse asks, “Are you taking any medications?” If you’re organized you pull out your latest photocopied list. If you’re like many of us, you say, “Well, yes, let’s see…” & start naming off everything you can remember. But soon you can’t remember the generic names versus the br& names, the milligrams, & exactly which doctor even prescribed it. Here is a h&y tool:  SafeMedication.com offers a pdf called “My Medicine List” that you can fill out online & then just print, or you can print as many copes as you want & then fill them out as needed. It also breaks it down to what you are taking in the mornings, afternoons, & evenings. This just happens to be an … [Read more...]