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Source: CDPHE, Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division Registration is now open for the Proper Drug Disposal for Long Term Care Facilities training sessions! By September 1, 2013 Long Term Care Facilities (LTCFs) will be required to certify that they are properly disposing of pharmaceutical and other wastes. Please join representatives from CDPHE's Solid and Hazardous Waste Program for an overview of the requirements and get information that will help keep your facility in compliance. The workshop material is specifically geared toward LTCFs and registration is open to representatives of any licensed Colorado LTCF. The content will be most useful for Administrators, Consulting Pharmacists, Directors of Nursing, and Directors of Facilities.The sessions will be held on:  Monday, August 5, 2013 from 8:00 a.m. till 12:00 p.m.;  OR  Thursday, August 22, 2013 from 8:00 a.m. till 12:00 p.m. Both sessions will be located at: Colorado Department of Public Hea...

The time is upon us once more! Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 training will be held in Denver on July 17th and 18th at the First Plymouth Church at Hampden and Colorado Blvd. We will again review the MDS 3.0 with emphasis on the Resident, and also delve deeper into the intricacies of the tool. We will also be talking more in-depth about quality measures, evacuations and Care Plans along with any new directives from CMS. Training will be provided to the MDS coordinators all day Wednesday and Thursday. Training for the IDT members will be included on Thursday. This change in format should allow us more time to discuss the finer points and to answer questions. The room will be open 7:30AM to 4:30PM both days. NHAs and DONs are welcome at any time. Training for CNAs and SDCs will be provided at LTC Facilities at their convenience and by their invitation. Food and beverages will not be provided. Please bring your own. Registration is now open on our website. You can view the we...

We would like to thank Seb Emina & Malcomb Eggs, authors of the 'The Breakfast Bible' for inspiring this blogpost and letting us borrow this fantastic recipe. We've added a Rude Health twist.  Nobody knows how the Staffordshire oatcake really came about. It tastes nothing like its Scottish counterpart. In fact the Staffordshire sort has changed my perception of what an oatcake is meant to be. It has the texture of a moist crumpet/pancake amalgamation, and tastes seriously (deliciously) oaty. Some say that the Staffordshire oatcake came from India? Apparently the men of the North Staffordshire Regiment developed a taste for chapattis during their time there. When the men returned, they tried to duplicate the chapattis they had enjoyed but using local ingredients–and the Staffordshire oatcake / ‘chapatti’ was born. The more credible story is that when the Industrial Revolution arrived, there was a boom in the number of hungry potters in the Stoke-on-Trent area so rural c...

Lusting after crisps? Unwrapping a mars bar ice cream with greed in your eyes? Licking the cream spoon and smiling with pleasure? You’re not alone, or unusual. Man is genetically coded to seek out, gorge and hoard these three fundamental building blocks for life - sugar, salt and fat. This is because they have, historically, been difficult to find, or costly to acquire/grow/nurture, or only very seasonally available. So we’re highly sensitive to their taste, their smell and their after effects…in short we’re sugar, salt and fat junkies.  Happily, for 99.9% of our time on this earth, humans have had to accept their lot, and work around these cravings within local, regional, seasonal and cultural circumstances, so as to build time-honoured healthy traditional diets based on generations of trial and error. However, of the holy trinity of desire let’s not forget that in the natural world, salt and fat are usually much easier to obtain than sugar. Which is why the craving for swee...

In addition to its sweet taste, sweet potato nutrition also has so many benefits for human health. They are thought to have come from American continent, botanical and agricultural experts estimate the origin of sweet potato plants are New Zealand, Polynesia, and the central part of America. Sweet potato or scientific name Ipomoea batatas is a staple food in Africa, while in Asia, in addition to parts of the tuber is consumed, the young sweet potato leaves are also made as a vegetable. There is also a sweet potato which is used as an ornamental plant for its beautiful leaves. In the market we can find various types of sweet potatoes, there are purple, red, pale yellow or white. Sweet potatoes are rich in antioxidants, the more intense the color, it has more antioxidants, choose colorful sweet potatoes for consumption, especially the purple and red. According to The U.S. Sweet Potato Council Inc., Sweet potatoes are cooked with the skin produces more fiber than a serving o...

Corn is one of the world's most important food crops, except wheat and rice, in addition, corn is also one source of carbohydrate with low calories content that has a lot of benefits for health. Corn is also rich in fiber and a host of other nutrients such as vitamin B, and C, carotene, potassium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, omega 6, and unsaturated fats which can help lower cholesterol. Corn can be processed into a variety of tasty dishes, such as boiled, baked or used as pop corn. Corn or sweet corn is one of the most popular cereal in the world and a staple food in many countries including the United States. Nutritional content of corn has the ability to protect our body from various diseases attack. More specifically, the health benefits of corn is for diabetes, prevention of heart disease, hypertension, and prevention of disability in the nerve (neural-tube) at birth. Corn is high in fiber, plays a role in the prevention of diseases that attack the digestive such as constipat...

Kiwi is one of the super fruit that belongs to the group of berries. In addition to its delicious taste, kiwi also has so many health benefits, because it is sources of vitamins, minerals and energy. As quoted from Idiva, fruit which is also known as kiwifruits (Actinidia deliciosa) is not only can be eaten directly, but is also often used as ingredients fresh cakes, tarts, fruit salads and other types of other desserts. This exotic fruit is rich in vitamins and minerals flavonoids. High content of vitamin C as contained in bananas. Additionally, it contains a high beta-carotene, making it suitable to be consumed every day. Kiwifruit is native to southern China where it has been declared a National Fruit of China, cultivation of the fuzzy kiwifruit spread from China in the early 20th century, when seeds were introduced to New Zealand by Mary Isabel Fraser. There are two types of kiwi fruit on the market, namely green Kiwi and golden Kiwi. Researchers from the Health Science fr...

As we know, sugar and diabetics are like "the eternal enemy". Calories contained in sugar that is too high really should avoid for diabetics, but don't worry, there are many sugar substitutes for diabetics that can still safely consumed. Type of sugar which should be avoided is pure sugar like table sugar, brown sugar, candy, chocolate, jam, honey, syrup, or sweetened condensed milk. In contrast to these sugars, artificial sweeteners formed in the laboratory, so it contains no calories and does not raise blood sugar levels. Here are calories in each sugar types. Granulated sugar : 0.2 oz contained 23 calories or 97 kJ. Brown sugar : 0.2 oz contained 17 calories or 72 kJ. Powdered sugar : 0.1 oz contained 110 calories or 461 kJ. Keri Glassman, nutritionist from New York, said the best advice is to use a very minimal sugar content in the diet of diabetics. Sugar substitutes product can be used as option because in addition to offering a sweet taste, but also to control carb...

In light of the continuing fires and threats of fires, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is asking Facility/Agency Personnel to notify the Health Facilities and EMS Division if your agency/ facility is located in a pre-evacuation or mandatory evacuation zone or if you are voluntarily evacuating your residents/patients. The form has been posted to our webiste. You can view it here. Please complete the form as soon as you are able and submit it to the Department by: Email: health.facilities@state.co.us , please put "WILD FIRE EVACUATION INFO" in the subject line. Fax: 303-753-6214, please send to the attention of "WILD FIRE EVACUATION INFO". If you have questions please call 303-692-2836.

Probably, coffee is the most popular beverages entire the world, even not all people like to drink it, at least they know what coffee is. In addition to health benefits of coffee, there are also some dangerous things that we should know if we consume coffee in excess. One of them is effect of dependence. Coffee has become the largest drinks after water consumption by humans on this earth. There are many reasons why people like to drink coffee, maybe because the pleasures of taste and aroma or maybe also because the health benefits of coffee or for both. Drinking coffee in excess amount may increase the risk of stroke. A study published in the journal of neurology, and psychiatry neurosurgery in 2002 concluded that drinking more than 5 cups of coffee per day will increase the risk of damage to the blood vessel wall. Caffeine can also cause insomnia, easy to feel nervous, headache, feeling tense and irritable. In pregnant women are also advised not to consume coffee and caffeine-containi...

Who doesn't know mango? Mango is one of the most popular fruit in the world, it can be made as juice or eat directly. Behind delicious and refreshing taste, there are so many mango nutrient content that are beneficial to health. Mango fruit contains many nutrients such as protein, vitamins, and other minerals that can help improve the quality of health and boost immunity. That's why, mango also called as super fruit. Of course, these benefits will we get if mangoes are consumed on a regular basis either in raw or ripe condition. There are hundreds of mangoes types in the world with a variety of colors ranging from green, yellow, orange, red, or a combination. Although raw mangoes usually green, but the coloring is not always an indicator of the ripe fruit. Mangoes thought to have originated from around the Indian border with Burma, then spread to Southeast Asia at least since 1500 years ago.  Calories in mango & nutrition facts Mango is low calories fruit, because in ...