The Golden Touch
As well-known speakers on the issue of elder care, my partner and I are involved in many vital and meaningful discussions around aging population. What we’ve discovered is that sometimes the issues around our elderly are vast and complicated (like Medicare and the Healthcare Reform Act) – and sometimes the issues that touch the aging most intimately are the simplest things. One of those simple issues is TOUCH. We hear about touch as a medium for healing in so many arenas of life – in premature infants, seriously ill and even terminally ill patients.
As advocates of for healthy, wonderful resources in elder care, we hope to move this conversation to the top of the list for the aging population. As a society, we may be powerless over many issues facing our aging parents and grandparents, but this is ONE thing that we can simply and easily bring back into their lives. It is only a question of awareness.
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It’s tough to be in the trucking business. Operating margins are low, driver turnover is high, and runaway fuel costs are a source of daily frustration. With more than 26 million trucks in the U.S. market, experts estimate vehicle idling consumes a total of 960 million gallons of diesel fuel each year, which translates to billions of wasted dollars for the industry.
What to do Enter the world of telematics, vehicle tracking systems.
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