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Overhead ceiling lifts have been available for many years.  Most people are not aware that such items exists.  Depending on a person’s mobility, an overhead track lift could be a great solution for anyone having difficulty transferring from bed to chair. We normally recommend a lift system over the bed area. In this particular home we installed a lift that travels from the bed into the family room, through the hallway and into a bathroom.  This is not a typical lift layout, but we pride ourselves in creating solutions for our clients.

The love of learning is not always apprehended by the youth.  As children we start out curious and hopefully carry that inquisitiveness throughout grammar school, into high school and beyond.  But sometimes we get side tracked and distractions set in. We lose that genuine thirst for knowledge until we get old enough to appreciate it. By then the opportunities for grants and scholarships that were available to us in our teens has passed us by – or has it? What if I told you that there are ways senior citizens can go to college at low cost or no cost?

As we bring another chapter of life to a close, and embark on a brand-new year, it's good to pay attention to what nature is doing all around us. During this season the trees are losing their leaves.  Consider this; are they losing their leaves or are they letting them go?

When we hear the word “holiday” it can bring a flood of emotions.  For some, the word can trigger magical moments as a child, filled with laughter, song and special treats! For others it has the power to catapult into a dark place of unfulfilled expectations, loneliness and loss. No matter what the previous holidays delivered to your doorstep, perhaps this is a time to release the past and create the holidays we desire.

The Fear of Falling – we experience it in our dreams, we overcome it in our toddler years and get to re-visit this anxiety in our golden years. The fear of falling is not without merit.  We are told that one in four people age 65 or older fall each year. Unfortunately, this ends up leading to broken hips, head trauma and other serious injuries. 

Many people are caught in a dilemma of difficult decisions.  Perhaps they have had a recent fall, surgery or illness that has them feeling pressured to leave their home.  This is the home they raised their children in, that precious place of happy holidays, where abundant memories were made. The very thought of leaving home is painful, so why not look at alternatives rather than leaving the home you love?

Jerry had spent most of his adult life as a firefighter, rescuing people, pets and property.  He loved what he did, and he was good at it! He did not mind the long commute to work and found fulfillment in helping people in crisis.  He just never expected to become one of those people.

There is a story of a man who was certain he could find gold by digging near his home. So, he dug, and he dug with no luck at all.  He used tool after tool for years to find the hidden treasure but came up empty handed.  The day arrived when he got so frustrated that he gave up completely and sold his land. Not long afterwards the new owner started his own digging and just three feet from where the original owner had stopped was dirt brimming with gold!

Life is filled with unexpected occurrences.  We may be driving down Delightful Drive and the next minute we get broadsided and find ourselves hospitalized with injuries.  Or perhaps we take an unexpected fall or discover that we now have a debilitating disease. None of this was expected.  We certainly did not plan for this, and yet here we are perplexed and in pain.

There is an element of life that we all strive for, from early ages until the end.  It’s a natural drive that pulls us to a standing position as a toddler and generates little legs to take mighty steps.  When we fall on our face, it’s that same energy that makes us oblivious to the fall so we get up and try again.

Fatherhood can be full of adventure, fun times and tears.  It can also be a life filled with unexpected depths of love and complete chaos all in the same hour.  Dads don’t always know how to navigate these turbulent waters – no one does really, there is no manual, no college course, no “Be the Best Dad Ever” elective and yet somehow, they are expected to sail smoothly.  Here are four common facets that find fathers and will try to trip them up to discourage them:

Joe was like many of the young men his age, he was strong willed, fit and had a whole future ahead of him.  The one thing he lacked however, was clarity on what to do with his life. Some of his other senior classmates had decided to join the military and told Joe all about the opportunity for a good education, the chance to travel the world and get training in a career that could make some decent money.  These promises sounded like a good plan mostly because he didn’t have a plan for himself once he graduated high school.

We have put together an iCloud photo album of some of our outdoor stairlift jobs we have done. The photos in this album are updated regularly. All of the photos in this Album are Gamburd’s jobs