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Many know that you can recycle aluminum, like soda cans for instance. But what other kinds of metals can be recycled?  Check out this information from Recyclebank.com to find out the answer.  Also, if you register on Recyclebank.com you can earn 25 recyclebank points!

 

Our football boosters actually do a scrap metal drive every spring where they collect things like old bikes, metal bedframes, etc as a fundraiser for the boosters.  I think it’s a great idea!

When I was asked about writing this sponsored post I thought I could offer a different perspective of thought from the healthcare professional. If you’ve been around here for a while you might know that my day job is a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant.  I work in an acute care hospital.  Before that I had worked at a few Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) commonly referred to as Nursing homes.   A part of my job is to help the patient and family decide the safest place to go after discharge from the hospital to work towards a patient’s goals.  Of course almost everyone wants to go home but it’s not always possible.

Some factors that could inhibit a person’s direct discharge to home after hospital admissions could be (trust me these are only a few common ones and there are certainly many more)

1.  Amount of care needed.  Even if they were doing well before, circumstances that brought them to the hospital could be life changing not just for the patient but for the people around them.  Devastating diagnosis such as a dense stroke, moderate or severe head injury, or even a hip fracture could require someone to need 24/7 care and not everyone can do that.  Your loved one can’t care for themselves.

2.  Type of care needed.  Perhaps it’s not the amount of physical assist need but rather the loved one’s cognitive status doesn’t allow them to be at home safely by themselves maybe because of Dementia, brain injury, or stroke.  Or maybe they’ll need ongoing medical care that only a trained nurse can provide such as IV antibiotics or specialized wound care.

3.  Temporary placement for therapy purposes or until appropriate accommodations can be made at home.  There are plenty of people in my line of work that, because of insurance (or lack of) or the level of care needed, don’t qualify to go to a rehabilitation center or short term rehab center. Often people think of a Skilled Nursing Facility as a place someone goes to stay but that’s not always the case.  In fact, the SNF I worked at before working at the hospital had a whole wing set aside for short-term rehab patients.  They may only stay for a week or two or a month or 2.  Also, we had patients that would stay periodically for respite care.

4. Not having family nearby that can help.  Maybe there’s children but they all live out of state or over an hour’s drive from them.  Perhaps they were the caregiver for their spouse but now they need some help themselves.  Maybe there is family close but they are often out of town for work or already caring for another family member.

Sometimes a loved one may need special accommodations to be able to live safely at home but you need time to have a ramp built so they can enter the home, install grab bars in the bathroom, or make their home livable on one floor if they have a two story house.  You may also need to line up caregivers or coordinate with family for care of the patient.

As I said there could be a lot of reasons why someone would choose or need to go to a Skilled Nursing Facility.  Once you’ve made that decision, the next question might be, “But which one?”

Working at the hospital I’m not allowed to recommend specific facilities.  I can’t say “oh yea nursing home A is wonderful but I heard nursing home C is not very good”.  The truth is no matter what care facility you look into there are always people that will praise it and people that will put it down.  To start your search you could check out a site like BestNursingHomes.com

If I’m going to pick apart the site, Here are some things I like:

1.  Non-profit – to me this is important.  I wouldn’t want to be choosing from a list just because they paid to be there.  I would want to know my REAL options. It’s run by Association of Skilled Service Providers which is a non-profit that educates the public about skilled nursing care.

2.  Approved by Medicare as one of the top in the country – so it’s not just some dude in a cubicle saying “hey this one looks nice, oh look a pool!”

3.  No Personal Info to Enter – I don’t want to be looking for info on a serious matter like this and have some salesman calling and hounding me about facility A because, while nice, “facility A” might not be affordable or maybe “facility B” is just too far away.

4.  You Can Contact the Nursing Care Center Personally – you don’t have to go through an agent.  You can actually talk to the administrator, set up a tour of the facility, ask whatever question you might have.

5.  You Can See What Other Have to Say About It – read real consumers opinions on the facilities you might be interested in

 

Best Nursing Homes has been made possible by the generous donation of North American Health Care and its CEO, John Sorensen. John has made it his life’s work to serve the elderly population and has sponsored the development of BNH and donated it to the ASNP for use. “We are very grateful for the leadership of John Sorensen in the post-acute care industry,” said Amy Osmond Cook, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Association for Skilled Nursing Providers. “John is a leader in his field, a generous philanthropist, and a great example of someone who places serving the patient above anything else. We are proud to be associated with John and North American Health Care and grateful for his support to promote best practices in skilled nursing.”

 

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RITE AID (remember must have your plenti/or wellness+ card to get the sale prices) :

A few sunscreen deals at Rite Aid May 24-30 so this would be a good time to stock up for the summer

—Banana Boat and Hawaiian Tropic sunscreens are buy one get one free (excludes twin packs and Value Packs)
There is a $1 off Hawaiian Tropic load2card offer on the Rite Aid website. Remember you have to be registered to be able to load coupons to your card. If you’re buying a Hawaiian Tropic product.

—Coppertone, Bain de Soleil, or Solarcaine Suncare Products are $7.99 but grab the in-ad coupon to save an additional $2 to make it $5.99 you an also use this $1 off Coppertone coupon buying the Coppertone product to make it $4.99!

A few other deals…

—Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes are 2 for $4. If you’re a member of Kelloggsfamilyrewars.com you can print of coupon for $1 off 2 Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes making it a $1.50 a box wyb 2.

—Skinny Cow Ice Cream bars are $3.99. If you have the $1 off 1 Skinny Cow Frozen Treats coupon from the inserts a few Sunday’s ago you can get them for $2.99 a box.

—Chobani Greek Yogurt is 99 cents each this week. IF they have the 100 cal cups available in your Rite Aid you can print this coupon and buy 3 of the 100 calorie cups for $1.97!

***Couponing Tip*** If you write to Chobani they are very friendly and will send you Chobani coupons once a month if you ask!

–Nutella Hazelnut spread (13 oz) is on sale 2 for $7. Print this coupon twice and buy two to get two of them for $5!

GIANT EAGLE This sale’s last day is Wednesday May 27

—eAdvantage offer is FREE Kfraft Barbecue sauce. If you haven’t registered for eAdvantage yet, definitely do so, it only take a few seconds. You only have to do it once.

—Heluva Good dips are 3 for $4. There were 75 cent off coupons in Sunday May 16th paper. If you have 3 of them use all 3 to get 3 Heluva Goood Dips for $1.75!

—Bagel Bites 9 count is b1g1 free (or 2 for $2.98) use this coupon to get them for 99 cents each!

—Hungry Jack Hashbrown Potatoes are only 50 cents each with this coupon they are with the mashed potatoes mixes and come in a small carton.

—Disney and Marvel kids’ gummy vitamins are b1g1 free (or 2 for $5.98) print this coupon twice to get them for just $1.99 each!

–Sunsweet Plum Amazins and Cranberry Amazins are b1g1 free (2 for $2.98) print the print the 75 cents off coupon here twice (it doubles at GE) to get 2 bags for FREE

WALMART

I don’t usually post Walmart coupon deals here but this one is just too good to pass up. I bought four of these a week or so ago with this coupon and it worked great. Print this coupon for print $1.50 Luzianne Pour n’ Stir iced tea mix . The individual packets are only 98 cents at Walmart so the coupon makes them free and gives you 52 cents in overages. This is regular price.

I will be compensated for this post. Regardless I only post legitimate offers and offers relevant to my readers.

You all know that I love my coupons.  I’m loving all the summery coupons coming out now.  My kids and I love some ice cream treats over the summer but I hate to pay full price if I have an option. A little bird told me Blue Bunny will have some coupons available in the Sunday papers this Sunday May 10.  Hmm maybe this mom deserves some ice cream treats for Mother’s Day.  Yea, I think you all deserve it too!

 

If I give any recommendations though, might be worth clipping them and saving them for a sale.  You know Blue Bunny also has sugar-free options too. I’ve tried the banana split flavor and it wasn’t too bad.