Collin County Living Well Magazine Winter 2014 | Page 34

Top Ten Reasons to Choose
a Koelsch Senior Community

KOELSCH

SENIOR COMMUNITIES
Caring for Seniors
for Over

55 Years

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❏ 20+ years specializing in communities designed
exclusively for those needing memory care

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❏ 24 hour on-site licensed nursing.
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❏ Personal Touch ProgramSM .
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❏ High care team ratios allow more personal

time and attention to be given to all residents.

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❏ Continual staff training, low staff turnover.

One of the best in the Senior Care Industry.

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❏ Integrated activities seven days a week.
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❏ Residents are able to age in place in the peace
and comfort of familiar surroundings.

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❏ Caregiver Support Groups are offered.
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❏ Respite Stays and Hourly Care are available.
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❏ Over 55 years of experience in senior housing.
A family owned and operated company.

24-Hour On-Site Licensed Nurses

Arbor Hills

Respite Stays • Hourly Care • Support Groups

Memory Care Community
A Koelsch Senior Community

2625 W. Plano Parkway • Plano [phone]
www.arborhillstexas.com

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License # 105554

COLLIN COUNTY Living Well Magazine | WINTER 2014

Top Ten Reasons, Living Well, 3.6 x 7.875, Jan. 2014

COPD
(Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disorder)
By Joan Weems, RN
Good lungs are something that everyone
can benefit from, but maintaining the
health of those lungs as we age requires
some care. That is because seniors are
especially vulnerable to respiratory problems, including complications from the
flu, dangerous forms of pneumonia and
chronic conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

WHAT IS

?

COPD

COPD is a broad term describing diseases
of the lungs associated with limited airflow
due to the airways being blocked, making it very difficult to breathe. It is the most
common chronic airway disease among
seniors, and is the third leading cause of
death in the U.S. Close to 24 million U.S.
adults have symptoms of impaired lung
function, and about 13 million are diagnosed with COPD. Chronic bronchitis affects 11 million community-dwelling people, and 5 million people are affected by
emphysema.
Most cases of COPD are a combination
of emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
With emphysema, the walls between
many of the air sacs are destroyed, leading to a few large air sacs instead of many
tiny ones. The result of this is a poor exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide,
and consequently, shortness of breath.
With chronic bronchitis, the airways become inflamed and thickened, and there
is an increase in the number and size of