Well Wishing through the Gifts We give on Christmas
November 14, 2008
Buying gifts for Christmas has surely a common intention form the givers–to make the recipient happy. It is a gesture of wishing well to them.
Nevertheless, there is friendly advisory from health specialists that we should also bear in mind.
Many falls by older people come from poorly fitting footwear and, with slippers being a very popular gift to grandparents and older relatives, Flintshire Local Health Board are advising people to think carefully about what they buy as a gift.
“Badly fitted footwear play a part in an unpleasantly large number of falls suffered by older people,” explained Celia Drew, a nurse on Flintshire’s chronic disease management team.
“With Christmas just around the corner, we want to urge people to think carefully about any footwear they might be thinking of buying as presents for older relatives.
“Soft, fluffy slippers might seem like the ideal present, but they can cause real harm.
“If you are going to buy footwear for older relatives this Christmas, look at something that will give plenty of support, as well as not having too much cushioning.
Slippers for Christmas
November 14, 2008
I am deeply moved by this project of Auntile Lynn’s.
This is really something—slippers is just something we can easily buy; but it opened my eyes to see that there can be others who hardly can afford one. I am a lover of slippers; but I never have thought the way Auntie Lynn does. There are really Saints in this world. If this is what we call them.
Auntie Lynn’s 2008 Christmas Wish Slippah Project needs donations for 3,000 pairs of rubber slippers for needy children who would otherwise go barefoot.
Lynn Vasquez began the annual project three years ago at Honolulu’s Mayor Wright Housing where she is a community volunteer.
Last year, she bought 1,000 pairs and delivered them to children at the Kamehameha and Kaahumanu Homes, and homeless children on the beaches of Waianae.
This year she has added Kuhio Park Terrace, Palolo Housing, Institute of Human Services, and shelters in Waianae and on the Leeward Coast.
Crocs and Other Loose-Fitting Rubber Footwear: Safe or Unsafe?
November 14, 2008
Gosh, my wife and I just bought three pairs of Crocs for our 3 children. Are they really unsafe?
They mentioned that several children have been injured while wearing the clogs, originally designed to be worn on boats.
Child-safety authority Kidsafe noted the risk posed by the rubber shoes in a report this year, citing an incident in Perth in which an eight-year-old girl wearing Crocs got her right foot caught on the side of an escalator.
She freed her foot from the shoe but when she attempted to retrieve the shoe, her hand was caught in the escalator.
Well—there is always a gap between fashion and safety. For one I love to wear Crocs. It is very comfortable for me especially that I am more of a slipper-dad than a shoe-dad. Wherever I go, to business or shopping mall, or at home—Crocs just make it convenient for me.
The reported concluded: “Crocs and similar shoes may not be suitable for toddlers and young children, and may be inappropriate for visits to places such as shopping centres where escalators are present.”
But Barrie Elvish, the chief executive of Queensland child-care association C&K, said he didn’t have a problem with children wearing the shoes to kindergarten or child care.
Well—I really do not know about you guys; but I am now thinking twice of not getting my children eaten up by the escalators when we visit the malls on weekends.
Yet—I think Crocs are still convenient for me.