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An Expats Perspective: The Pros and Cons of Living in New Zealand

New Zealand is a country that is famed for its clean, green, and safe environment. Here, a South African Expat shares with you her own experience of living in one of the worlds’ few ‘safe havens’. Continue reading

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The Medical Hand-Off: When to Beware

What is a hand-off? That’s when a patient transfers from one setting of care to another. There are 4,000 hand-offs a day in a typical teaching hospital. If 90% go flawlessly, that’s still 400 failures per day. Read why it is more important than ever to… Continue reading

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Preplanning Your Funeral: How to Choose a Funeral Home

Funeral homes originally began as humble little establishments for preserving and handling the dead during the Civil War and the undertakers were often members of the community such as barbers who did the job on a part-time basis. Nowadays, these are f… Continue reading

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Homesickness – The Impairment Resulting From A Separation From Home

Homesickness, or the impairment resulting from a separation from home, is well known and widely experienced by the population. Homesickness affects people of all ages and in a variety of settings. Between 50 and 75% of the general public has had at lea… Continue reading

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Memories in the Garage

Television’s antique collecting programmes have made the garage the ‘in place’ for all kinds of discoveries from days past. The driving force behind these productions is, of course, the cash which can be raised at the end of the day. But much more impo… Continue reading

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