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Boost Your Thyroid Health Knowledge

It’s easy to take your thyroid health for granted. Unless you have a thyroid problem, you may not give any thought at all to what your thyroid does. However, our thyroid helps many things in our body to function properly. January is Thyroid Awareness Month, so make it a New Year’s resolution to broaden your…

4 Ways to Help Provide Relief for Caregivers

If you are caring for a sick or older family member—or if you know someone who is—then you likely experience a roller coaster of emotions. You may feel stressed devoting so much time to your loved one in addition to work or other family responsibilities, but you also may feel grateful you can provide so…

Business Spotlight: Michelle Tourjee, CPA, Can Help You During Tax Time—and Year-Round

Uh-oh—it’s tax time! Do you know what to expect with your 2018 return? Are you aware of all of the changes to the tax laws? Are you planning to rely again on your do-it-yourself software program, crossing your fingers that it it’s accurate? Instead of fretting over taxes, call Michelle Tourjee CPA Tax Services, LLC,…

There you are again—wondering where you left your car keys or thinking again about the name of the actor in a movie you recently saw. Your memory was so sharp when you were younger, and now it’s failing you. You’re middle-aged, and you’ve seen older family members struggle with memory loss. Could you have dementia?…

6 Tips to Prepare Your Older Relative for the New Year

Take a minute to think about what you do to get ready for the new year. Make new year’s resolutions? Get some house organizing done? Make special plans to see relatives or friends you don’t get to see often? Set that dentist appointment you’ve been procrastinating? Well, all of those kinds of tasks also…

Fun Ways to Celebrate the Holidays in Bradenton and Sarasota

Happy holidays! Get in the holiday spirit with these fun holiday happenings in the Bradenton and Sarasota area. THE LIGHTS IN DOWNTOWN BRADENTON. Along the water in downtown Bradenton, near the Central Library and Pier 22, the city of Bradenton displays a series of Christmas lights, including Santa, elves, and other holiday…