New year’s resolutions typically include doing something to improve or support one’s health. Staying healthy as we get older is important. Mostly, we think of exercise and eating well, but another component of healthy aging is ensuring your financial and legal health. Financial and legal health includes having a plan in place that includes an understanding of options available to pay for inhome or long-term care and who will act as a Power of Attorney. This is also helpful to loved ones who could eventually act as caregivers.

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Winter storms can often lead to: carbon monoxide poisoning related to power outages; hypothermia and frostbite; and mental health impacts. Freezing temperatures and winter storms leave people with disabilities, older adults and those with chronic health conditions without power for life-saving medical supplies and without the ability to charge Assistive Technologies or other power-dependent devices.

Gardeners are notorious for pushing the limits of their growing zones. Tropical plants, succulents, and other plants that are not hardy to the winter climate often end up indoors for the winter.

Applications for Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s 2024 Oklahoma Grassroots Rural & Ag Business Accelerators program year are now open until March 1 for rural Oklahoma and agricultural innovators looking to develop their enterprises and deepen their business understanding.

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) recently announced the launch of a new website dedicated to Marvel’s highly anticipated five-part series, Echo, and the Choctaw cultural representations showcased throughout the story. The main character, Maya, is Choctaw.