RANA Respiratory Care Group, Provincial Sleep Group, and Provincial Home Oxygen have rebranded to Careica Health!
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Considering we spend a good portion of our lives sleeping, it’s not difficult to see why a comfortable mattress plays an important role in the quality of sleep we experience.
We all know the dreaded feeling of not being able to fall asleep. Your body feels tired, you’ve been staring at the ceiling for hours, but your mind is running in circles.
Whether you’re bogged down with jet lag, struggling with stress, or spending too much time on your phone in the evenings, there are many reasons we have troubles sleeping. In fact, Canadians are dead tired. 33% of us suffer from sleeplessness and 10% of us suffer from insomnia.
The fact of the matter is, breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep, you may be suffering from sleep apnea.
Dreams: sometimes we remember them, sometimes we don’t, but some dreams stick with us, plaguing us throughout our waking hours, inciting almost visceral reactions of anxiety, fear, longing, sadness, or happiness.
Our blog has explored a variety of different topics related to sleep including how important sleep is, how destructive sleep deprivation is, and how disorders like sleep apnea present differently in women.
When we think of evolution, natural selection, predation, and efficiency, sleep might seem like a terrible idea. Lying dormant for six or more hours a day makes us incredibly vulnerable to danger not to mention inefficient, right?
RANA Respiratory Care Group, Provincial Sleep Group and Provincial Home Oxygen have teamed up under a new name, Careica Health.
The first year of our RANA Cares initiative closed out at 631 total staff volunteer hours and a corporate giving fund of $20,000. The RANA Cares committee awarded the donation to three outstanding organizations across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba—each to receive a third of the $20,000 fund.
Wondering what the differences are between the Lumin and the SoClean 2? See a full comparison of the two CPAP sanitizers right here!
We’ve talked about the different warning signs and complications women face with sleep apnea, but what about sleep apnea symptoms in men?
With increased access to technology and devices that have now all but become extensions of our hands, it is becoming easier and easier to send texts - to the point that we are starting to send them in our sleep, with no recollection of the act.
We are pleased to announce that RANA Cares has surpassed our initial goal and as of February 25, 2019, our staff have volunteered 631 hours to not-for-profits in the community!
Your body needs sleep to function at its best. Sleep deprivation occurs when a person gets less sleep than they need or their quality of sleep is reduced. What constitutes a perfect sleep is difficult to determine as people’s sleep needs vary. Eight hours of sleep per night may be necessary for some people, whereas others can function on less.
Exciting news! We are thrilled to announce the opening of our newest clinic in South Calgary.
A Canada Post service disruption could occur within the coming weeks. Please note that it is important to keep your RANA account in good standing by keeping your payments up to date.
RANA is thrilled to launch our new volunteer and corporate giving program: RANA Cares!
Did you know that about a third of your life is spent sleeping?
Strange, unexplained stuff can happen while we sleep...
RANA is excited to announce a new way to reach us: via live chat right here on RANAcaregroup.com!
You do all the right things. You practice good sleep habits (you might have even taken our sleep quiz), you follow all the right sleep tips like healthy eating, exercise, meditating and waking up the first time your alarm goes off.
When you need to sleep, you need to sleep - and people have proven that time and time again.
RANA Respiratory Care Group was honoured to be Accredited with Commendation by Accreditation Canada in July, 2018.
When you snooze, you lose – literally.
At Careica Health, we’ve lost count of the number of times people have asked, “How much sleep do I need in a night?”
Yoga has become one of the most popular fitness routines today. Although the exercise aspect of yoga is beneficial, the philosophy and spirituality behind yoga underlies the ancient history of the practice.
Sleep is important - that’s a given.
Sleep is a basic human need that is critical to our physical and mental health. However, many Canadian adults don’t quality sleep they need, and wake up each morning feeling unrested.
In this fast paced world we live in, sleep disorders seem to becoming more common. Most of us have heard of the term “sleep apnea” but we may be uncertain as to what it really is, and what causes it.
Enter the mysterious realm of sleep. We do it, we need it, we always want more of it, and we tend to believe more than a few claims about what happens when we shut our eyes at night.
Even if you go to bed at the same time every night and practice healthy sleep tips, if your mind is whipping through your to-do list near bedtime, rapidly cataloguing, planning and worrying, chances are you’re waking up unrested and miserable most mornings.
Ask anyone how they are and “tired” is likely to be part of their answer.
Arguments and conversations about how tired we are, and how little sleep we get, are part of our everyday lives – it’s like some kind of weird badge of honour. But, many of our bad habits (scrolling through our phones or iPads in bed anyone?) are actually the reason we can’t get a healthy night of sleep.
Disorders like insomnia and sleep apnea that interfere with our ability to sleep are frustrating to deal with, to treat, and to diagnose. The problem intensifies even further when sleep apnea symptoms include insomnia, and insomnia symptoms include sleep apnea. When these two different sleeping disorders blur the lines, it can be frustrating to try and pinpoint what the problem behind your inconsistent sleep patterns truly is.
Falling asleep can sometimes be frustrating, and who can’t relate to waking up in the middle of the night feeling wide awake? Researchers have termed the phrase “sleep hygiene” to refer to specific habits and practices that can contribute to getting a good night’s sleep. As part of your New Year’s Resolutions, try following these tips to help you establish a healthier sleep routine.
RANA is excited to have Dr. Chou join the RANA family as a diagnositc interpreter in our Sleep and Pulmonary Function Labs in our Calgary and Airdrie, Alberta clinics.
Setting two alarms to get up in the morning? Hitting the snooze button every few minutes? If this sounds like you, the idea of being a morning person might seem like a distant dream.
Obstructive sleep apnea is one of the most common sleep disorders with one in four Canadians at high risk for it. Sleep apnea therapy is most often done with a CPAP machine: CPAP stands for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure.
With men self-reporting sleep apnea nearly twice as much as women and the fact that 73% of Canadian adults with sleep apnea are men, it's important to know the facts and pay attention.
On November 1st, 2016, RANA was one of 19 private businesses that received the CBEA.
