Aging Risks of Diabetes
Diabetes is a condition that many people of every age have heard of, but few actually understand it. [ Read More ] |
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Tips for Caregivers
As a caregiver, you deal with stres on a daily basis, but it doesn't have to overrun your life, remember to take a step back and make time for yourself. [ Read More ] |
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Caregivers Help Aging Seniors
As you age and find that accomplishing goals becomes a little more difficult, consider hiring a caregiver to lend an extra hand and a little motivation. [ Read More ] |
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What Makes Senior Care Different in Canada?
While caregivers in Canada face many challenges similar to those in the US, there are some noticeable differences presented primarily by the health care system. [ Read More ] |
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International Caregivers and the Universal Responsibility of Senior Care
When you look at the big picture, all caregivers face the same challenges and joys, family caregiving is a universal responsibility. [ Read More ] |
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Find Motivation and Energy...in Your Pillow!
As a caregiver, making time for yourself and getting adequate sleep is extremely important to your overall well-being. [ Read More ] |
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Activities for Alzheimer's Patients
As caregivers, we're hired to help seniors get through the day, we cook, we clean, we help them bathe or get dressed, and we prompt them to take their medicine and generally keep them safe. [ Read More ] |
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Bridging the Generational Gap
Families often become divided, when the generational gap seems to keep family members of various demographics interacting with one another. [ Read More ] |
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Caregiving Slows Alzheimer's
New research reveals that a close caregiving relationship slows the progression of Alzheimer's disease. [ Read More ] |
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Dementia Risk Drops with Moderate Drinking
Your doctor is always the definitive answer on subjects such as this. But here's news that should make you happy. Earlier research had shown that moderate drinking of alcohol, particularly wine, can reduce dementia among middle-aged adults. [ Read More ] |
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Tips to Help Boomer Children Communicate With Their Aging Parents
Home Instead Senior Care and communication expert Jake Harwood, Ph.D., from the University of Arizona, are tips to help family caregivers communicate with their aging parents on sensitive subjects. [ Read More ] |
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Get Seniors and Their Families Talking
San Jose, CA Caregiving Company Launches Campaign to Get Seniors and Their Families Talking [ Read More ] |
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Caregivers May Slow Alzheimer's Decline
A report on the study, which showed that this emotional connection was as good as some drugs used to treat the disease, is published in the September 2009 The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. [ Read More ] |
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Senior Driving Help
AAA launched a new senior safety and mobility Web site, www.AAASeniors.com in June, provides families of older drivers with valuable information related to senior mobility challenges and tools to help extend safe driving [ Read More ] |
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Family Caregivers Working More for Less
Forty-three percent of those caregivers surveyed have taken pay cuts or worked fewer hours due to the state of the economy; and nearly half of these survey participants have used up most or all of their savings covering increases in caregiving-related expenses. [ Read More ] |
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Sandwich Generation: A New Trend
As our elders live longer, an increasing number of retirees or near-retirees have aging parents who require costly nursing home or in-home care. [ Read More ] |
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Emotional Issues for Families - Challenges or Rewards?
Intergenerational living seems to generate positive feelings of care and accomplishment combined with stress. That's what recent Home Instead Senior Care research indicates. [ Read More ] |
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Who Will Care for Aging Parents?
"This could become a national crisis issue," said Nancy Oppenheimer-Marks, owner of the Home Instead Senior Care office serving Dallas, Texas. "At our company alone - the largest of its kind, but one of many throughout our country - the number of CAREGivers nationally is about 60,000." [ Read More ] |
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Organization Tips for Seniors and Family Caregivers - Find Order in Chaos
A major source of stress today for caregivers is lack of organization. [ Read More ] |
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Working & Caring - Balancing the Juggle
Are you having a difficult time juggling work and caregiving? Are the demands of both stressing you out? [ Read More ] |
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Surviving Caregiver Burnout
Caregivers can be so wrapped up in the care recipient that they forget to tend to their own health. [ Read More ] |
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Back Up Care Benefit
Nearly two out of three HR professionals indicated that unscheduled employee absenteeism is a problem "to some degree" or "to a large degree" for their organizations. [ Read More ] |
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When Your Aging Parents Are Far Away, The Care Doesn't Have to Be
Caring for aging parents may be easier and a lot less traumatic than you think with advice from the experts. Here are some tips from the MetLife Mature Market Institute, on what to do when your parents need care and they're far away: [ Read More ] |
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Dementia Care - What to look for
Questions to ask when looking for nursing home dementia care - [ Read More ] |
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Elder Abuse
There are remedies that lessen worry about aging seniors. The one that troubles us the most, especially if we live at a distance from them, is elder abuse. Adult Protective Services (APS) tells us that elder abuse is a serious problem. [ Read More ] |
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Health and Safety for Seniors
If you believe your aging loved one is being abused or neglected, the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigates and refers to prosecutors cases in Medicaid-funded facilities.
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Guildlines to Listening Skills
It's taken me several years to learn to listen well. And in the meantime; bite your tongue! Here are some guidelines that are helpful. [ Read More ] |
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Tips for Improving Communication Skills for Caregivers
The most important communication that a caregiver may most need to improve, however, is communication with the care receiver! Aging relatives or older adults are independent and have their own ideas and opinions about their lives and care worthy of our respect. Most people would agree that usually the biggest problem in relationships involve communication. [ Read More ] |
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Checklist that Helps Your Senior
Most elders prefer home instead. And we want to give them what they prefer because we want them to be happy. But a working caregiver has limited time when helping our aging relatives. The best ways to give and help out are doing the things for them around the house that they have difficulty doing for themselves [ Read More ] |
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Caring for an Aging Parent
Beware of guilt, experts warn us. Eventually, such emotions can extract a heavy toll on the health of the caregiver -- and that hurts everyone involved [ Read More ] |
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Are you a Caregiver?
Caregiving is difficult. especially if you have a job and children. We hope you find peace and the information you need to lighten the load.
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An Open Secret in the Doctor's Office
We lie to our doctor about how much we smoke and whether we take our medicine. Did you know that your doctor uses a rule of thumb? Whatever you say you are drinking, they multiply it by three? [ Read More ] |
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Does a Virus or Bacteria cause Alzheimer's Disease
Some researchers speculate that a "slow" virus could be the cause of alzheimer's disease. We examine this theory and determine if this is a possible cause or sympton of alzheimer. [ Read More ] |
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Employer's Costs of a Working Caregiver
In today's working environment the U.S. Department of Labor published an amazing study - 30% of employees are family caregivers to elder loved ones or aging parents. The study goes on to report that by 2010 that number will rise to 54%! Why? Because 5 million boomers will be 65 and that's when most of us baby boomers will fall prey to caring for our elder loved ones. [ Read More ] |
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Elder Care Services
In today's society, in reference to elder care, our public awareness suffers. An astonishing 50 million Americans today care for loved ones as reported by the National Family Caregiver Association. We caregivers are at a crossroads; we must first announce to America that indeed there are many problems in our caregiving industry. [ Read More ] |
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Tips for a Long Distance Caregiver
The past five years I've helped my sisters care for my mom and dad. Living 125 miles away from my parents required planning no matter how long the stay. This was a challenge for both my employer and residence. [ Read More ] |
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Strategies for the Working Caregiver
Balancing an 8 to 5 job while caregiving for an elder is no small task. Have you done it lately? If you haven't, statistics are in your favor that you will sooner than you hope to. Yes, we're living longer and the longer we live the more dependent we become. Growing old is not just about getting older, [ Read More ] |
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Elder Abuse and Neglect
Elder abuse is a serious problem. Each year hundreds of thousands of seniors are abused, neglected and exploited. There are remedies that lessen worry about aging seniors. [ Read More ] |
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Tips for Seniors on Fraudulent Activity
You may know of seniors or elders in your life who have been targeted for telemarketing fraud. To insure it never happens again, help them become aware of such activities. [ Read More ] |
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Tips on Spotting Telemarketing Frauds
It can be hard to tell if a sales pitch is legitimate or fraudulent. You can't judge it by the tone of someone's voice, or how friendly or sincere the person seems. [ Read More ] |
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The Truth About Email Hoaxes
They promise you everything from untold riches to dream vacations to naughty photos. Some appeal to the do-gooder in you by asking for donations, while others try to trick you into revealing your most personal information. [ Read More ] |
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