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Caring For Our Seniors - Long-term Implications of Changes To Our Healthcare System

senior care, elder care, senior services, I am privileged to live in a great country - one that prides itself on its universal health care system. Recently though, changes have been proposed as "cost saving measures". Those changes would not only...

14 comments    aging senior care home care
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Medical Alert Systems for the Elderly and Disabled

As the average person's lifespan continues to grow in years and as the current baby boomer generation begins aging, more and more people are requiring medical attention as a result of old-age health concerns...

1 comment    emergency elder care medical alert
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What Is a CNA?

The fist line of defense for patients in nursing homes, hospitals, or other situations where they are in need of care, is the Certified Nursing Assistant, or CNA. What is a CNA? By definition, a CNA is a...

1 comment    job training medical
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Lack of Energy in the Elderly

Have you noticed a lack of energy in the elderly loved one you are caring for? There are many things that might cause this, but the most important thing you can do is get them in for a check up to make sure...

0 comments    elder care aging parents
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Marketing Strategies for a Growing Private Duty Home Care Business

Article 2 of 3-part series teaches marketing strategies to implement for a growing private duty home care business.

1 comment    business marketing branding
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When Your Mom is Elderly

As daughters and sons move into middle age, their parents get even older. Relationships shift from caregiver to the one being cared for, over time. As the elderly one in the equation, it is not easy to accept...

53 comments    love life advice
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Holistic Care For Adults and Seniors

senior care, elder care, adult care, elderly health care, Free universal Health Care was promised - and delivered. Money was poured into medical research; Seniors' and Adult Care issues, and In-Place Aging and Care became buzz words in political discussion; education finally seemed to be coming to the forefront.

6 comments    hub challenge senior care
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Elderly assisted living

Are you looking for elderly assisted living for your parents or another aging loved one.  You certainly aren't alone as many families are doing the same.  Here are some posts and articles they may be of...

0 comments    elder care eldercare
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Dallas Texas Elderly Care Services

  Are You Seeking DallasTexas In Home Caregivers? They provide many important things for your loved ones including: In-Home Companionship Care Comfort Although we are not a nursing care...

0 comments    dallas loved ones companionship
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What is dementia?

(Excerpted from the upcoming book, "Who Stole My Mother? An insider's view of dementia") The word ‘dementia’ comes from a Latin root word of ‘mens’ which means the mind. The term mens was used...

2 comments    health memory brain
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