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72Tips for Caring for Alzheimer's and Dementia Parents and Spouses
Aging Mother with Daughter Caring for a Woman with Dementia Aging Mother with Dementia receiving a hug from her daughter Aging Father Elderly Person with a Walker Caring for Altzheimers and Dementia Parent...
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72Travel Tips for the Elderly
As the holidays approach, many familes are planning their family get togethers. The plans might be as simple as a short drive, or it may require a plane, train or cross country car trip. This can be...
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70Lack 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...
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68How to Apply for VA Long Term Health Benefits
As discussed in Part I of Practically Unheard of Home Health Care Benefits, this is a continuation of the complex process of claiming your benefits. Obviously, until you have an understanding of the actual...
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67Caring 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...
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66The Sandwich Generation: Caring for Your Aging Parents
I love my mother dearly and it's sad to see her grow old. I don't know how this happened. It seems like all of a sudden she is old. The last 20 years are a blur! I was so busy raising my children and working...
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6510 Ways to Beat the High Cost of OTC Medicine & Prescription Drugs
Everything is costing more these days and medications are no exception. Even those with health insurance are paying outrageously high deductibles while having little or no prescription coverage whatsoever. ...
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68Avoid Caregiver Burnout
To ensure that you are an effective caregiver, you have to learn how to deal with the stress that sometimes comes with caregiving. By doing this, you will maintain your own health and will be able to...
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62Caring for a Family Member with Alzheimer's
I recently dealt with the loss of my grandmother. She was 89 and suffered with Alzheimer’s disease for most of the last decade of her life. The process of finding help for both she and my grandfather...
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61Eldercare Products Encourage Independence
Anyone offering eldercare knows there are a number of elder care products to choose from that encourage independence. There are scooters, power chairs canes, walkers, and eve stair lifts. In addition to...
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