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Partnering with an Aging Parent

Caring for an aging parent can be a delicate balancing act between aiding and enabling, guiding and pushing, kindness and condescending. It's hard to know which way to lean at times. It's too easy to see them...

0 comments    family eldercare tips
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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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Eldercare Tips

Eldercare tips for those caring for aging parents are often the discussion among my friends. In the same way that we once talked about caring for our infants, children and then teens, we now swap stories...

0 comments    senior care eldercare
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Eldercare Healthcare Advocacy

A few years ago, my elderly mom was very ill, but we didn't know what was wrong with her. She was having terrible headaches that just wouldn't go away for over a month that were excruciatingly painful. We...

0 comments    health care caregiving advocate
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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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Caring 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...

0 comments    health treatment caring
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Caregiving Reflections

I have been involved with elderly folks for as long as I can remember.  After all, I had not two, but three sets of grandparents when I entered this world, if you count my 'greats'. Growing up, I always...

0 comments    elder care caregiving eldercare
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Inhome care for the elderly

Do you provide home care for the elderly?  Are you looking for in home elderly care?  These articles and posts may be of help. Can Your Parents Afford Senior Services? | Elder Care ABC assisted...

0 comments    elder care home care eldercare
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Eldercare Community

Although I'd like to join a support group in my neighborhood, it has been difficult finding the time to get there.  Online support and well written articles have been like a life line to me.  Here are some...

0 comments    senior citizens caregivers
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Elder services

When discussing elder services recently with an online caregiver support group, I wondered what elder services were available for my parents. The first place I checked was with the Eldercare Locator. ...

0 comments    caregiving eldercare
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