It's Time for Safe Bathing
Most people take the ability to have a bath or shower for granted, but for the hundreds of thousands who suffer from mobility problems accessing a conventional bath or shower is a near impossible task... read more |
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Baby Boomer's Survival Guide: When Your Life Goes Boom
As you are booming along, enjoying the freedom that comes with watching your children grow up and leave the nest you may find yourself in a brand new role…care giver. More than four and a half million... read more |
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Five Things To Do Before Placing Your Loved One In A Nursing Home
Making the decision to move a loved one to a nursing home facility is among the most difficult decisions we may ever face. If you follow the suggestions listed your chance of finding a quality placem... read more |
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Baby Boomers as Alzheimer's Care Givers
The majority of people caring for an Alzheimer affected parent are Baby Boomers. When thrust into the roll of care giver there are things that you can do to better cope with responsibilities.The follo... read more |
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Have You Seen My Keys?
There comes a time in everyone’s life that we are all looking for our misplaced keys or when we can’t recall a common phone number or even a familiar face. Typically there is no reason to be alarmed. ... read more |
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Seniors Are Falling and Can't Get Up
A few years ago there was a commercial whose tag line proclaimed, “I’ve fallen and can’t get up.” As we age, we are faced with a new series of problems different than those faced in our youth, the mo... read more |
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Serious Signs of Burn out
Over involvement is a serious sign of burn out.When you are over involved, you begin to look at the person you provide care for as a series of tasks that need to be performed, rather than, thinking, ... read more |
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Alzheimer's Care Giving While Maintaining Your Own Health
Just for a moment I want you to imagine that you are coming out of a very deep sleep. If you have ever had surgery try to remember the way you felt as you were trying to make sense of things as you aw... read more |
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Senior Care for Alzheimer’s
As a person ages, a certain amount of memory loss and confusion is quite normal. Personally, I’ve been known to invoke the cliché, “The older I get, the better I was!” Unfortunately, Alzheimer’s disea... read more |
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Prepare to Make Long-term Care Choices
Several months ago, I was coming out of a gas station when a woman stopped me and asked me what I did for a living. On the back of our van is our web address. On the side wing windows is "Free Senior ... read more |
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The Truth About Christmas
Every year, as Christmas approaches, you hear Christmas carols everywhere. Sometimes to the point where another Silent Night would make you want to silent the sound system.
Everyone is scrambling to b... read more |
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Compare Nursing Homes
Finding the best nursing home is easier than you might think. That is assuming there is more than one nursing home in your area so that you have something to compare. The sad part is that the best nur... read more |
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Introducing the Best Available Long Term Care Policy Guarantee
If you're 60 to 70 years old ... or have a family member who is ... then what you are about to discover could help prevent the complete erosion of your estate.In fact, it's probably the most important... read more |
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Strategies on Paying for Nursing Home Care and Medicaid
The decision to place your loved one into a nursing home is an
extremely difficult decision, often causing much guilt for the
caregiver. It is a very emotional decision for most clients we see and
mos... read more |
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What Most Long Term Care Professionals Don’t Know
Medicare recognizes this need and, therefore reimburses your residents to receive advanced behavioral health services… making them free to your facility!Psychologists provide a wide variety of valuabl... read more |
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Board and Care Homes – What Are They?
Board and Care homes (also known as RCFE’s - Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly) are residential private homes that have been licensed by the Department of Social Services to provide services... read more |
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Assisted Living Facilities – What Are They?
Assisted Living facilities are generally for person’s 60 years of age and older. Typical candidates need assistance with “Activities of Daily Living” (ADLs), but wish to live as independently as possi... read more |
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Who Wants to End Up in a Nursing Home? NO ONE!
As a long-term care consultant for seniors and their families I have visited many different types of facilities. But my favorite type of facility to visit is adult family homes.There are over 2200 ad... read more |
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Second Hand Stair Lifts
Buying second hand stair lifts is a viable and cost effective alternative to purchasing a brand new stair lift. Most stair lifts can be purchased new or second hand.Second hand stair lifts should be e... read more |
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Feeling Lonely?
Q: I hate Alzheimer's disease, not only has it robbed me of my husband, but it has taken my life too! I feel like all of my friends have disappeared. I am lonely, and that makes me feel guilty. Help!A... read more |
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Mom Won't Participate!
Q: Six months ago we placed my mother in an assisted living facility. She gets along fairly well, but we thought she would get involved with all of the activities. Instead she complains that she is ve... read more |
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Paying For Elder Care Just Got Easier
It's not a surprise that thousands of families across the nation are facing the challlenges of an aging population. The "sandwich" generation, those who are caring for their children as well as their... read more |
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The Dryer Ate Your Underwear!
Q: My mom is in the early stages of dementia and she is also incontinent we have tried to get her to stop wearing her underpants and have her start wearing pull-up diapers, she throws the Depends out ... read more |
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Long Term-Care; 70 Million Americans Will Be Over 65 by 2003
We will all grow old; this is a given. We will all have health issues as we grow older, this also is a given. Many people work their whole lives and if they are smart end up with a paid for house and ... read more |
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Honey, Where Are The Car Keys?
Q: My mother is always losing, hiding and hoarding things, I am losing my mind! What can I do to get her to stop?A: This is a great question and I have a lot of material to work with.My grand mother h... read more |
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