Caregiver Tips

Outdoor Spring Activities for Seniors
Spring is finally here — warmer temperatures, more hours of sunlight, and the flowers and plants are beginning to…
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Caregiver Tips
6 Tips for Talking to Your Parents About Aging
Your parents’ home is a little dirtier than it used to be. Some unpaid bills are scattered about, and…
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Study Finds Ageism Interventions Do Change Attitudes
The World Health Organization says that ageism is the most socially acceptable prejudice in the world and deems it…
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Why Frailty Isn’t Inevitable and How to Prevent It
We have all seen older adults who appear so fragile that a strong gust of wind might knock them…
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Senior Home Safety: Keeping Your Pet While You Age in Place
Though they cannot speak a word, pets can communicate volumes to their owners. They express unconditional loyalty, love, curiosity,…
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Alzheimer’s & Dementia
Delirium Isn’t ‘Just Part of Getting Older’
As many as half of hospital patients age 65 and older develop delirium. Once thought of as something ordinary…
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Caregiver Tips
What to Say to Someone in Hospice Care
Someone once said, “social work is the art of listening and the science of hope.” Bethesda Hospice Care social…
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Moving Forward After the One You Cared For Dies
As anyone who has lost a loved one knows, grieving is a heartbreaking journey. When you’re a caregiver and…
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Caregiver Tips
Managing Caregiver Guilt after Moving a Parent into Senior Living
Caregiver guilt is unofficially defined as the feelings you experience between what you are able to do for your…
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Caregiver Tips
Temporary Senior Care (or Respite Care) for Labor Day
Labor Day, which is taking place on Monday, September 2nd this year, honors American workers, and if you are…
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Care Management
Do You Need a Geriatric Care Manager?
As you or a senior loved one age, you may find yourself searching for answers about complex senior care…
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Care Management
Tips for Moving Your Senior Parent
In his song, “Beautiful Boy,” John Lennon sang that “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making…
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Caregiver Tips
How Employers Can Help Caregivers for a Win-Win
If American employers embraced the recommendations of a new Harvard Business School report, life could be a lot easier…
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