Caregiver Tips
Senior Living
Summer Senior Discounts – St. Louis Has Plenty!
Money can be tight, especially when you’re on a limited income like many seniors are. But that doesn’t mean…
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How to Prepare Senior Loved Ones for Severe Weather and Emergencies
Floods, tornados, forest fires and hurricanes are equal-opportunity disasters that strike young and old alike. Or are they? Not…
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Can A Caregiver Be Too Devoted?
Stacey’s parents had a storybook romance. Married for over 60 years, her father still called her mother “sweetheart.” Stacey’s…
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Meaningful Ways to Celebrate Mother’s Day With Your Senior Mother
Mother’s Day is the perfect time to show Mom just how much you love and appreciate her. For many…
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Care Management
How to Trust Your Senior Parents With a Caregiver
The discussion can resemble a soap opera: filled with love, guilt, anger, jealousy, and a sense of betrayal with…
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Warning Signs to Watch for When Visiting a Senior Parent
They have been there your entire life, and they have always seemed to be the same—same habits, opinions, interests,…
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Care Management
The Do’s and Don’ts of Senior Caregiving
There’s a lot to think about when you take on the role of a caregiver for a senior adult.…
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Advice for Long-Distance Caregiving Challenges
After successfully completing cancer treatments, Julie Eaton’s 81-year-old father wanted to resume living on his own at his home…
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What if Parents Have Differing Care Needs
Your parents have spent a lifetime celebrating, overcoming, loving, forgiving, and persevering together. You can’t think of one without…
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Alzheimer’s & Dementia
Dementia Diagnosis: When Do You Go Public?
Post-Its had become an essential tool for Dale Rivard. As a veteran assistant state’s attorney in Grand Forks, ND,…
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Caring for Senior Veterans: How to Manage PTSD
In the American Civil War, soldiers exhibited a set of symptoms that included shortness of breath, palpitations, sweating, and…
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The Negative Effects of Elderspeak
Faye Kirtley doesn’t appreciate it when store clerks talk down to her and act as if “I don’t know…
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A Doctor’s Appointment Checklist for Seniors
Doctor’s appointments are often stressful for senior adults, many of whom are managing multiple chronic illnesses and their associated…
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