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Caregivers of Seniors – Here’s Your Holiday To-Do List!
As if being a family caregiver wasn’t busy enough, the upcoming holiday season presents additional responsibilities that can feel…
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Health & Wellness
Medication Therapy Management: A Little-Known Way to Manage Your Meds
Carla* (name changed) is a 92-year-old woman with congestive heart failure, high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, and a pacemaker.…
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Health & Wellness
7 Ways to Improve Quality of Life for Seniors
Between 1900 and 2000, the average U.S. life expectancy increased by nearly 30 years. That statistic addresses quantity, but…
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Independent Living
Maintaining Long-Term Friendships After a Move
When 57-year-old Brenda Thompson, a communications consultant, transplanted from Austin, Texas to Los Angeles after marrying her partner in…
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Alzheimer’s & Dementia
Transitioning Your Loved One Into Memory Care
You and your family have done your best, but dementia is taking your Mother’s cognitive abilities. Many of the…
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Caregiver Tips
How Family Caregivers Manage Career and Elder Care
With the number of working Americans caring for an aging parent growing, you might expect that companies would be…
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Caregiver Tips
When Is It Time to Choose Respite Care?
A few months ago, you accepted a new job which involves being on duty or on call 24/7. You…
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Assisted Living
Assisted Living and Safety Considerations for Seniors with Parkinson’s Disease
According to Lea Ann Coates, Residency Counselor at Bethesda Hawthorne Place, many of the requirements for residents are the…
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Alzheimer’s & Dementia
How to Plan for the Future with a Loved One with Dementia
Though medical researchers are developing tests to detect dementia earlier, today it may take years for the symptoms to…
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Health & Wellness
Could We See More Patients Receive “Social Prescriptions?”
The practice of prescribing social activities, or “social prescriptions,” as an alternative or complement to medication for a variety…
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Rehab & Therapy
Choosing the Right Short-Stay Rehab Community for Your Senior Loved One
A short-stay rehab and therapy community is probably the last place your senior loved one wants to go to…
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Caregiver Tips
How to Prepare a Home for a Senior Care Professional
The time has come for your senior loved one to begin receiving professional in-home care services. Whether it is…
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Caregiver Tips
How Social Robots Help Seniors Help Themselves
Designers of social and assistive robots clearly have figured out how to make their creations lovable, including giving them…
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