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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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Rehab & Therapy
Steps to a Successful Senior Transition from Short-Stay Rehab to Home
How can you make sure your loved one makes a smooth and painless transition from a stay in a…
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Assisted Living
The Basics of Senior Living and Care Communities
If you’re exploring the possibility of a senior living community or long-term care for yourself or a loved one,…
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Caregiver Tips
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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Health & Wellness
4 Ways Seniors Manage Diabetes
If you are a senior adult with diabetes, your life is not over. Yes, it is a challenge, but…
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Senior Home Safety
Senior Home Safety: Avoiding Common Senior Accidents
If you are like most seniors, you want to live in your home (also known as “aging in place”)…
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Hospice Care
How Realistic Is Dying at Home?
On Jan. 29, 2014, David C. Skipworth died in Garland, Texas at age 67 after a long illness, holding…
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Independent Living
Retirement Living Guide: How to Make Friends at a Retirement Community
You have recently moved into a retirement community, and it is filled with people you haven’t met. Do you…
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Caregiver Tips
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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Caregiver Tips
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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Alzheimer’s & Dementia
How to Manage Sundown Syndrome During the Winter
For senior adults living with Alzheimer’s or dementia, as well as their caregivers and children, dealing with sundown syndrome…
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Health & Wellness
Your Questions Answered: How to Effectively Communicate With a Doctor
Next Avenue, a content resource for older adults, recently asked their readers to tell them the questions they’d like…
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Health & Wellness
Music Touches the Lives of the Dying
When the dying can scarcely speak, in their minds and hearts they can often still sing. Music touches some…
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