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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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Assisted Living
When You Are Shamed for Moving a Parent into a Senior Care Community
Beth came up to me, tears in her eyes. “My cousins came into town,” she lamented. Normally this would…
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Care Management
Person-Centered Care Focuses on Patients’ Needs
The way patients and health care providers think about health care delivery is changing, with an increasing desire to…
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Technology
Cool Technology Trends for Seniors
Living in the heart of Silicon Valley gives me access to the latest technology, so I’m not easily awed…
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Hospice Care
Bethesda Hospice Care Helps Senior Veterans Take Advantage of Common VA Benefits
According to Leslie Schaeffer, MSW, LCSW, Outreach Coordinator with Bethesda Hospice Care, many senior veterans and their spouses are…
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Health & Wellness
Identifying the Unique Challenges of Solo Agers
Over 30 years ago, researchers and geriatricians identified “elder orphans” (sometimes called “solo agers”) as people aging alone with…
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Hospice Care
Hospice Care: Living and Dying Well
Studies show that 80 percent of seniors with life-threatening illnesses prefer to die in their own homes. However, 60…
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Independent Living
An Emotional Playbook for Couples in Retirement
We’d only been retired for a few weeks when the questions started coming. “How are you doing with so…
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Independent Living
What Surprises Baby Boomer Women When They Retire
We are women on the leading edge of the wave of baby boomers who have worked for decades and…
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Caregiver Tips
Life Lessons from End-of-Life Experts
It seems odd to say, but people sometimes learn more about life when facing their own death or the…
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Assisted Living
4 Questions to Ask Before Moving Your Parent to an Assisted Living Facility
With the boomer generation aging into their 50s, 60s and 70s and many of their parents now in their…
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Health & Wellness
The Basics of Geriatric Nutrition
Life is about making adjustments, and that includes our diets. According to Lindsay Johnson, a Registered and Licensed Dietitian…
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Care Management
Are You a Helicopter Child to Your Parents?
When psychologist Barry Jacobs saw that his aging mother’s mental faculties were weakening and confronted her about it, the…
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