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Senior Citizen Care: Ideas for Reducing Paper Piles

Senior Citizen Care:  Ideas for Reducing Paper Piles

Magazines, circulars, credit card offers, and sales ads pile up.  Oh, and don’t forget the sweepstakes contests that are routinely sent to vulnerab

Parents Care, Senior Care Tips

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A Hospital Classification That Could Cost Seniors Thousands

A Hospital Classification That Could Cost Seniors Thousands

After a hospitalization, it’s common to spend some time in a rehabilitation facility to get intensive physical and/or occupational therapy.  Most o

Family Caregivers, Hospital Visits, Parents Care, Senior Care Tips

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Home Sweet Home: Making Home More Enjoyable for the Golden Years

Home Sweet Home:  Making Home More Enjoyable for the Golden Years

According to AARP, 89% of Americans want to stay in their current home as long as they can.  Over the next 20 years, the Boomer Generation will start

Aging in Place, Falls, Parents Care, Senior Care Tips

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The Dementia Primer: 12 Tips on How to Get Someone with Dementia to Eat

The Dementia Primer:  12 Tips on How to Get Someone with Dementia to Eat

As a volunteer at an adult day care, Lorri was accustomed to the unique challenges of communicating with those who have Alzheimer’s disease and othe

Alzheimer's, Caregiving, Dementia, Family Caregivers, Senior Care Tips

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Prepare for the Journey: 3 Easy Ways to Access the Senior Care Experts

Prepare for the Journey:  3 Easy Ways to Access the Senior Care Experts

No one becomes an expert at aging until they’ve walked the walk with an elderly family member.  Unfortunately, the aging process can be so gradual

Caregiving, Family Caregivers, Parents Care, Senior Care Tips

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Aging in Place: 5 Steps to Help Make It Happen

Aging in Place: 5 Steps to Help Make It Happen

According to the Center for Disease Control, Aging in Place is "the ability to live in one's own home and community safely, independently, and comfort

Aging in Place, Caregiving, Parents Care, Senior Care Tips

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Power Struggles, Part 2: How to Avoid Power Struggles

Power Struggles, Part 2:  How to Avoid Power Struggles

Be sure to read Part 1: Identifying Power Struggles with Elderly Parents. When you engage in a power struggle while taking care of elderly parents,

Parents Care, Senior Care Tips, Senior Psychology

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How May We Help You? Let Us Count the Ways . . .

How May We Help You?  Let Us Count the Ways . . .

During the initial home meeting prior to the start of home care services for seniors, many elderly folks have trouble thinking of things with which th

Caregivers, Caregiving, In-Home Care, Senior Care Tips

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Asking for Help is a Sign of Strength

Asking for Help is a Sign of Strength

Unless you are doing it yourself, it’s difficult to imagine just how demanding caring for a person with Alzheimer’s disease can be.  Being “ale

Alzheimer's, Caregiving, Dementia, Parents Care, Senior Care Tips

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Senior Scams: Help, Grandma, I Need Money Now!

Senior Scams:  Help, Grandma, I Need Money Now!

Foreign lotteries, investment fraud, reverse mortgages, predatory sales practices, ponzi schemes, counterfeit check, and money order schemes . . . The

Caregiving, Exploitation, Family Caregivers, Parents Care, Senior Care Tips

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