Eldercare

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• Mr. Visitor and Mr. Funeral

  
  Dementia Nights — Authority: 116
  Many times, my wife has asked me how Ill react the day my father no longer knows who I am. Ive always answered that I dont know, but that it probably wont be clear-cut - hell retain some details and...
  2 days ago

• My Weariness Amazes Me

  
  Dementia Nights — Authority: 116
  ...though theres no reason why it should. Youd expect it after the whole move-him-to-a-nursing-home, close-the-apartment thing. Nevertheless - theres no fatigue like the fatigue you get when youve been in a state of extreme tension, and suddenly the tension drops....
  3 days ago

• Agingcare.com

  
  webdev2.0 — Authority: 141
  Caring for elderly aging parents and seniors? Find senior housing and health information, get answers and support from caregivers dealing with elderly parent care. agingcare.com
  3 days ago

• Fast Company: Health Care Reform and Budget Cuts Put Future Elder Care on Your Radar Screen…Now More Than Ever

  
  work+life fit, inc. — Authority: 110
  We spent Thanksgiving with my cousin and her husband, who is moving into the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s.  Over three days, I watched in awe as she patiently and lovingly cared for her partner of 23 years even though most of the time he didn’t recognize where he was or whom he was with. Over the past few ...
  5 days ago

• A Special Assignment: Caring for My Mother

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 145
  by Julie Danis Special work assignments usually offer special experiences. Like the time I cooked and test marketed new hamburger sandwiches – mushroom Swiss and pizza barbecue - as part of a promotion for a fast food chain, or when I ran catering triage behind the scenes of a professional golf tournament. These ...
  5 days ago

• December 2nd EldercareABC Blog Carnival

  
  Elder Care ABC — Authority: 130
  Welcome to the December 1, 2009 edition of eldercareabc carnival. Derrick Grant presents Download the Medicare and You 2010 Medicare Handbook posted at ElderGuru.com . Steve presents Elderly Assistance Tips and Tricks posted at Caring for the Elderly . Seen and heard this week: Aging Parents and ...
  5 days ago

• Presto! You’re Connected.

  
  Elder Care ABC — Authority: 130
  by Joy Loverde There are several people in my immediate family (who shall remain nameless) who absolutely refuse to have anything to do with a computer. These people range in age from forty-something to eighty years old. And while I am not one to pass judgment on whether or not they should reconsider their ...
  6 days ago

• Senior Social Networking?

  
  PublishMyself.net — Authority: 135
  Are senior citizens online? The Internet Keeps Brains Active Well if granma and grandpa are not hooked up to the internet, they should be! UCLA studies have shown that internet use stimulates key brain areas that are associated with complex reasoning and decision making. Surfing the internet can be brain exercise ...
  1 week ago

• Alzheimer’s Home Safety Checklist

  
  Elder Care ABC — Authority: 130
  by Larea Hathaway Currently there are approximately 5.3 million people living in the United States with Alzheimer’s Disease. 87% of these people are living at home with their family. I have often wondered how many of these caregivers have the information they need to provide the best care possible for their ...
  1 week ago

• New Nursing Home Resource

  
  Elder Care ABC — Authority: 130
  Denise Tyler, Ph.D Millions of Americans live in nursing homes and millions more receive short-term care from one after a hospital stay.  But the current healthcare reform debate has largely ignored nursing home care. This is due, in part, to a lack of data about how and why that care is given. As we move ahead ...
  1 week ago

• Holiday Visits Give Opportunities For Senior Care Check-up

  
  Elder Care ABC — Authority: 130
  Do your parents live in another city, state or country from you? Do you only enjoy a lengthy visit with them at the year-end holidays? If this is the case, remember to take a complete assessment of their current care needs while you are visiting. This will allow you to prevent emergency senior care planning later ...
  1 week ago

• Thanksgiving Notes 2009

  
  Dementia Nights — Authority: 116
  A year ago, I agonized over what to say about Thanksgiving. This year its easy. Im thankful we got to where we are. At the beginning of 2009 I had the sense that the year was going to be exactly...
  1 week ago

• Second Visit

  
  Dementia Nights — Authority: 116
  Am just back from the second visit. I suppose itll get routine at some point, at least for a while, but that hasnt happened yet. Once again he looked good - clean, well kept up, alert (within bounds). The scene...
  1 week ago

• November 25th EldercareABC Blog Carnival

  
  Elder Care ABC — Authority: 130
  Welcome to the November 25th EldercareABC Blog Carnival As the holidays approach, last week we asked for participants to submit their caregiving holiday tips & stories. Caregiving holiday tips & stories muse presents Playing Cards With “Grandpa” posted at me-ander . Kaye Swain presents ...
  1 week ago

• Novmeber 25th EldercareABC Blog Carnival

  
  Elder Care ABC — Authority: 130
  Welcome to the 25th EldercareABC Blog Carnival As the holidays approach, last week we asked for participants to submit their caregiving holiday tips & stories. Caregiving holiday tips & stories muse presents Playing Cards With “Grandpa” posted at me-ander . Kaye Swain presents November ...
  1 week ago

• Goodbye New York

  
  Dementia Nights — Authority: 116
  Movers arrived a little after 1, and were done a little after 2. Everything I took out of the apartment fit in one storage unit with a little room to spare. Immediate reactions: I could have taken twice as much,...
  1 week ago

• Eldercare and Quieting the Storm of Anger

  
  Elder Care ABC — Authority: 130
  by Joy Loverde Let’s say your elderly Mom fell on the steps and kept it a secret for three months because she “didn’t want to bother you.” Or conversations with Dad escalate into shouting matches on a regular basis. By now you’re so angry that you’re beginning to suffer from physical symptoms like ...
  1 week ago

• Executive Function and Other Losses

  
  Dementia Nights — Authority: 116
  Remember my inspiration last month? The one about getting him through the move by telling him that he was going to live near me with some people who work for me, and that thered be work for him, too? File...
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• First Visit: Not Bad

  
  Dementia Nights — Authority: 116
  Just got back from the first visit. It went well. On the way there, thoughts, speculations, questions - is it going to be a betrayal? An entombment? The answer to his problems? The answer to mine? Some of the above?...
  2 weeks ago

• Here if you need me

  
  Elder Care ABC — Authority: 130
  by Mary Beth Sammons Always looking for “the meaning” of what life presents, I found a great book I would like to recommend to caregivers: Here If You Need Me: A True Story (Little, Brown and Company, 2007) by Kate Braestrup. The theme that I found most useful for caregivers is the idea of “the ministry ...
  2 weeks ago

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