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Laws in Nursing home

A lot of people seem to think nursing homes impose restraints on the residents when they are agitated. In 1987, the new reform act stops the restraints in the federal funded homes. The article below lists out the rules. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Laws Protecting Nursing Home... Read moreChevron

Decision making for moderate/late AD patient in the family

It has been a long time since the whole thing started. When my late mother-in-law passed away in Oct. 2004, my father-in-law had already shown some memory loss. Due to some family factor/father-son relationship factor, my FIL is always in Chicagoland area alone with home care in his house. At first we had to start home care with one or 4 hours a... Read moreChevron

Nobel Prize Winner

Just want to share with all of you about this new Nobel Physics prize winner Charles K. Kao. He is a Chinese, UK and American citizen. He is only 75 and now lives at home with his wife in Calif. If you notice it in the Nobel prize web site, you will find that he is unable to be interviewed after being awarded this great prize this week. Dr. Kao... Read moreChevron

Elderly siblings

There is a true story that happened last year in my father-in-law's neighborhood. This is quite rare and is not supposed to happen. I suppose there are some elderly that has dementia so bad that things got worse and even runs into the legal issue. The siblings lived in the house behind my FIL's house. It is a very upper class neighborhood with... Read moreChevron

Elderly couple living alone

I am aware that this is always the issue: should the elderly couple live alone on their own? When should the kids tell the parents to get a caregiver or find a suitable place to live? When should the kids tell them to get a lifeline so they can press the button for 911? My parents are 84 and 86. For now my Mom still insists on helping my Dad alone... Read moreChevron

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