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Caregiving
- Coping with Emotional Changes
- Coping with Memory Loss
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- Creating a Daily Routine
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- Health and Wellbeing of the Caregiver
- Home Safety Adjustments
- Mental Exercises
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- Talking to Children about Alzheimer's
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- Telling Someone They Have Alzheimer's
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Elderly Health Care
Alternative Names
Resources - elder care
Information
The following organizations are good resources for information on aging and elder care:
- Administration on Aging - www.aoa.gov
- National Institute on Aging - www.nia.nih.gov
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From Our Experts
Health Care for the Elderly and Inhaler Misuse
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How to Care for a Parent with Heart Disease
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Outdated Power of Attorney for Health Care? HIPAA...? HIPAA What?
Can you imagine what a nightmare you would endure if say, your widowed father, who had all of his legal documents drawn up years ago, were... Read more »
Elder Care Becoming Part of Medical Curriculum
Finally, some encouraging news from our medical schools. In a story from Boston.com titled When old is new: A wave of change in medical... Read more »
From Our Sources
CareConnection: Choosing a Medicare Drug Coverage Plan
The annual enrollment period for Medicare Part D Drug Coverage for 2007 starts November 15 and ends December 31, 2006. If you’ve already selected... Read more »
Eldercare- Rest and Relaxation for Caregivers: How to Take and...
I get so many emails every day from caregivers who are so stressed out, often saying they’d love to take a break and get away for a little... Read more »
Meet Carol Bradley Bursack, Expert Caregiver
It started with Joe. My elderly neighbor had lost his wife and his only child lived in New Jersey. He was totally deaf. How could I not help? My... Read more »
Elderly should not use NSAIDs long-term: experts
An expert panel of American Geriatrics Society is all but "crossing off" non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) from its list of recommended... Read more »
Some elderly heart failure patients get little help from meds,...
Elderly people suffering from a type of heart disease called diastolic heart failure do not seem to benefit from the commonly prescribed heart... Read more »
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