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Caregiving
- Coping with Emotional Changes
- Coping with Memory Loss
- Costs and Insurance
- Creating a Daily Routine
- Exercise
- Health and Wellbeing of the Caregiver
- Home Safety Adjustments
- Mental Exercises
- Respite Care
- Talking to Children about Alzheimer's
- Talking to Friends about Alzheimer's
- Telling Someone They Have Alzheimer's
- Transition to Assisted Living
- Transition to Nursing Home
- Work
- Related Conditions
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Senior Living
Every year, millions of Americans address the question of how best to care for their aging parents. Hiring a home healthcare worker or moving a parent into an assisted-living facility is often the safest choice, but it can be a difficult topic to discuss. In this article from the San Diego Union-Tribune, reporter Marsha Kay Seff talks to eldercare experts about the best ways to broach this topic with aging parents.
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