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Suzanne Mintz

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posted 06/07/2008, comments (2)

Caregiving is Not Age Specific

Family caregiving is most often thought of as an experience that comes with our parents aging, and that of course is true, but caregiving isn't age specific. It can happen at any time. My husband was diagnosed with MS when he was 31. Children are born with Downs Syndrome and teenagers are in car accidents. There is a growing subpopulation... Read more Chevron

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Jonathan Pletzke

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posted 05/30/2008, comments (0)

Medicare: What's Covered and What's Not

Medicare can be confusing. There are a number of pieces to the Medicare puzzle, and understanding how they fit together and where there are gaps is important to knowing where Medicare coverage begins and ends. For the official U.S. Government perspective on Medicare, visit the Medicare Options Compare website. Remember that Medicare is... Read more Chevron

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Dan Taylor

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posted 05/21/2008, comments (2)

If My Mom Were Here Today On This Mother's Day ...

If my mom were here today I wouldn't do too much differently than I ever did on Mother's Day but I would do the things I did more intently and with greater deliberateness and add some things: I would call her earlier instead of on my way home from somewhere as an afterthought. I would not forget that she hates cut flowers and... Read more Chevron

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Suzanne Mintz

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posted 05/09/2008, comments (2)

Healthcare Literacy – A Key to Success

Everyone knows that one of the keys to success is education and that holds true for family caregivers as well. In our case, the terminology is called "health literacy." What exactly do I mean by health literacy? It is generally defined as our capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and the... Read more Chevron

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Cheryle Gartley

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posted 05/09/2008, comments (0)

Living with Quiggles: Freedom in All Forms

Stigma: 1) The recognition of differences based on some distinguishing characteristic or mark; 2) A consequent devaluation of the person Quiggle: A made-up term (by famous sociologist, Erving Goffman) to identify all of the variations and differences of the human body which occur either from birth, daily wear and tear, accident or illness... Read more Chevron

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