"Free Lunch" Seminars Aimed at Seniors Subject of
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Most of us are aware that seniors are a target for many scams. Seniors (and even older boomers) are often considered naive, and sometimes are. They are too trusting. There are so many changes in technology, so many changes in Medicare and...
Could Aging Problems and Dementia Be Caused By a V
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Okay. I admit it. I’m a sucker for new research that shows vitamin deficiencies cause many diseases. My mom had studied nutrition way back when, and I grew up taking one of the only supplements available during the 50s and early 60s – the...
ABC News Says to Keep Your Day Job While Caregivin
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Keeping your day job while caregiving has many benefits. Money comes to mind, as does Social Security if you ever want to retire, and not having a huge gap in your work history, should you drop out to give 24/7 care to elders and then want or...
Dementia Boot Camp: Part II
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We finally reached the top step. The woman holding my elbow didn’t have much to say. I was hungry for the sound of an unfiltered human voice, but I had to concentrate so hard on climbing the steps, as my sight was distorted by the goggles, that...
Dementia Boot Camp: Part I
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Please wipe this mess off of my face. Please!
Don’t go so fast, I can’t swallow!
I’m not ready for a drink yet.
Is this bite going to be hot or cold? Sweet or bitter? Pureed meat or pudding?
Please wipe my face!
Let me start at the...
Don’t go so fast, I can’t swallow!
I’m not ready for a drink yet.
Is this bite going to be hot or cold? Sweet or bitter? Pureed meat or pudding?
Please wipe my face!
Let me start at the...
Memory Walk: Getting Ready for World Alzheimer's D
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The National Alzheimer's Association is currently in the midst of their Memory Walk season (of which there are more than 600 nationally), which leads up to World Alzheimer's Day, on September 21st.
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Way to Go, Senator Byrd!
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In the Washington Post Reliable Source column, which leads with the blurb "An Elder Statesman's Wisdom of the Aged,” Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts called attention to a speech Senator Robert Byrd gave from the floor of the Senate...
Back Page News: The Financial Burden of Healthcare
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$593.43. I’m standing at the pharmacy counter. If I write a check, I can’t pay my house payment. $593.43. I pull out a credit card, grit my teeth and slide the card through.
I work for a good company, one that was willing to hire me at age...
I work for a good company, one that was willing to hire me at age...
When it Comes to Hygiene, Sometimes it's Better to
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My mother had always been very neat, and cleanliness was important to her. But when she went into a nursing home, she thought she was "too good" to need help with her hygiene. Unlike many of the residents, she could handle it herself. The problem...
Lend an Ear and Validate an Elder's Past
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One of the most tender gifts a caregiver can give an elder is a listening ear. Your attention, as the elder looks back with satisfaction, guilt, grief and awe at the decades she or he has lived, helps the person keep a sense of life’s purpose....
