Assisted Living: Tips on How to Choose a Facility
It is easy to be fooled by fancy drapery or expensive furniture that may decorate a care facility. Even though a facility looks high class doesn't always mean the care provided is first class. The following are just a few simple guidelines to follow when selecting either a nursing home or an assisted living facility:
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Baby Boomers: Will They Be Able to Afford Their Parents?
Do you worry about whether your aging parents have their "affairs in order?" You should. After all, you're the one who will have to pay unnecessary taxes and endure time-consuming court procedures if your parents don't have an effective estate plan.
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Helping Caregivers Get Comfortable Asking For Help
Often times the stress and exhaustion of taking on the care giver role is almost overwhelming and yet most primary care givers have a difficult time asking for help. Here is some information that you may find helpful in your quest to ask for some help in your daily care giving responsibilities.
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Hinged Rail Stair Lifts
You need a stairlift but you have a door at the bottom of your staircase, is there a solution? An explanation of powered hinged stair lifts and their applications.
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Paying For Elder Care Just Got Easier
Paying the high cost of Elder Care can cost a family thousands of dollars a month. Too many families are unaware of how utilizing a loved one's life insurance policy can not only pay for Assisted Living and Nursing Home care, but can maintain the standards of living for the remaining spouse.
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Scaling Down (almost) Painlessly
Moving to a smaller house or apartment in a retirement community almost always involves a certain degree of trauma, both for the elder who's moving and for family members. However, by planning ahead ...
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Senior Living: 5 Ways to Help Reduce the Risk of Falling
Every year we hear stories of seniors falling, ending up in hospitals and never fully recovering. Unfortunately, these falls often result in death. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), falls are the leading cause of injury related deaths for seniors age 65 and older. Every year, approximately 35% to 40% of seniors over 65 years of age fall at least one time.
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Stair Lift Buying Guide
This article is designed to help you decide whether you need a stair lift, and if so, how you can go about choosing one that is right for your needs.
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What Most Long Term Care Professionals Don't Know
Psychologists provide a wide variety of valuable and tested clinical services that can provide a big shot in the arm to conventional nursing home care.
Psychologists can significantly bolster the impact of the nursing home care and treatment plan of patients suffering from chronic illnesses through a variety of advanced interventions providing a powerful mind-body and assessment-based treatment synergy that is invaluable.
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What You Need to Know About Helping Senior Citizens
The baby boomers is the population which haven taken birth after second world war till 1965 when there was a tremendous increase in birth rate due to the social and economic development in the USA.
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10 Tips to Keep a Family Caregiver from Losing Their Mind
Caring full time for a loved one can be a challenging task, and it takes a special person to get the job done right. Patience and compassion are the two top qualities a caregiver must possess in order to be successful. Caring for someone who suffers from Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia can be an uphill battle at times. This requires planning on behalf of the caregiver in order to keep from burning out.
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5 Myths You Should Know Before Choosing Elder Care
Myths associated with selecting quality nursing home care suggest quick and easy ways to identify quality care. In fact, relying on these myths can lead to disastrous results. I have identified a few...
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Arizona Senior Housing: Care Options for Seniors Who Can No Longer Live Alone
The following are a few of the care options available for seniors who can no longer live on their own and require assistance with their Activities of Daily Living (ADL), or require skilled nursing care. Every state is a little different in terms of availability and cost, state regulations, and the specific names used for each care option:
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Assisted Living Facilities – What Are They?
Assisted Living facilities are generally for person's 60 years of age and older. Assisted Living communities exist to bridge the gap between seniors that can live independently and skilled nursing homes.
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Board and Care Homes – What Are They?
Board and Care homes (also known as RCFE's - Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly) are residential private homes that have been licensed by the Department of Social Services to provide services to seniors. Most accept no more than six residents, but offer a cozy, home-like setting for frail seniors. At least one caregiver is on the premises at all times to assist residents.
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Caregiving Across The Miles—Tips for Successful Long Distance Caregiving
Caring for a parent or a loved one is a difficult job. Your duties as a caregiver become increasingly difficult as the miles increase between you and your loved one. The following are a few helpful tips in order to plan ahead in the event your loved one needs your help, as well as ideas on how to become a successful caregiver once your caregiving duties begin.
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Caring for Aging Relatives
Find out what to do when an aging parent begins to deteriorate mentally. This article first appeared in the 2004 Oct Zone Net Newsletter Zone Net is a supplier of Fish Oil and other anti-aging Products.
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Exercise Walking For Seniors: Preventing Foot Problems
Seniors who walk tend to look younger, sleep more soundly
and have fewer visits to the doctor. Walking is considered
one of the best forms of exercise because it's safe, cheap
and easy. Unfortunately, foot problems can prevent seniors
from starting or continuing with a walking program. This
article describes important tips to help seniors avoid foot
problems when walking.
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Feeling Lonely?
I hate Alzheimer's disease, not only has it robbed me of my husband, but it has taken my life too!
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Honey, Where Are The Car Keys?
My mom keeps hiding and losing things like the car keys. Help!
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If Using The Stairs Has Become A Daily Struggle, A Stair lift Could Change Your Life
If the stairs in your home have become a problem for you to manage, a stair lift could be the answer to your prayers!
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Local Businesses Serving Seniors Prove Commitment to Quality Care
Rather than report and warn senior citizens of known unsafe services (products and resources), they take the positive approach of highlighting businesses that are willing to prove that they deliver what is promised.
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Nursing Home Staffing Levels: How Much Is Enough?
During the week of February 17, 2002, headlines screamed the news - more than 92% of US nursing homes fail to have an adequate number of staff to provide quality care for elderly residents. Newspape...
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Prevent or Delay Alzheimer's Disease
Argh! Where are my glasses? I put them down . . . to do what? And when? As the daughter of an Alzheimer's patient, this inability to keep up with everyday items, like my glasses and car keys, drives ...
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Respiratory Help Is Available For Seniors With COPD
As HMOs Continue to Drop Coverage for Seniors - Now Over 500,000 Victims - Those Needing Expensive Respiratory Medication, Support and Homecare Services are the Hardest Hit One Patient Advocate, Geri...
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