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Welcome to the June 30th EldercareABC Blog Carnival!

Kaye Swain presents Senior, Boomer, and Grand-Kid Fitness Fun in the Garden – Growing Rosemary Plants posted at SandwichINK.com, saying, “Encouraging our senior parents to enjoy fun and physical senior citizen activities such as gardening activities can encourage them emotionally as well they [...]

By Joy Loverde
The modern day reality of long-distance caregiving is being limited in terms of relationships, time, distance, stamina, and skill. Here are a few tips from my book, The Complete Eldercare Planner on how to create a network of support from others who can help share the care and lighten our load:

Some of the Medicare Advantage plans have a really great benefit offering the SilverSneakers Fitness Program.

What is SilverSneakers?

SilverSneakers is a fitness program for Medicare Advantage members offering programs that encourage older adults and seniors to become involved in physical activity and at the same time offers a social activity.

By Frena Gray-Davidson
As a caregiver, I’ve seen that it’s not unusual for an elderly person without dementia to have dementia in a hospital setting. While no one really knows for sure why this is, we could probably all make reasonable guesses.
After all, what is a hospital? It’s not your familiar home. [...]

by Sharon Elrod
Caregiving for elderly parents is an increasingly searched topic on the Internet. Many of us seniors are caring for our elderly parents, some in their own homes, and some in senior living residences such as assisted living and nursing homes. No matter the living accommodations, we have the same [...]

by Bob Kohut
If you have had the experience of dealing with a difficult aging parent, as I have, maybe you have spent time reflecting back on failed attempts in interacting with your mom or dad in an attempt to figure out what you could have done differently.  Hardly a day goes by when I don’t [...]

By Joy Loverde
In the world of eldercare, the process of caring for aging parents and loved ones requires that we learn an entirely new set of sometimes confusing rules and roles. On any given day we’ll grapple with questions like who makes the decisions and who pays for what? We’ll also ride the emotional rollercoaster [...]

Welcome to the June 23, 2010 edition of eldercareabc carnival.
June Tree presents Are You Ready For A Social Security System Overhaul? posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Looking into the social security system in-depth.”

Kaye Swain presents The Sandwich Generation Issues Can Include Monitoring for Dehydration in the Elderly and Young Grandchildren | [...]