We wanted to share this helpful infographic about medication management for seniors from BrightStar Care, a national full-service home care franchise that provides both medical and non-medical care.
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Tips on Maneuvering the Financial Stresses of Preparing for Retirement While Caring for an Elderly Parent
By Louis Mack Preparing for retirement is something that can be very difficult for many people. With so many financial burdens in our lives, it can be hard to find ways to save that extra money for retirement. Saving for retirement can become even more difficult and complicated if you are also caring for an…
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Hospital Stays and Your Elderly Parent
by Jennifer Kazmaier If you are caring for an aging parent you have likely had an encounter with the hospital. The hospital offers essential healthcare services to diagnose and treat serious illness and injury, however once the presenting problem is dealt with, rehabilitation and recovery happens outside of the hospital, often in your own home.…
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Doctor Visits With Our Senior Parents Are Beneficial to All
by Kaye Swain When our kids are little, trips together to the doctor are quite commonplace. Heading to the doctor's office alone is one of those special growing up moments most will take in their late teens. Time passes, and then many of us experience another bittersweet moment. We are once again involved in accompanying…
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What Joy Loverde Wants You to Know About Going Back to School
If you live and work near Denver and Boulder, Colorado you are one of the lucky ones. Have you heard about Active Minds™? Since 2002, a few educators began reading poetry in a church basement; soon after their agenda included educational courses focusing on contemporary global issues, historical themes, music appreciation, great decisions and foreign…
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What Should I Look for in an Alzheimer’s Care Facility?
By Joshua Fink Families of persons who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia will be somewhat relieved to learn that more and more assisted living for memory care facilities have become available in recent years. For so long, the illness was simply diagnosed as senile dementia in seniors and left to…
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Activities for the Elderly: 5 Tips on Keeping Seniors Active and Healthy
By Steven Watson, Ph.D. The quality of life for many seniors suffers because they don't remain active. While it's true that the elderly do slow down and have limitations to what they can do, it is inaccurate to think that they can't continue to exercise and take part in the world around them. There are…
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Benefits of Reading Aloud to the Elderly
By Nancy Lavender [caption id="attachment_23" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Geriatric Care Manager, carrie Hill, PhD"][/caption] While chatting to members at our Day Centre, I realized that many of the elderly folk could no longer read books. They could still pick up a newspaper or magazine and read bits and pieces, but because of failing eyesight, reading for…
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Alzheimer's: Not Just About Memory But Ability To Plan, Organize And Reason
By Gloria H Schneider Most of us notice subtle signs of change when our parents begin to age. It is expected they begin to move more slowly, have less strength, dexterity and energy. It is also normal to have reduced hearing and vision issues or possible problems with incontinence. Even some memory changes are a…
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Senior Alzheimer's Care Tips
By Roberto Rodriquez Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, affecting about 5.3 million Americans of all ages in the year 2010. Comprising this number is 5.1 million people aged 65 and above and 200,000 individuals under the age of 65 and who are experiencing the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. This condition,…
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