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Ensure Your Elderly Parent’s Home Is Safe
If your elderly parent still lives in their own home – no matter the state of their cognition, no matter whether caregivers are there…
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49 Essential Questions When Choosing a Dementia Care Facility for Your Parent
At some point while caring for our elderly parents, we may decide they need to go into a dementia memory care facility. (See this…
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How Do You Know When Your Elderly Parent Needs Assisted Living or Memory Care?
Does your aging parent still live in their home? Unless they’re really thriving, you’ve likely thought that at some point they’ll need to go…
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The Great Debate: Should Dementia And Alzheimer’s Patients Be Given Medication?
There’s no question you want the best for your elderly parent. You’ll do whatever it takes to keep them as safe and healthy and…
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Ten Tips For Communicating With A Dementia Sufferer
Anyone else had to bite their tongue when their elderly parent asks the same question three times in a minute? Or offers the same…
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Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease: Recognizing The 10 Signs
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder that affects millions of people worldwide, causing memory loss, cognitive decline, and changes in behavior. Early detection…
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Coping with Caregiver Stress
Caring for an aging parent can be a tremendously fulfilling experience, allowing you to cement your connection to mom or dad. It’s also your…
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Making The Car Ride With Mom Or Dad More Fun
In caring for our elderly parents, we spend a lot of time driving them to various appointments. And, depending on that parent’s current state…
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Are Older Parents And Pets A Good Match?
Should elderly people have pets? I was skeptical when my parents decided to get a dog about ten years ago. They were in their…
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