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Aug 2017
Male Caregivers are a Growing Demographic Male caregivers are more in demand than ever before. With the increase in the number of aging Americans needing and seeking assistance at home, AARP reports an increase in the number of male caregivers. This includes familial (sons) caregivers and hired male aides. According to their research: in 2009, ...
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Jun 2017
Dementia Driving and Safety Dementia driving at some point becomes a safety issue. Some characteristics of normal aging include changes in vision, hearing and slower reaction time. Add a Dementia into the mix, most commonly Alzheimer’s Disease or Lewy Body Dementia and the person may have to seriously give up driving or be forced to ...
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May 2017
Becoming Depressed is not an Inevitable part of Aging Being depressed isn’t normal in aging or at any age. If it was, all seniors would be suffering from it and we know that is not the case. That is not to say that many people; including older adults do not deal with it at some ...
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Apr 2017
Each stage of life has its own problem solving challenges from childhood through adulthood and into old age. Some obstacles include health or medical issues, change in status, stubbornness of habits and loss of friends and spouses. Whatever situation you are facing, a positive resolution or outcome is hoped for. However, what has worked before may or may not be ...
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Mar 2017
Alzheimer’s is a Disease of the Brain Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive, degenerative disease which causes a decline over many years in memory, thinking (cognitive) and reasoning or judgement. Dementia is an umbrella term for loss of cognition skills. What used to be called senility is now termed “dementia” and Alzhiemer’s disease is the most ...
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Mar 2017
Reminiscing with Our Great Grandparents Reminiscing together; today more families are composed of five generations who can all sit in the same room. This has not been true in generations past. Genealogy and DNA searches are very popular today as any Google search will show or number of commercials on television. Since vast amounts of ...
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Feb 2017
“Family Dementia Care -Who Knows What, Will Happen?” Family Dementia Care; what do we know? Well, though it is true we don’t have a crystal ball to look into the future, we do know that a progressive, degenerative disease will worsen. We also have an idea of the time frame. Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias tend to ...
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Feb 2017
“I Don’t Need home Care” Home Care is not the first thing to be considered. People often deny the need for help until their situation becomes a crisis. This is unfortunate, as many crisis situations can be prevented with some degree of assistance earlier. Risks of falling are real for anyone over the age of ...
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Jan 2017
Florida in the Winter – Return of the Snowbirds Florida Snowbird Tips: Sherry Picker MSW, The social worker at Paradise Home Health Care, a licensed home care service that helps seniors in the Palm Beach County and Broward County Florida areas, discusses what a “Snowbird” needs to bring with them or prepare for when planning ...
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