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Aug 2018
Eldercare Nutrition is a Big Part of Being a Caregiver Grocery shopping and meal preparation are as important when caring for a senior retiree as it is for a growing child. We all do better when we are well-nourished. Eldercare nutrition means a heart and brain healthy diet. Heart and brain issues often show up ...
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Jun 2018
Caregiver Types Summed Up Caregiver types are identified by former First Lady, Rosalyn Carter as basically past, present, future and in need of. Research backs this up as it finds that millions of Americans, at some point in our lives will need some in-home services, care, and assistance. Caregiver types are typically a spouse, adult ...
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May 2018
Millennial Caregivers – Be Kind to Your Grandchildren Millennial Caregivers are the next wave of family caregivers to take care of aging Americans. With ten thousand baby Boomers turning 65 daily, the tsunami has begun. The cutoff for Boomers is 1964 so there are many waves to come. Millennial caregivers will be the ones to ...
Compounding Pharmacies Provide Personalized Dosing Compounding Pharmacies are equipped to get the dosages of prescription medications down to the smallest degree. This means you don’t have to cut pills or tablets into smaller doses, since few of us can get each half or quarter cut in uniform sizes. This is especially true if Arthritis has ...
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Jan 2018
Caregiver Burnout – A Real Health Threat Caregiver Burnout is the term for when a caregiver (usually the spouse or other family member) is tooexhausted and unwell to maintain an acceptable level of caregiving. When meeting in Caregiver Support Groups, it is asked “when will you know that you are burnt out?” The answer is ...
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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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Oct 2016
Winter Snowbirds Flock to South Florida Snowbirds increase the population in Florida by about 20 – 30 percent from October through April. As folks flee the cold weather up north and in Canada for the Florida sunshine. It certainly is a key component of our economy. Restaurants, shopping and even doctor offices, hospitals and Rehab ...
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Aug 2016
The Volen Center Hosts an: Fall Prevention Workshop Fall Prevention is very possible. Overview of Physical and Music Therapy Monday, Sept. 19th @ 1:00 – 2:30 Presenters: Sherry Picker, MSW Ed Gray, Licensed OTR/L, PT Sam McDowell, Board Certified Music Therapist “Falls are a leading cause of hospitalizations for aging adults. Learn basic ways to Prevent ...
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Aug 2016
Stressors Harm Your Health; Body, Memory, Emotions and Spirit Stressors and worry weigh upon all of us, especially primary caregivers. Health has to be guarded and supported. Sure there is good stress which gets us motivated, our competitive juices flowing to get the job done but other than that, stress wears on our physical and ...
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