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Helping Family Caregivers
by Judie Rappaport, author of Eldercare 911 When a friend, family member, or neighbor accepts the responsibility of caring for an elderly relative or friend, many of us automatically look for a way to help and find we don’t know what kind of...
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Grab Bars 101
Most emergency room visits by seniors are the result of falls, and the most dangerous falls occur in the bathroom because of the combination of narrow spaces, slippery floors and hard surfaces. Grab bars can provide a ready crutch and help reduce...
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11 Easy Steps to a Safer Bathroom
Out of the many rooms in a household, the bathroom can present the most danger, especially to seniors. Burns, cuts and falls can all happen here, with falls causing the most concern. And with the number of hard and sharp surfaces in a narrow space,...
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Compassion Fatigue
by Paula Spencer, Caring.com senior editor My mom didn’t know she had compassion fatigue, since nobody named for her this extreme caregiving stress back when she was looking after her mother, who was in her 90s and had Alzheimer’s disease....
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Seniors and Their Diets
As a general rule, a healthy diet for seniors is the samediet that suits most adult eaters. The quantity of intake, however, should be decreased a certain degree because the metabolism of food slows down in older years, and excessive intake of food...
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Mom Insists On Driving
by Steve Brooks, WCHA Ten years ago, our aging, yet fiercely independent, mother wanted to drive beyond what we what we felt comfortable. It was only a mile down the road to her favorite cafe and grocery store, but her eyesight, hearing and onset...
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