SENIOR LIVING JOURNAL
Caregiving
Reflections on Memory-Impaired Fathers on Father's Day
Silverado Senior Living President and Chief Executive Officer Loren B. Shook offers these reflections on Alzheimer's disease and Father's Day:
All of us fortunate enough to grow up with l...
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The Impact of Age and Caregiving on Well-Being
Studies published by Healthways Center for Health Research provide new knowledge of the impact of age on well-being, and the effect of caregiving on the well-being of the 52 million Americans provi...
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Planning Ahead Can Help Caregivers
Caring for a loved one can be a rewarding experience, but it can oftentimes be challenging and stressful work. Taking steps to plan ahead can make a significant difference in relieving stress and h...
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Alzheimer's breakthrough discovered by treating it like a brain injury
Use it or lose it. That slogan has people's knees knocking when they face the spectre of growing old and losing their memory to Alzheimer's disease.
That fate potentially awaits 10 millio...
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Tips on Helping Elderly Family Members Eat Well
When we're children, our parents urge us to eat our veggies and drink our milk. But as parents age, roles are often reversed, and it's the adult kids who worry about Mom's and Dad's nutritional nee...
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Future Elderly Population Will Keep Caregivers Busy
Advances in medicine and greater knowledge about health are helping us to live longer. The current U.S. population of approximately 300 million is projected to increase to 350 million by 2025, and ...
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Five Tips for Sandwich Generation Moms Feeling the Squeeze
Mothers in the "sandwich generation," ages 35-54, feel more stress than any other age group as they balance the demanding, delicate acts of caring for growing children and their aging parents, acco...
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Health Care Work Force Unprepared for Aging Baby Boomers
As the first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age 65 in 2011, they will face a health care work force that is too small and woefully unprepared to meet their specific health n...
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Tender Tidings: Electronic Eldercare and Peace of Mind
Susanne just moved her 85-year-old mother into an assisted living facility. Her mother wasn’t happy about it. While the assisted living home looks like a resort, offers terrific services, and spa...
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Caring for your Parents, The Complete Family Guide
With family members now responsible for 80% of caregiving in the United States, nearly every generation is feeling the ripple effects of the aging process. Drawing on AARP's depth of expertise on t...
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Visiting Aging Parents Over the Holidays: Elder Care Expert Encourages Boomers to Move Beyond Denial
With the Easter holiday over, now is the perfect time for Boomers to consider the potentially increasing needs of their aging parents. "Caring for aging parents and becoming their advocate may be o...
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Survey Finds Families Ill-Prepared for Time, Expense, Emotional Toll of Caring for Aging Parents
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The first survey of social workers who provide services to sandwich generation women -- women between the ages of 35 and 54 who are "sandwiched" by the needs of ...
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Celebrate Aging? Professional Aging Coach Helps Adult Children of Aging Parents Discover the Secrets
Celebrate Aging?! That's an oxymoron to most people. Yet, Gail McConnon's approach to aging is that of a celebration. She is a Professional Aging Coach whose company, Celebrate Aging Ltd., helps th...
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Caregiving Journey: Wounded Reporter's Wife Shares Lessons Learned After Becoming an Instant Caregiver
Two years after being thrust into an "instant caregiver role," Lee Woodruff admits she had no blueprint for being a caregiver, relying on trial and error to survive. Her husband, Bob, then co-ancho...
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Respite Breaks Can Help Caretakers and Their Loved Ones Recharge
Theodore Grussing commemorates a remarkable respite break he took from his 24/7 duties as his wife's caregiver in Ten Days in January: A Journey.
This new book explores h...
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American Families Avoid This Talk, says Aging and Caregiver Expert
Talking about the future healthcare of an aging family member is a taboo subject for parents and adult children. Now there is a new book that helps families to plan how Mom and Dad should be cared ...
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Loving the Memory-Impaired
How do you sustain a loving relationship with someone who no longer knows who you are? Memory care experts say the key lies in embracing a new understanding of love itself.
"It's importan...
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How to Help an Ailing Friend or Family Member
(ARA) – When someone you care about is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, offers of assistance can be overwhelming in number and wide-ranging in scope. Each person’s needs are different, bu...
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Caring for a Loved One? Here's Where to Turn for the Help You Need
(ARA) – Some call those born between 1946 and 1964 baby boomers, but now more than ever this generation is referred to as the Sandwich Generation. No matter what you call them, a growing number of ...
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