Proactive Care - Staying in Tune With Our Elderly Parents (Popularity:  )
Aging is a natural process. We cannot reverse it or prevent it. It's another stage in our lives. Our retirement years are just another stage in our lives. During our retirement years we undergo physical, mental and emotional changes. As your parents age you may notice these changes. This is the time to get involved in your parents lives. Taking a little bit of time to stay connected with our ...
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Talking About Sensitive Subjects With Older Parents (Popularity: )
Caring for a senior citizen requires talking about sensitive subjects. If you are providing care for a parent or grandparent, you may feel awkward bringing up certain issues. This feeling is understandable. Still, discussing these issues is necessary for ensuring the senior citizen loved one is kept safe and provided the best care.
When initiating a conversation that may make the senior citizen uncomfortable, try a non-threatening approach. Begin by saying, ...
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Dementia and How it is Diagnosed (Popularity: )
Many of us may from time to time, forget our neighbour's name or the items to purchase at the grocery store, and we wonder if this is part of normal aging. Your doctor is the best person to speak with regarding these concerns. There are many conditions that are treatable that may be contributing to periodic memory lapses.
Often when we think of dementia we think of Alzheimer's disease. While Alzheimer's ...
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Signs and Symptoms of Winter Dehydration in the Elderly and 8 Ways to Avoid Them (Popularity: )
Dehydration can kill. It is crucial for anyone to stay properly hydrated but it is even more important for seniors who have other comorbidities as well as dementia like diseases. One of the reasons that the dehydration threat is higher for seniors is because of thinner skin that comes with aging. The thinner skin makes a person more prone to losing fluid. Another issue that makes seniors more open to ...
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Senior Safety - 5 Simple Exercises to Lessen Fall Risk (Popularity: )
There is no exercise program available that will be effective it is not followed. The problem with many programs for seniors is that they are too strenuous, too complicated, or there are just too many exercises to remember to do and, therefore, are not continued. Before starting any exercise program it is best to check with your doctor to be sure it is okay.
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Financially Supporting Adult Children Without Hurting Yourself (Popularity: )
As Washington unfurls its financial-market rescue, more seniors are looking at having to do private bailouts within their own families.
Even before today's economic crisis, many adult children were benefiting from the generosity of their parents who are approaching retirement or already retired. Almost 4 in 10 adults age 60 or older give money to their adult children according to the Pew Research Center.
Fluctuating costs of fuel and food, declines and ...
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Top 5 Basic Elder Care Realities (Popularity: )
I always say that for the best elder care results, talk early and often with your aging loved so you can resolve your elder care issues by choice, not crisis. The earlier you start talking, the easier it is to get plans in place. The better the planning, the easier it will be for them and you in the long term.
Before you begin to have your conversations with your aging ...
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Me and My Aging Parent! (Popularity: )
We are blessed to be living in a time in which advances in medicine and technology have resulted in greater longevity. Yet, living longer also means that a greater number of Americans will be living with serious health conditions.
Many care-giving responsibilities will fall on the shoulders of boomers, who will find themselves in the tricky position of having to make life-altering decisions for their parents.
When the signs of aging become ...
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When Your Parents Need Money From You (Popularity: )
Recently a close friend confided that she and her husband were having financial difficulties. Seven months of unemployment for both of them had wiped them out financially and since they both are in their early 60's, it was devastating. But even though they had depleted all of their savings, she was optimistic that within 6 months they would be back on solid ground.
She thought the worst was over when she ...
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How to Live With Family Members Without Hating Each Other (Popularity: )
Face it, times are tough.
Families are more strapped financially than ever.
Can you afford to stay in your own home?
Are you a boomer or sandwich generationer wondering how to care for/pay for your kids, your parents and save for your own retirement? Are you recently widowed or retired and wondering how you'll make ends meet?
There are many reasons why family living, or family caregiving is a great option-it's easier to take ...
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