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Signs and Symptoms of Winter Dehydration in the Elderly and 8 Ways to Avoid Them (Popularity:  )
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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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Staying Independent With Assisted Living (Popularity: )
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Many people can’t live alone any longer, but they can maintain a certain degree of independence. Assisted living facilities help to make that possible. Unlike the constant care given at nursing homes, assisted living facilities help only as needed by the individual. These people may be physically able, for the most part, but perhaps they get confused or have other memory issues. Assisted living agencies help as needed with daily ...
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Staying Independent With Assisted Living (Popularity: )
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Many people can't live alone any longer, but they can maintain a certain degree of independence. Assisted living facilities help to make that possible. Unlike the constant care given at nursing homes, assisted living facilities help only as needed by the individual. These people may be physically able, for the most part, but perhaps they get confused or have other memory issues. Assisted living agencies help as needed with daily ...
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Talking About Sensitive Subjects With Older Parents (Popularity: )
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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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The Best Home Care Provider - Who Can You Trust (Popularity: )
As people grow old, their siblings main concern is to provide them with home care assistance in their Golden years. It is better safe than sorry. The bottom line is that you are entrusting your loved one to a complete stranger. Therefore, it would be worth the money spent in checking applicant's background.
1. What Is Home Care?
Home care pertains to services that are not medically related. It helps individuals, mostly ...
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The Very Best Gift You Can Give an Alzheimer’s Patient (Popularity: )
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Christmas, birthday, anniversary – all days that call for a gift of some kind. But when it’s a gift for someone with Alzheimer’s disease, what do you do? I struggled with this problem for years as I sought to come up with the perfect gift for my dad, a victim of this cruel disease.
Over the course of his twelve-year struggle, I observed one gift that never failed to bring a ...
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Top 5 Basic Elder Care Realities (Popularity: )
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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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What To Look For In A Nursing Home (Popularity: )
Enrolling a loved one or a family member in a nursing home is a tough decision to make. You need to be assured that your loved one is safe and well taken cared off in that nursing home. The life of your family- mother, father or any family member, depends on this decision. Usually the situation when a nursing home is needed comes unexpectedly. There is little time to prepare ...
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When Your Parents Need Money From You (Popularity: )
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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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