Elder care alphabet soup for the week of may 4, 2008
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Elder Care Alphabet Soup for the week of May 4, 2008
Everyone in a specialty or professional environment has a particular jargon and terminology that sounds like a foreign language to listeners not familiar with that industry. Financial professions, health care professionals, educators, and legal professionals have industry dialects that confuse even the most enlightened consumers.
Given our focus on elder care and long-term care, every week we provide insight into terms from those industries that can leave people saying “Can you repeat that?”
This week’s alphabet soup is Assisted Living
Assisted Living (A.L./AL)
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Source: CaregivingMinutes™ by Pope Institute - May 9, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: popeinstitute Tags: Caregiver Support Intergenerational Issues Paying for Health Care The Elder Care Industry Uncategorized senior housing Activities of Daily Living ADLs admissions contract Assisted living assisted living terminology Elder Care Alphabe Source Type: blogs
Study shows mixing dementia drugs with incontinence drugs can cause decline
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Why am I not surprised? A study has shown that two classes of drugs often given, in tandem, to people with dementia - a population that also tends to have problems with incontinence - are together causing more rapid functional decline.
Read full post: (Source: Minding Our Elders)
Source: Minding Our Elders - May 9, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Redefining longevity?
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Redefining Longevity?
In April 2008 the world’s oldest person (Edna Parker born in 1893) turned 115. Can you imagine being 115 years old? I am approaching 40 faster than I can believe and I cannot imagine living to be 115 years of age. Today I was talking with a woman who is 92 years of age. She drives her own car, wears one hearing aide due to mild hearing impairment, does not wear glasses, and lives in a supported living environment. I was telling her about another woman who was approaching 103. Even the 92 year old thought that was old!
To live to be over 100 years of age is truly something. To live to be 115 is ...
Source: CaregivingMinutes™ by Pope Institute - May 8, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: popeinstitute Tags: Blogroll Caregiver Support Depression Elder Abuse Elder Care & Caregiver Support Research & Aging The Elder Care Industry Uncategorized aging in place 115 year old woman Edna Parker what one thing would you like to see take p Source Type: blogs
You can’t outlaw the in-law relationship, part ii
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In last week’s posting, I discussed the often thorny situation between a couple and the extended family. So often the subject of comedic movies and stand-up comedy routines, the relationship with in-laws can, in fact, be quite difficult.
But just as I have learned in my 25 years of private practice that there are two [...] (Source: ThirdAge Blog)
Source: ThirdAge Blog - May 8, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Karen Sherman Tags: Uncategorized Love & Relationships Relationship Advice Abandonment Recovery Psychology Mental Health Breakthroughs ThirdAge Voices Life Lessons Stress Source Type: blogs
Caregiver bloggers - this video shows how to publish a book from your blog
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Caregivers who blog might want to publish a book made up from their blog posts. Below is a video showing step by step how to do this. (Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News)
Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News - May 7, 2008 Category: Caregivers Tags: caregiver books alzheimers caregiver books caregivers publishing caregiver blogs caregivers blogs Source Type: blogs
My fats translator: easily calculate your daily needs online
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Dr. Mitchell is co-author of Fat is Not Your Fate, Eat to Stay Young and I’d Kill for a Cookie.
Listen to her weekly Internet Show on AM580 WDBO http://580wdbo.com/healthcenter/
Visit her websites: http://www.susanmitchell.org and http://www.fatisnotyourfate.com
Would you like to know how many calories per day you should eat? Maybe you’re interested in how many total fat [...] (Source: ThirdAge Blog)
Source: ThirdAge Blog - May 7, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Susan Mitchell Tags: Health Men's Health Psychology & Mental Health ThirdAge Voices Aging Elder Care Diet Nutrition Weight Loss Joints and Bone Health Body Wellness Stress Source Type: blogs
Astrological career assessment
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Through one of those seeming synchronicity things, I’m encountering a fair number of people these days who are trying to figure out what they want to be when they grow up. This is one of those common life dilemmas, and it doesn’t matter if you’re 56, or 63 and retired, or much, much younger. The [...] (Source: ThirdAge Blog)
Source: ThirdAge Blog - May 7, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Victoria Bazeley Tags: Work & Career Women at Work ThirdAge Voices Culture Society Life Lessons Astrology Source Type: blogs
Poetry promotes mental agility
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One of the people I most admire, Leah, is a fellow blogger on ouralzheimers.com. Leah has vascular dementia. Through her blog posts, she provides us with a remarkable look into her world. Here, in "Poetry Promotes Mental Agility," Leah writes about one way she keeps her skills sharp:"Since writing about my dementia dilemma, I have given considerable thought to the current process of exercising my mind. Because my communication skills are still good, I decided to go out of my comfort zone and exercise my mind in a new way: I will stretch it as I try my hand at writing poetry. (Note: Poetry h...
Source: Minding Our Elders - May 7, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Will the greatest nation in the world please standup?
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Will the Greatest Nation in the World Please Standup?
I love America. Specifically, I love American ideals and the extent that we Americans are willing to commit our lives, blood, and treasure toward the fulfillment of those ideals for every man, woman and child. Truly, America is great. But… Do you hear what I hear? I hear a chorus… A plea from across the land…it says…”Will the Greatest Nation in the World Please Standup?” “We know you’re out there. We know you hear us. Please stand up. Where are you? What are you waiting for? Try as we might, we can’t wait much longer.”
You’ve stood up for (more...
Source: CaregivingMinutes™ by Pope Institute - May 6, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: popeinstitute Tags: Blogroll Elder Abuse Elder Care & Caregiver Support Intergenerational Issues Paying for Health Care Policy & Politics The Elder Care Industry Uncategorized America civilian equal education older americans month seniors ve Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer's quality of life - ten caregiver's tips
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Ten tips for creating the best quality of life for your loved one who has Alzheimer's are offered below. Not only can these tips help an Alzheimer's sufferer to have a better day, but it will help you, as the caregiver, to enjoy your day too.1. ROUTINE. Establish a regular routine so a daily schedule is followed. If meals, bedtime, and exercising are at regular times confusion and frustration will be decreased.2. PAIN CONTROL. Alzheimer's sufferers may not be able to communicate or verbalize when they are in pain. Chronic arthritis and other sources of pain need to be addressed by treatment from a medical doctor.3. MEALS T...
Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News - May 6, 2008 Category: Caregivers Tags: Alzheimers caregivers Alzheimers Tips American Foundation for Alzheimers Alzheimers Association Source Type: blogs
Insolvable problems
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The greatest and most important problems in life are all in a certain sense insolvable. They can never be solved but only outgrown. – Carl Jung
Most of our problems in life are insolvable. To master our problems we need to resolve to simply transcend our problems and issues and simply let go. It is about [...] (Source: ThirdAge Blog)
Source: ThirdAge Blog - May 5, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Dr. Lynn Tags: Psychology & Mental Health ThirdAge Voices Aging Diet Nutrition Weight Loss Life Lessons Stress Source Type: blogs
New post on pbs documentary — caring for your parents
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I just watched an amazing documentary on the PBS website. It is Caring for Your Parents. My post about it is at 3GenFamily.com. –CK Wilde (Source: 3GenFamily Blog)
Source: 3GenFamily Blog - May 5, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: ckwilde Tags: Dementia aging parents family caregiving Source Type: blogs
A journey of hope after loss
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Fellow writer on AgingCare.com Linda Drake has written some excellent articles on grief and death. This one seems to fit our site: A Journey of Hope After Loss. (Source: Minding Our Elders)
Source: Minding Our Elders - May 5, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Are you poorer than you think?
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Are You Poorer Than You Think?
If you ask your average middle class senior about applying for Medicaid they would probably say something to the effect that they have “plenty” of resources. Wrong! Maybe they have plenty for having no monthly car note and living in a house bought and paid for 20 years ago. Without a car or mortgage payment, most of us would be doing really well. But, I can assure you, unless you are wealthy, you are not as well off as you think. When I say wealthy, I’m talking multi-hundred thousand dollarnaire at least (in liquid assets). Most retired seniors are a hip fracture, stroke, or heart attac...
Source: CaregivingMinutes™ by Pope Institute - May 4, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: popeinstitute Tags: Blogroll Elder Care & Caregiver Support Health Care Advocacy Intergenerational Issues The Elder Care Industry Uncategorized Work & Aging senior housing 21st century applying for Medicaid average cost of a home health aide ave Source Type: blogs
First care home health in georgetown, round rock, austin
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First Care Home Health in Austin & Round Rock educates aging clients on how to take better care of themselves when living with chronic illnesses. It can be a lesser expensive way of caring for the elderly and allowing them to remain independent at home. Medicare requires the education so that the elderly does not slip into ill health and land in the hospital again. So, First Care Home Health finds that education is the best policy for remaining safely at home!They help educate clients having concerns of medical conditions such as Congested Heart Failure, Arthritis, Cancer, Hypertention. Part of the education process in...
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I can talk - can you? isn’t that wonderful?
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Last Saturday I couldn’t talk. I opened my mouth and sometimes the words wouldn’t take form. At other times what came out of my mouth was not what my mind set out to convey. It was a jarring experience, not having [...] (Source: ThirdAge Blog)
Source: ThirdAge Blog - May 4, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Pat Samples Tags: Health ThirdAge Voices Body Wellness Life Lessons Source Type: blogs
Five truths no one else will ever tell you about nursing homes
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Five Truths No One Else Will Ever Tell You About Nursing Homes
1) First you have to realize that most people in the health care industry are not going to give you the unvarnished truth about nursing homes. And to be frank, “you can’t handle the truth.” The truth about nursing homes is so startling that were it spoke aloud, your head would explode, the sky would rend, and all manner of natural disasters would commence. So know that even when you hear the worst of the stories about nursing homes there is still a layer of sugar. The whole truth is far too difficult to swallow. Even the people who work in that indus...
Source: CaregivingMinutes™ by Pope Institute - May 3, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: popeinstitute Tags: Caregiver Support Depression Elder Abuse Elder Care & Caregiver Support Health Care Advocacy Intergenerational Issues Policy & Politics Spirituality & Aging The Elder Care Industry senior housing caregivers clinical instr Source Type: blogs
Five truths no one will ever tell you about nursing homes
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Five Truths No One Else Will Ever Tell You About Nursing Homes
1) First you have to realize that most people in the health care industry are not going to give you the unvarnished truth about nursing homes. And to be frank, “you can’t handle the truth.” The truth about nursing homes is so startling that were it spoke aloud, your head would explode, the sky would rend, and all manner of natural disasters would commence. So know that even when you hear the worst of the stories about nursing homes there is still a layer of sugar. The whole truth is far too difficult to swallow. Even the people who work in that indus...
Source: CaregivingMinutes™ by Pope Institute - May 3, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: popeinstitute Tags: Caregiver Support Depression Elder Abuse Elder Care & Caregiver Support Health Care Advocacy Intergenerational Issues Policy & Politics Spirituality & Aging The Elder Care Industry senior housing caregivers clinical instr Source Type: blogs
Adult day care – or day services – can fill a gap for caregivers
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Which sounds better? “Let’s go, Dad. We need to get you dressed for day care.” Or “Hey, Dad – let’s get you ready. The guys at the club are waiting!” If your Alzheimer’s afflicted dad is dragging his feet about going to day services and you need to get to work, which do you think would be more effective? It’s pretty obvious that the more respectful, dignified question would get the best response.
Read full article: (Source: Minding Our Elders)
Source: Minding Our Elders - May 3, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
A two step process for improving the quality of your health care: step 1: get pissed off step 2: don’t take it anymore.
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A Two Step Process for Improving the Quality of Your Health Care: Step 1: Get Pissed Off Step 2: Don’t Take it Anymore.
What I am about to say may be painful to hear but just know; this is going to hurt me more than it is going to hurt you… Are you ready? I have to tell you, “Health Care Sucks Because You Keep Buying It!” That’s right, health care sucks because you keep forking over your insurance card and writing those co-payment checks for service that is subpar and frankly just sucks.
“Wait a minute,” you say, “I’m not a doctor or an insurance company. How is any of this mess my fault?”, “I don...
Source: CaregivingMinutes™ by Pope Institute - May 2, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: popeinstitute Tags: Blogroll Caregiver Support Elder Care & Caregiver Support Intergenerational Issues Policy & Politics Research & Aging The Elder Care Industry Uncategorized campaign promises co-payment consumer doctor appointment drama Source Type: blogs
How reverse mortgage commercials will fund my retirement plan
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How Reverse Mortgage Commercials Will Fund My Retirement Plan
If I had a dime for every time I saw a reverse mortgage commercial, I could fund my own retirement plan. About 4 months ago the reverse mortgage commercials started coming fast and hard. I distinctly remember the morning I was watching television and both my husband and I noticed that almost every other commercial was selling a reverse mortgage. It’s like there is the sacred hour that seniors are watching television and every reverse mortgage lender in the world needs a 60 second spot during that viewing hour. I don’t watch a lot of television but at this p...
Source: CaregivingMinutes™ by Pope Institute - May 2, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: popeinstitute Tags: Uncategorized closing costs commercials defaulting on loan educate borrowers free HECM Home Equity Conversion Mortgage HUD informational booklet lender mortgage counseling mortgage counselor Narratum Verbatim retirement plan Source Type: blogs
10-steps to prepare your home for a hip or knee surgery (replacement)
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How to Prepare Your Home for a Hip or Knee Replacement
Hip and knee surgeries are an increasingly common part of the aging process. Whether you are having an elective surgery due to arthritis and joint degeneration or your surgery is required due to trauma or a fall, the surgery requires temporary adjustments to your lifestyle and home environment. The Pope Institute Retirement Life by Design™ – Living Well Toolkit 10-Steps to Preparing Your Life & Home for a Hip or Knee Surgery will help you function better, focus on recovery, and better navigate your home environment with greater ease and safety.
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Source: CaregivingMinutes™ by Pope Institute - May 2, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: popeinstitute Tags: Uncategorized adaptive equipment falls hip replacement joint degeneration knee replacement operation orthopedic surgery prepare home recovery therapy Source Type: blogs
Pops turns 91 and we go golfing
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My father had his 91st birthday on Saturday, and I took him to the driving range as a kind of birthday outing. I was a little anxious about how he would do (he has a bad left knee), but he used to be an avid golfer, and it’s something he had mentioned that he wanted to, so if he was game, I was too.
When I picked him up at The Mill, the senior residence where he lives, Pops had on a new pink T-shirt that his friends there had given him the night before at a small birthday party.
“You’re only as old as you remember you are,” the T-shirt read.
So in that spirit, Pops and I went to a nearby driving range and each got ...
Source: Caregiver Notes - May 2, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: andrewr Tags: Caregiver lifestyle Caregiving support Geriatric Retirement community Uncategorized Alzheimer's disease birthday blog blogger caregiver blog golfing jeff muise parents Source Type: blogs
Barack obama & jeremiah wright: irritable older males and the father wound
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You can’t listen or watch anything these days without being bombarded with Reverend Wright and the effect he is having on the Presidential aspirations of Barack Obama. With so many important issues that should be discussed during this election campaign—global warming, ending the war in Iraq, saving our failing economic [...] (Source: ThirdAge Blog)
Source: ThirdAge Blog - May 2, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Jed Diamond Tags: Men's Health Psychology & Mental Health ThirdAge Voices Culture Society Aging Life Lessons Source Type: blogs
Humor is good medicine for caregivers - the caregivers beacon has added "andertoons" cartoons
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The Caregivers Beacon has added humor to the website/blog in the form of several "cartoons of the day" from the well known "Andertoons" found in many of the most popular magazines. Caregivers can find some "comic relief" by visiting Andertoons.com. There you can browse cartoons according to topics - kids, healthcare, family, pets and so on. There is also a widget so you can download a "cartoon of the day" to put on your own blog or website.Humor is one of the healthiest ways to reduce tension and relax. Thus, the "doc" at the Caregivers Beacon blog is prescribing "one or more Andertoons per day for relaxation." Enjoy. (Sou...
Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News - May 2, 2008 Category: Caregivers Tags: cartoons caregiver stress relief Andertoons humor Source Type: blogs
You can’t outlaw the in-law relationship, part i
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As a relationship expert, I think that I would say that the biggest challenge when you get together as a couple is trying to bridge the differences between the two of you. As I’ve stated previously, the two of you can be the same race, the same religion, and even from the same neighborhood, but [...] (Source: ThirdAge Blog)
Source: ThirdAge Blog - May 1, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Karen Sherman Tags: Love & Relationships Relationship Advice Abandonment Recovery Psychology Mental Health Breakthroughs ThirdAge Voices Life Lessons Stress Source Type: blogs
Can aluminum exposure cause alzheimer’s?
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I received this email question today: "I am so afraid to use aluminum products because I believe it caused my mother’s and her best friend’s Alzheimer’s. [...] (Source: ThirdAge Blog)
Source: ThirdAge Blog - May 1, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Jacqueline Marcell Tags: Uncategorized Health Men's Health Psychology & Mental Health ThirdAge Voices Culture Society Aging Elder Care Diet Nutrition Body Wellness ThirdAge Carnival Life Lessons Midlife Crisis Source Type: blogs
More stress relief for caregivers - yoga and meditation to clear the tension
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An important part of caregiver's self-care is reducing tension that builds up after a day of caregiving. Caregivers may feel tired, lacking in enthusiasm, and uninterested in their usual activities if the stress of caregiving has been overwhelming. Yoga and meditation have become common ways to reduce stress and tension in our culture. Below is a video featuring one of England's leading yoga teachers, Bridget Woods Kramer, of the Anusara School of Yoga. Her meditation and yoga were filmed on the clifftops of Cornwall, England, above the ocean. She is England's Anusara Yoga representative, and she travels all over Europe gi...
Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News - May 1, 2008 Category: Caregivers Tags: yoga caregivers stress relief caregivers meditation Anusara yoga Bridget Woods Kramer Source Type: blogs
Help with life, death and our spiritual health
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Source: Minding Our Elders - May 1, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Do you calorie count when you dine out?
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Dr. Mitchell is co-author of Fat is Not Your Fate, Eat to Stay Young and I’d Kill for a Cookie.
Listen to her weekly Internet Show on AM580 WDBO http://580wdbo.com/healthcenter/
Visit her websites: http://www.susanmitchell.org and http://www.fatisnotyourfate.com
We’re talking today about calories in disguise. Do you know your calorie intake when you eat out? It may surprise you. [...] (Source: ThirdAge Blog)
Source: ThirdAge Blog - April 30, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Susan Mitchell Tags: Health Men's Health Psychology & Mental Health ThirdAge Voices Culture Society Aging Elder Care Diet Nutrition Weight Loss Joints and Bone Health Body Wellness Stress Midlife Crisis Source Type: blogs
Pluto in cap and your sign
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Pluto spends such a long time in a sign (it will be in Capricorn most of the time between now and 2024) that it’s easy to get the feeling that it’s not doing anything in your personal chart or personal life unless there’s a very noticeable transit going on. In my experience, though, Pluto is [...] (Source: ThirdAge Blog)
Source: ThirdAge Blog - April 30, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Victoria Bazeley Tags: Health Love & Relationships Work Career Psychology Mental Health Money ThirdAge Voices Weight Loss Life Lessons Astrology Source Type: blogs
Stressed caregivers might consider jin shin jyutsu - the art of releasing tensions
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Stressed caregivers interested in adding alternative therapies to their regular medical care might consider Jin Shin Jyutsu, defined as "the art of releasing tensions which are the causes for various symptoms in the body." Historical records show this healing art has been around since before Buddha. It is also described as "an innate part of human's wisdom...simplifying the complexities of existence...truly an Art of Living."This healing art was brought from Japan to the United States in the 1950's by Mary Burmeister, and classes are available in a variety of locations. "Listen only to harmony" and "Energy is enthusiasm in...
Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News - April 29, 2008 Category: Caregivers Tags: holistic medicine caregiver stress Mary Burmeister caregiver self-care Jin Shin Jyutsu alternative medicine Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer's support and a place for mom
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There's a new online Alzheimer's disease support group at www.mdjunction.com/alzheimers-disease (Source: Minding Our Elders)
Source: Minding Our Elders - April 29, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Caregiving impacted by gasoline prices - $4.09/gallon some places
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Today, April 28, 2008, the local gas prices in my area are $4.09, $3.93 and $3.79 per gallon. That's about $20 for 5 gallons of gas, or $40 just for 10 gallons. At Gas Buddy caregivers can search for the lowest gas prices before filling up the tank, but gas prices impact the caregiving life in many ways. Family caregivers seek medical providers close to home for their loved ones in order to save on gas, but sometimes driving a long distance for specialized care is a necessity. For those who live in rural areas, and who are living on a tight budget, paying for gasoline can mean not having money for other basic necessities s...
Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News - April 28, 2008 Category: Caregivers Tags: caregiving and gas prices caregiving and finances Source Type: blogs
Accepting what we can’t change
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Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can – surely will at times – fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk. – Dr. Joyce Brothers
To accept what [...] (Source: ThirdAge Blog)
Source: ThirdAge Blog - April 28, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Dr. Lynn Tags: Health Love & Relationships Psychology Mental Health ThirdAge Voices Aging Diet Nutrition Life Lessons Stress Source Type: blogs
Holistic caregiving - meeting mental, physical, and spiritual needs
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Holistic care, also called comprehensive care, means meeting the physical, emotional, social, economic, and spiritual needs, as defined in Holistic Health Care in Nursing, by Heather K. Sipes, Psychology, Missouri Western State University. Family caregivers and paid caregivers in home care are often meeting a variety of holistic needs. It is never just one health condition that needs care, but the total person.At caregiversresource.net Michael Jankowski, MSW, of Heartland Home Health and Hospice, provides some guidelines for holistic caregiving. He explains that our body, mind, and spirit are connected. Physical, psycholog...
Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News - April 27, 2008 Category: Caregivers Tags: listening skills holistic health holistic caregiving holistic health care Source Type: blogs
Health central's careconnection.com features variety of experts
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HealthCentral.com provides a huge network of healthcare sites, including CareConnection.com for caregivers support, education, and resources. Some of the experts featured include the following: (1) Suzanne Mintz, award-winning president and co-founder of the National Family Caregivers Association(2) Internationally known author, speaker, songwriter, and expert Cheryl Gartley. Cheryl is co-founder of "Label Me Not" and co-author of the anti-stigma song "I Am More." She is the President and Founder of The Simon Foundation for Continence, and has been featured in magazines such as TIME, and Good Housekeeping.Cheryl writes p...
Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News - April 27, 2008 Category: Caregivers Tags: agencies vs independent caregivers healthcentral Kristi Marie Gott Craig Stoltz Suzanne Mintz Rick Wirtz Dan Taylor Cheryl Gartley careconnection.com Source Type: blogs
For caregivers' stress relief - a ten minute guided relaxation video
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Using special breathing techniques to reduce tension is often part of relaxation therapies and activities such as yoga. This ten minute guided relaxation and deep breathing video with tranquil scenes provides caregivers with one of the ways to take a relaxation break. If your week has been tense this will help you to unwind. Enjoy and best wishes, Kristi (Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News)
Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News - April 27, 2008 Category: Caregivers Tags: guided relaxation caregivers stress relief relaxation therapy caregiver stress reducer Source Type: blogs
Safe lifting portal website re: federal nurse and patient safety legislation addresses lifting injuries
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Too often family caregivers and paid caregivers may not realize the risks of injury from lifting loved ones or patients. Back, shoulder and knee injuries, arthritis, and other musculoskeletal problems can occur from lifting patients or family members. A look at healthcare professionals such as nurses shows they are at high risk for injuries from lifting patients. For example, at SafeLiftingPortal.com the statistics show "direct care nurses rank 10th among all occupations for musculoskeletal disorders, sustaining injuries at a higher rate than laborers, movers or truck drivers." SafeLiftingPortal.com provides the news that ...
Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News - April 27, 2008 Category: Caregivers Tags: safeliftingportal.com safe lifting caregivers lifting injuries Source Type: blogs
Can antioxidants reverse or prevent alzheimer’s disease?
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In my previous blog, I wrote about an encouraging study of a drug called Dimebon. This drug, if approved, may help people with Alzheimer's keep their independence longer.Now, according to new findings published in a recent issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we have another reason to celebrate. The release, found on medicalnewstoday.com and titled "Antioxidant Therapy Shows Early Promise Against Alzheimer's Disease - Improved Blood Flow Boosted Cognition And Behavior In Mice With AD-Like Illness," gives hope that there are ways of "shutting off" the damaging effects of free radicals that could eve...
Source: Minding Our Elders - April 27, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Dimebon, a new alzheimer’s drug, shows promise
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The American Academy of Neurology 60th Annual Meeting brought news of a new Alzheimer's drug called Dimebon. The drug just made it through a pivotal phase of testing. Although it faces more trials before it will be marketable, the information implies that Dimebon could prove to be an important part of future Alzheimer's treatment. (Source: Minding Our Elders)
Source: Minding Our Elders - April 25, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Dropping the ball on glucose testing
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I guess one of the things I haven’t been particularly good at in my caregiver duties for Pops is making sure he tests his blood glucose regularly. Whenever I ask if he’s testing, he says he tests “once a week or so”, and – because his blood sugar has been under control for so long – I’ve been letting it go at that.
Pops was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a number of years ago, long before 2005 when I became so involved in monitoring his healthcare. Back in the beginning, I know he was pretty diligent about checking his blood glucose daily (as recommended) and, with the help of medication and some diet changes...
Source: Caregiver Notes - April 24, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: andrewr Tags: Caregiver lifestyle caregiving support Alzheimer's disease blog blogger caregiver blog diabetes diabetes type II glucose testing jeff muise parents Source Type: blogs
Save the males: why husbands matter
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Come visit me at www.MenAlive.com.
As those of you who have followed my work are aware, depression runs in my family. My father tried to commit suicide when I was five. Though he didn’t die, he was hospitalized for many years and our lives were never the same. I’m sure my experiences have something to [...] (Source: ThirdAge Blog)
Source: ThirdAge Blog - April 24, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Jed Diamond Tags: Love & Relationships Men's Health Relationship Advice Psychology Mental Health ThirdAge Voices Life Lessons Source Type: blogs
The flipside perspective of a relationship
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Today I’d like to discuss a different kind of relationship — yet one that is very important and one that no doubt creates both some of the greatest joys as well as the depths of frustration and bewilderment. It is the relationship you have with your children.
So often, I’ve made reference to how, as adults, [...] (Source: ThirdAge Blog)
Source: ThirdAge Blog - April 24, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Karen Sherman Tags: Uncategorized Love & Relationships Relationship Advice Abandonment Recovery Psychology Mental Health Breakthroughs ThirdAge Voices Life Lessons Stress Source Type: blogs
Negotiating healthcare costs - an mri quoted at $2,000 was only $600 paid in cash, then reimbursed by insurance
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An MRI that was quoted by a doctor's office and local healthcare sources at $2,000 only cost a patient who paid cash $600. This smaller amount was then reimbursed by insurance. The $2,000 is the amount that would have been billed to insurance if payment was expected from that source. By offering to pay in cash, then turning the bill over to the insurance company for reimbursement, the cost was only $600.I know, because I was that patient, and the MRI was for my injured knee. The point is that negotiating medical costs by offering to pay cash resulted in a bill of less than 1/3 the amount that would have been billed to insu...
Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News - April 23, 2008 Category: Caregivers Tags: medical bill cash discount medical bill negotiation medical insurance negotiating medical payments medical costs Source Type: blogs
Battle of the buzz
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Dr. Mitchell is co-author of Fat is Not Your Fate, Eat to Stay Young and I’d Kill for a Cookie.
Listen to her weekly Internet Show on AM580 WDBO http://580wdbo.com/healthcenter/
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Have you noticed that people are drinking coffee all day long? It’s not just for that morning pick me up. It [...] (Source: ThirdAge Blog)
Source: ThirdAge Blog - April 23, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Susan Mitchell Tags: Health Men's Health Workplace Trends Psychology & Mental Health ThirdAge Voices Culture Society Aging Elder Care Diet Nutrition Weight Loss Joints and Bone Health Body Wellness Stress Source Type: blogs
Stocks and social trends by sign
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A couple of years ago, I predicted that at around this time and into the future we’d start hearing less about obesity as a global health problem and more about hunger, food shortages and starvation. It seemed kind of unlikely at the time, but here we are with food riots happening in some places and [...] (Source: ThirdAge Blog)
Source: ThirdAge Blog - April 23, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Victoria Bazeley Tags: Money ThirdAge Voices Culture & Society Astrology Source Type: blogs
Counseling for caregivers
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An article by Denise Clark, titled "The Importance of Counseling for Caregivers," shares some good advice that could help guide a stressed caregiver into a counseling situation, where he or she could safely talk about issues that might otherwise be stuffed. Clark begins: (Source: Minding Our Elders)
Source: Minding Our Elders - April 23, 2008 Category: Caregivers Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Physicist steven hawking on living with als, disability, says "one need not lose hope"
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At the website for world famous physicist Steven Hawking, disabled with ALS, author of "A Brief History of Time," "Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays," and more recently "The Universe in a Nutshell," you can read Steven's advice regarding living with disability. On his 21st birthday he was diagnosed with ALS, and told he had an incurable disease. At his website, under "My Experience with ALS" the world famous physicist gives advice for people living with disability.He describes his first reaction, "How could something like that happen to me?" He believed he might not live long enough to finish his Phd. However...
Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News - April 22, 2008 Category: Caregivers Tags: disability advice inspiration for disabled Steven Hawking overcoming disability living with disability ALS surviving disability Source Type: blogs
Medical transportation for central texas seniors
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David Phillips, President of Central Texas EMS & Medical Transport Services located in Georgetown and serves the central Texas areas from Waco to South Austin and all the little cities in between. It's an important medical transport service that is a high priority and needed service by family caregivers, especially when we live at a distance form our aging loved ones. David's company, Central Texas EMS & Medical Transport can help your aging parent physically be moved from the hospital back home or vice versa when they need ambulance type transportation. It is not to be confused with a 911 (true) emergency transpor...
Source: Working Caregiver - April 21, 2008 Category: Caregivers Source Type: blogs
