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Caregiving

Top 10 Issues Facing Caregivers in Hard Times

Posted October 6, 2009 8:11 AM

NAPLES, Fla. -- AgingCare.com, a website dedicated to adult children caring for their elderly parents, has gathered the top ten issues that affect caregivers. These issues are the most popular topics on the AgingCare.com community forum (www.agingcare.com/Community), where caregivers connect and communicate with one another. 1. Getting paid for caregiving. Oftentimes, adult children have to Read more...

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May 26

Excellent HBO Alzheimer's Special!

by Jacqueline Marcell @ 2:37 pm. Filed under Alzheimer's, caregiver, caregiving, dementia, elder care
If you didn't see it or you don't get HBO, you must see these four excellent programs available online free-of-charge. I recommend "Momentum in Science" first, as it is so encouraging to see the latest research: http://www.hbo.com/events/alzheimers. The other three are helpful with managing loved ones with dementia, however, they missed a great technique when a person doesn't recognize a loved one or themself in a mirror. The trick is simply to ask their age. When they say something like "35" instead of "85", you understand why they don't recognize people how they look now. More…
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Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's Cost Triple That of Other Elderly

Posted March 30, 2009 11:47 AM

CHICAGO -- The health care costs of Alzheimer's disease patients are more than triple those of other older people, and that doesn't even include the billions of hours of unpaid care from family members, a new report suggests. Compared with people aged 65 and older without Alzheimer's, those with the mind-destroying disease are much more often hospitalized and treated in skilled-nursing centers. Read more...

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Caregiving

Guides to the Dementia Journey

Posted August 27, 2007 3:40 PM

Three recent books offer help for families and insights for professionals caring for an elder with dementia. Navigating the Alzheimer's Journey: A Compass for Caregiving by Carol Bowlby Sifton (Health Professions Press, 2004) Although this volume is bulky, it is very readable and chock full of well-organized information for family caregivers and professionals in health and aging. Sifton, Read more...

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