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Check On Your Parents This Holiday Season
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Retirement Planning Should Include the Possibility of Diminished Capacity
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EmpathiCare Village: New Vision for Patients with Dementia and other Neurocognitive Disorders
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Deducting Mom And Dad: Tax Tips For Caregivers
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Medication Management: Creating a Consistent Medication Process
Taking prescribed medicine seems like a no-brainer. The instructions are right on the packaging and you create a habit of taking it at the same time every day- perhaps with a meal. That certainly is
Introducing SoundPrint: An App That Tells You The Decibel Level of Restaurants
Just last week, my college pals and I reconnected for a reunion over dinner. We picked a restaurant whose menu we knew would please all of our finicky diets. What we didn’t check, however, was the
Simple Solutions for Diminishing Anxiety Levels in Dementia Patients
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Keeping Your New Year Resolutions With The "New Years Shuffle"
Every year I make New Years' Resolutions, and every year I come back to this 2010 article from The Wall Street Journal on how to keep resolutions. It never gets old or out of date, so here you
CHEFS for SENIORS: Let your own personal chef do all the work
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GoGoGrandparent: A Hotline to Uber and Lyft
So many seniors live in areas where there is inadequate public transportation, or they need assistance or special accommodation to get from one place to another. The resulting isolation and
Important Questions To Ask When Selecting A Home Care Agency
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How to Start Helping Aging Parents: What You Must Know
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The all powerful RESPITE Care
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Hurricane Season officially runs from June 1 through November 30- and stretches from the Florida Keys to the top of Maine. Putting together a hurricane plan is tedious but vital,
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