Sometimes, the most beneficial lessons in life come through experiencing them firsthand; yet the wisdom we are able to discover from those who’ve walked a comparable journey before us is priceless. If you are providing care for someone you care about with dementia and becoming a bit stressed in this uncharted territory, the tips below will help: […]
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The earliest signs might be so subtle that a lot of people wouldn’t even recognize that anything is amiss. Mom is extroverted, pleasant, and conversational while visiting family and friends and while running errands. However those closest to her have begun to pick up on concerns: forgetting about the soup cooking on the stove, leading
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The latest Alzheimer’s data is worrying. The condition has become the 6th leading cause of death, overtaking both breast cancer and prostate cancer combined. And even though deaths from several chronic conditions, including cardiovascular illnesses, are decreasing, those from Alzheimer’s have grown more than 100%. The toll the condition takes on family caregivers is similarly astonishing, with
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In marriage we consent to stick with each other for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health – but what does not come up in our vows to one another is how to handle the increasing needs of senior care as our parents age. Nevertheless with our life span increasing, it is greatly
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Exciting research is zeroing in ever nearer to the eradication of Alzheimer’s disease, this time in the form of two medications already developed and approved by the FDA. This allows for expedited clinical trials and hopefully fast-tracking us closer to a cure. The first, surprisingly, is a drug used to treat HIV. Scientists have found that the genetic
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With more than 325 million people living in the U.S. alone, it’s hard to believe that loneliness would be as prevalent as it is. Yet more than half of all older adults live alone, and over a million of them are estimated to be chronically lonely. In fact, nearly half of seniors researched reported that
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A quick Google search for the term “aging” brings up such topics as “coping with aging,” “what you can do about aging,” and even “the cure to aging.” The negative connotations to aging are, sadly, so engrained in our society that it’s predicted that by the year 2021, we’ll be spending over $300 billion in anti-aging
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We have all heard about helicopter parents, particularly when a son or daughter leaves for college. The fact is, we might be guilty of hovering too closely ourselves. Learning that perfect balance between caring and overstepping our boundaries is not always straightforward. And now, with the increase of family caregivers in the sandwich generation providing
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Remember that feeling as a child as soon as the school bell rang, signifying the end of science and the start of the very best part of the day: recess? There was a tremendous sense of freedom bounding out onto the playground, leaving behind the stress of school work for a brief period of unstructured
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From the second the door swings open and your elderly loved one wraps you in a warm hug, through the merry holiday dinner and every timeless family tradition, opportunities abound for not just quality time together, but additionally to assess how your senior loved one is actually doing and if any warning flags that senior
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