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Does Your Elderly Loved One Keep Questioning Everything? Here is What You Can Do.

One of the things that often happens with people who have dementia is repeated questioning. This is caused by the deterioration that is happening in the brain. If your elderly loved one is experiencing this, it can be tough on them. However, if the disease is more advanced, your loved one might not even know...

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Five Tips to Help Your Senior Cope with Hearing Loss

Whether your elderly family member realizes that she’s losing her hearing or not it can have a significant impact on her ability to interact with people around her. Let People Know She Has Trouble Hearing There may be people who encounter your senior who don’t realize that she has trouble hearing them. She may not...

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The Three Most Common Medicare Scams

Medicare is one of the best programs that the United States has come up with. It ensures that most people over sixty-five can obtain essential health services without going bankrupt. Unfortunately, Medicare is also susceptible to con artists who use stolen or misused information to make a quick buck. To protect your senior–and the Medicare...

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Getting Your Elderly Loved One Back Into Hobbies - Even if They Have Alzheimer’s Disease

Is your elderly loved one trying to find joy and purpose in their life? Many senior citizens start becoming bored with their life. If this is the case for your elderly loved one, you may want to try getting your elderly loved one back into hobbies. Even if your elderly loved one has Alzheimer’s disease,...

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Puzzling Out a Brain Workout

Just like our bodies need to constantly be moving and exercising to stay in shape, the same is true about the brain, which is simply another muscle in the body. As our brains and body get older, they can also begin to fall into disrepair if we don’t get them exercised, so help your elderly...

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Things to Consider When It Comes to Your Elderly Parent

Your elderly parent is now relying on you to help take care of them. They no longer drive and they need help in other areas of their life, as well. It might be a different pace for you to take care of your elderly parent. With this being said, there are some things that you...

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Changes to Make When Caring for an Elderly Loved One with Dementia

Are you caring for your elderly loved one now? If so, do they have a dementia diagnosis? When you first heard they had this diagnosis, it was probably tough. You may have had a range of emotions from denial to acceptance to anger to concern. These feelings are all normal. However, now that you are...

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Understanding Your Senior’s High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure in people over 65 is a serious condition. Fortunately, it can be treated in a number of different ways. Eating smarter and getting more exercise can lower BP into normal range. But many people will also have to take blood pressure medications to get the results they need. High blood pressure, also...

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What is Compound Caregiving?

As a family caregiver, how many people do you care for? Compound caregiving is defined as a situation where you have multiple family members you’re caring for. For some, it could mean caring for a disabled adult child and two elderly parents at the same time. Others may be caring for grandparents, parents, and an...

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