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Celebrities are Caregivers, Too Television personality Leeza Gibbons shares her family’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Is It Right to Convince Mom and Dad to Move Close to the Kids? What happens when Mom and Dad live far away from their children, and then one of the elders gets ill or one dies and the other is left alone? Should they move closer to family? The decision is never easy.
Getting Your Siblings to Help With Caregiving One adult child generally becomes the primary caregiver for an ill parent. While this may work well for a time, it can cause resentment and anger against other siblings.
Crime, Abuse and the Elderly Older people are often targets for robbery, purse snatching, pick-pocketing, car theft, or home repair scams and other forms of abuse.
Keeping Seniors Busy How to keep seniors active, physically and mentally.
I am caring for my 81-year-old mother who lives with me. She is very controlling, wants to rule my life, and treats me like I’m still a teenager. Pointing this out to her doesn’t seem to do any good. What can I do? You need the "Jacqueline Marcell emotional shield." Put it on every day, and then don't let anything she says bother you; all negativity has to bounce right off.
I live 3,000 miles away from my father and he needs live-in help, but I’m worried about elder abuse since I can’t be there to monitor the caregivers. What can I do to protect my father and feel more comfortable with hiring caregivers? I would hire a geriatric care manager who lives very close to your father, and can be your onging eyes and ears in your absence.
Is there an ideal time off (respite) for caregivers that I can show my sisters to help my case for getting time off? I have never seen an official “Required Respite Time” statistic because of course there are so many factors and it’s very individual, but I would boil the need for respite down to this: As often as needed!
HandiRecords is a checkbook-sized medical information organizer that fits easily in purse or pocket.
This Internet-based support system enables you to care from afar.
by Nell Casey
Casey, a mental health journalist and editor (Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression) has collected a remarkable array of mostly original essays by talented writers on being cared for themselves and caring for parents, children and spouses with illnesses as varied as depression and brain injuries. The writers have faced age-old dilemmas: for instance, novelist Julia Glass grapples with her own mortality and tries to raise two young children while undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer.
by D.G. Fulford and Phyllis Greene
Designated Daughter: The Bonus Years with Mom is D .G. Fulford's uplifting story of how, after her father's death, she returned home to become her mother's closest companion. Sharing her experience of the lessons, expectations, and surprises involved with caregiving, D.G. also reveals the wonderful ways to honor four generations of family. D.G.'s 88-year-old mother, Phyllis Greene, adds her own remarkable voice, contributing her point of view at the end of each chapter.
by Joe Roubicek
The author is a Florida detective recognized as an expert investigator of exploitation crimes who presents 11 shocking and factual investigations. He dispels the myths of this misunderstood crime while providing specific and practical prevention advice: How to recognize exploitation, expose exploiters and help them to incriminate themselves. Easy legal steps to take to prevent someone from emptying an elder's bank accounts if they should lose mental capacity.
Dealing with the Daily Challenges of Parkinson's Disease
Needing to vent
Income for caregiver
just need someone to listen
Advice on how to deal with live-in mother
A certain area of the brain slowly degenerates, leading to a lack of dopamine, which can result in Parkinson's disease. Read the doctor's full answer.
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