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Illinois’ Long Term Care Scorecard
Read moreIllinois long term care has been ranked at about number 24 out of the 50 United States on a...
September 29, 201100 -
Four Tips for Making Long Distance Caregiving Work
Read moreWith a lot of talk these days about children moving back in with parents and intergenerational homes, it is...
September 19, 2011 -
Three Ways to Advocate for Elders
Read moreEveryone who is a caregiver to an elder or other person with special needs has to be an advocate...
September 15, 2011 -
Five Things to Know about Kidney Disease
Read moreIt’s a disease that affects about 26 million Americans. If untreated it will kill these people. And more than...
August 24, 2011 -
Not Just Dementia
Read moreI have written in earlier blog postings about dementia: “preventing” Alzheimer’s Disease, Alzheimer’s from the inside out, maternal genetic...
August 17, 2011 -
Caregiver Training and Certification
Read moreIn my experience as a geriatric care manager, I field a lot of questions from people who are suddenly...
July 25, 2011 -
AARP’s Annual Report on Family Caregiving
Read moreIn many of my postings on family caregivers I have talked about the really hard job of caring for...
July 18, 2011 -
Prescription Drug Risks for Elders-part 3
Read moreIn my past two blog postings I have talked about some recent warnings from the Food and Drug Administration...
July 14, 2011 -
Prescription Drug Risks for Elders-part 2
Read moreIn the first of my present series of postings on recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warnings, I had...
July 9, 2011 -
Prescription Risks for Elders-part 1
Read moreWithin the past two weeks the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a number of warnings that concern...
July 6, 2011