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Four Things a Geriatric Care Manager Is
Read moreIt has been over a year since my first posting when I started this blog by talking about why...
December 8, 201100 -
Four Ways a Caregiver’s Nose Can Help
Read moreI have written in past blogs about some of the inevitable decline of physical capabilities associated with aging, and...
October 14, 2011 -
Four Ways to Fight Dementia
Read moreWhat do hearing aids, exercise, support groups and travel have in common? They all are ways that individuals suffering...
October 2, 2011 -
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, 2011 -
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