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Tag Archives: health
Your Aging Parents: Tips for Staying Well (at Home) in a Changing Climate
Note of disclaimer: Coronavirus is an ever-evolving world health situation and I am not a physician. My advice is based on the most current research from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, agingparents, caregivers, caregiving, COVID-19, eldercare, eldersafety, health, safety, sandwichgeneration, seniorcare, wellness
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Caring for Your Aging Parents: How to Decrease Your Feelings of Isolation
One of the most difficult and stressful jobs you’re ever likely to face is one for which you don’t get paid. This work can be so all encompassing as to wreak havoc on your paying employment, as well as on … Continue reading
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Your Aging Parent and Serious Medical Conditions: 6 Life Management Strategies
Aging is challenging all on its own, but it’s that much more complicated when a serious illness is added to the mix. As the adult child and main caregiver of an elderly parent who is facing a serious medical diagnosis … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, agingparents, caregivers, caregiving, chronicillness, disease, eldercare, elderly, health, illness, medication, wellness
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Your Aging Parents: 8 Simple Brain Exercises to Improve Memory or Slow Down Its Loss
We all know that physical exercise is important to our bodies’ wellbeing, but did you know that cognitive stimulation is equally important to the health of our brains? Experts say that the brain can be strengthened through targeted exercise, just … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, agingparents, brainboosters, cognition, eldercare, elderly, exercise, health, safety, sandwichgeneration, seniorcare, seniors, wellness
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Strange Behavior in Your Aging Parent: It May Not be What You Think
As I have written here in the past, common medical conditions can manifest quite differently in the elderly than they do among the general population. Whereas an ongoing headache and fever after a cold of flu would indicate a likely … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, agingparents, caregivers, caregiving, communication, eldercare, elderly, FaceTime, health, medication, safety
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Are You a Caretaker? Make Your Life Seem Calmer in Less Than 30 Minutes a Day
By now we all understand why the term “sandwich generation” was coined. It’s an apt description of living life as the main caregiver for two generations, one above and one below. This person is sandwiched in-between his or her two … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, agingparents, caregivers, caregiving, eldercare, elderly, health, meditation, safety, sandwichgeneration, self-care, seniorcare, wellness
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Your Aging Parents and Medications: Putting Systems in Place Makes Everyone’s Day go Better
If you are an adult caregiver for your aging parent(s) and you have your own family, job and chores that you need to work around, then you are well aware of the stresses of being a member of today’s sandwich … Continue reading
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How to Help Keep your Aging Parent(s) Nourished
Nourishment. It’s something most of us take for granted, in terms of our ability to get to a grocery store or farmer’s market at leisure, as well as our ability to pay for the food that keeps our bodies … Continue reading
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