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Leann Reynolds: Changes to Mental Health Diagnosis Could Impact Caregivers

2012-05-25T15:48:15Z

How mental health professionals diagnose their patients could be changing, therefore affecting patients, families, and caregivers, after 2013.

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Kristin Neff: Why Caregivers Need Self-Compassion

2012-05-23T14:58:51Z

Although the term "compassion fatigue" is well-known, some psychologists are starting to argue that the term should be changed to "empathy fatigue."

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Marguerite Manteau-Rao: How to Best Help Alzheimer's Caregivers? Teach Them Mindfulness

2012-05-21T17:53:40Z

Mindfulness is about slowing down enough to connect with ourselves and our loved one, moment to moment. As we do so, we can de-stress and at the same time give ourselves and our loved one the chance of experiencing greater well-being.

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Marie Marley: How I Got My Beloved, Demented Romanian Soul Mate to Move to a Nursing Home

2012-05-21T13:46:31Z

So there I was with this 92-year old man who desperately needed to be in an Alzheimer's care facility. He adamantly refused to go. He said he'd die first. He always said he'd die first. Always.

Read more: Geriatrics, Alzheimer's, Nursing Home Placement, Caregiver, Dementia, Come Back Early Today, Caregiving, Fifty News

Debra Ollivier: Jai Pausch On Dreaming New Dreams

2012-05-18T10:10:00Z

In her new book, Jai Pausch chronicles the profound challenges that she and her family faced as Randy succumbed to cancer. Pausch speaks for millions in describing how she managed her role of caregiver, how she dealt with extraordinary grief, how she negotiated the emotional terrain of parenting.

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Ilaina Edison: Elder Independence: Establishing Common Ground

2012-05-15T16:45:07Z

Whether you're caring for an aging parent or a neighbor in your apartment building, or helping a home health aide connect with your ill spouse, look to establish common ground to drive forward a successful caregiving relationship.

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Marie Marley: When Alzheimer's Patients Make Perfect Sense: Those Stunning Moments of Total Lucidity

2012-05-14T14:29:59Z

As a person's illness progresses, these episodes tend to occur less often, and so when they do occur, it's all the more striking and precious.

Read more: Geriatrics, Caregiving, Caregiver, Dementia, Alzheimer's, Memory Loss, Moments of Lucidity, Come Back Early Today, Fifty News

Rita Altman, R.N.: Helping Those With Memory Loss Have a Successful Dining Experience

2012-05-14T11:52:04Z

For individuals with memory loss, mealtimes provide social engagement, sensory stimulation and enjoyment, and can add structure and routine to their day. However, mealtimes can also present some challenges for caregivers, especially as their loved ones' memory loss progresses.

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Aging Parents? Check Out These Affordable Alternatives To Assisted Living

2012-05-14T10:08:00Z

Although "aging in place" may be the preferred option for seniors, declining health and physical limitations often preclude this option. But an assist...

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Nannies Seek Recognition For Their Role As 'Shadow Mothers'

2012-05-13T08:38:50Z

No one can do it all, especially working mothers.

Nannies are becoming more essential to the economy and an integral part of nuclear, functioning ...

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Judi Freedman: Mothering My 90-Year-Old Mom

2012-05-13T07:45:00Z

Ugh, it's not easy being a caregiver to an aging parent. However, this weekend we were three wild and crazy girls out milling around and doing a whole lot of chilling (as my son often says when I ask him what he is doing). No worries, no deadlines, just having fun.

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Ann Margaret Carrozza: Spousal Refusal: I Take Thee In Sickness And In Health, Except...

2012-05-12T09:28:00Z

The reality of spousal refusal is very different from the politically motivated sound bites decrying multi-millionaires on Medicaid. If, for example, my husband has a stroke and we apply for Medicaid for him, I may decide to declare spousal refusal in order to protect my nest egg of $300,000.

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Lisa Cerasoli: Finding the Love, Laughs, Tears, Beers and Joy in Caregiving

2012-05-11T21:05:59Z

My grandmother, Nora Jo, moved in with my family when her Alzheimer's disease advanced to the point where it was dangerous for her to live alone. That's when "chaos" of ultra-farcical proportions began.

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Christopher J. Flynn: They Also Serve: Caregivers Of Veterans Keep Our Nation Strong

2012-05-11T15:00:58Z

Caregivers are a forgotten branch of our military. They tend to the mental and physical wounds of those who return from war, helping them get the benefits they deserve and bridging the gap between what doctors and nurses can give and what veterans need.

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Abi Cotler O'Roarty: This Mother's Day, Just Say NO

2012-05-10T18:10:31Z

Saying no this Mother's Day and beyond will make you a better person. It will make you a better mom, a better daughter and it a better set of lungs with which to breathe for the world.

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Leann Reynolds: How to Navigate Medicare/Medicaid With Cancer

2012-05-08T18:11:06Z

When someone is diagnosed with cancer, they are so deluged with information about their health and how to treat the disease so that managing their Medicare or Medicaid coverage gets overlooked.

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More Alzheimer's Patients Living Alone

2012-05-07T16:32:00Z

WASHINGTON — Elaine Vlieger is making some concessions to Alzheimer’s. She’s cut back on her driving, frozen dinners replace once elaborate cook...

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Michael Friedman, L.M.S.W.: 'When We Hear Music, Memories Fill Our Minds': Living With Dementia

2012-05-07T16:29:44Z

A concert by the Unforgettables, a unique singing group, makes it clear that there can be a life worth living for people with dementia and their caregivers, and that music and other forms of art have much to contribute to making it so.

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Marie Marley: How to Break the News When It's Alzheimer's

2012-05-07T13:48:45Z

Informing people that you or a loved one has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's can be painful and exceedingly difficult.

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Marguerite Manteau-Rao: Making Alzheimer's Moms Happy With Just a One-Minute Call a Day

2012-05-04T15:43:45Z

I would like to share one small thing I have discovered with my mother, that's made a huge difference in how I feel about living so far from her.

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Melissa T. Shultz: Walking Through Time In My Mother's Shoes

2012-05-03T13:42:00Z

I'm sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of my mother's closet. She's recovering from cancer surgery and I'm in cleaning mode -- my goal for the afternoon is to organize her shoes. From the very first pair, I become a kind of shoe-ologist, focused on learning as much as I can about who she is and the road she's traveled.

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Jody Gastfriend: Saying Yes to No

2012-05-03T13:20:10Z

As many of my generation of caretaking, overextended, multi-tasking women can attest to, saying yes is easy; saying no can be tough.

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Why More Boomers Are Living Alone

2012-05-03T09:30:00Z

When mom or dad has a harder time getting around their homes, one begins to make plans: “Should she move in with us? Maybe we should look into nursi...

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Marie Marley: How Leeza Gibbons Is Improving Life For Alzheimer's Caregivers

2012-05-02T12:33:00Z

One evening Leeza Gibbons, the celebrated radio and TV personality, was out to dinner with her mother. When they went to her home, which her mother had visited hundreds of times, she said, "This is such a beautiful place. Is there a room for me here?" Her mother had dementia.

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The Unseen Challenges of Taking Care Of Aging Parents Yourself

2012-05-01T11:37:00Z

Walk through any nursing home, and your first thought might be: "I need to take care of Mom myself."

Few people want to turn over a loved one to in...

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