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National Family Caregiver’s Month & Congratulations Carol Wright
By Shelley on November 01st, 2010

National Family Caregiver’s Month & Congratulations Carol Wright

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release October 29, 2010 Presidential Proclamation–National Family Caregivers Month ——- BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION   Every day, family members, friends, neighbors, and concerned individuals across America provide essential attention and assistance to their loved ones. Many individuals in [...]

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By Shelley on September 21st, 2010

Today is World Alzheimer’s Day – Would You Please Help?

  Today is World Alzheimer’s Day – a day to bring attention to the world about this dreaded disease that still has no cure.  It is estimated that by the year 2030, the number of people with dementia will double and that by 2050, it will TRIPLE.  Dementia costs the world $604 billion a year. [...]

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The Dangers of Eating Alone
By Shelley on September 16th, 2010

The Dangers of Eating Alone

If you have an aging parent who is living alone or who is perhaps caring for another aging loved one, you may worry that their diet is not nutritionally sound, and with good reason. There are many causes of poor nutritional intake:  recipes are difficult to scale down for only 1 or 2 people decreased [...]

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By Shelley on August 06th, 2010

Caregivers Find Humor in Coating Dementia Patients With Ointment??

Yesterday I was perusing the latest news regarding eldercare and caregivers and came across this most disturbing article.  While the article itself was distressing enough, what made me even MORE infuriated were the comments written by  its readers that followed.  I have posted the article immediately below followed by a few of the comments.   Dementia [...]

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By Shelley on June 03rd, 2010

Connecting With Mary….

We have talked about the benefits of puzzles to our aging parents and loved ones before.  Today, I’ve asked Karen Miller to share with you the story of Mary who has benefitted from working with puzzles especially created for aging adults. Silently… I gathered the puzzles together. It’s a wrap up… packed my puzzles… said [...]

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By Shelley on May 10th, 2010

A Life Unraveled – a poem by Barbara Parentini

I stumbled across Barbara Parentini on Twitter (see how great social media is) and found this lovely poem dealing with dementia on her website: Gifts By Grace.  I asked if I could share it with you and she kindly granted permission.                  A Life Unraveled   Today feels like [...]

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By Shelley on April 22nd, 2010

Privacy………….At what cost???

Well, I just returned from court where I needed to appear in order to end the conservatorship that I had obtained for my father.  I was both a guardian and conservator for him and whereas a guardianship automatically ends at death, a conservatorship does not.  There are papers that must be filed with the court; a financial [...]

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By Shelley on March 08th, 2010

Jigsaw Puzzles Benefit the Brain

There has been a lot of talk lately about how brain stimulating exercises can improve and often even stave off dementias that can occur in later years.  I imagine that it is much like what  exercise does for the body.  As we used to say in nursing school, use it or lose it!  Crossward puzzles, card games, internet [...]

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By Shelley on January 12th, 2010

Will Assisted Living Facilities Become the Next Dinosaur?

 This past couple of years, I’ve noticed many new assisted living facilities being built in the area in which I live.  These are gorgeous properties with beautiful amenities throughout that have been placed there by designers hired to make them look like “home”. It wasn’t until I began looking at them as a means of [...]

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Eating Fish – The Benefits Outweigh the Risks
By Shelley on January 04th, 2010

Eating Fish – The Benefits Outweigh the Risks

For many people, the start of a new year brings a resolve to eat more healthy.  One of the ways that we can do this is by choosing to add foods to our diet and that of our loved ones that are healthy in and of themselves.  Some of the best “heart healthy” foods are fatty fish [...]

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