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Caring for Your Parent’s Pet

Senior Care Hollywood FL - If you have been on a senior care journey with your elderly loved one for any length of time you likely already know how valuable a pet can be in their later years. Spending time [...]
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Helping Friends and Family Understand Alzheimer’s

Elderly Care Plantation FL - Friends and family can be a tremendous source of support, encouragement, and help when you are on an elderly care journey with a parent with Alzheimer's disease. Read More [...]
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5 Signs Your Loved One May Still Be Grieving

Senior Care in Fort Lauderdale: Grief over the death of a spouse can be very different in each individual. Read More. [...]
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Think It’s Dementia? Think Again—It Could Be One of These Treatable Conditions

Periods of forgetfulness, confusion, disorientation—witnessing these in a senior loved one can trigger an immediate alarm that Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia has taken hold. And although these symptoms are a concern, it’s important to realize that they could [...]

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Tips for Difficult Family Conversations

There’s nothing better than sitting around the kitchen table with those you love the most, reminiscing about the time Aunt Sally dropped the Thanksgiving turkey right onto Grandma’s lap, that incredible family vacation in Hawaii, or the day little Charlie [...]

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Can We Slow Down Aging with a Pill?

Perhaps one of the greatest quests throughout the ages has been in trying to discover that elusive “fountain of youth.” What if, however, the answer lies in a simple, generic medication already widely available, with the potential to extend human [...]

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Senior Loneliness More Deadly Than Obesity

Recent data is both startling and disturbing: seniors who suffer from loneliness and isolation are twice as unhealthy as those who are obese, and have a 14 percent greater risk of dying earlier than those experiencing normal socialization. And with [...]

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Are We Medically Over-Treating Seniors?

Take a peek into the calendars of many older adults, and you’re likely to find them inundated with scheduled doctors’ appointments, therapy sessions, reminders to refill and pick up medications, reminders to schedule MORE doctors’ appointments…you get the picture. Many [...]

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THE FINE LINE BETWEEN LOVING CONCERN AND TAKING CONTROL

A disturbing parallel has developed in our society between parenting young children and parenting our aging parents. Although it goes without saying that adult children worry about the many risks associated with aging—falls and other injuries, dementia, chronic diseases and [...]

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WHEN A HOLIDAY VISIT UNWRAPS MORE THAN GIFTS

The holiday season is full of wonderful surprises: unexpected visits from faraway family and friends, secret gifts tucked into sparkling packages, lights twinkling around every bend. But we may also be greeted by another type of surprise—one of concern when [...]

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5 WAYS TO ALLEVIATE CAREGIVING STRESS

If we could choose one perfect gift to bestow upon family caregivers, it would be a blanket of peace to relieve the stress and replace it with a sense of calm purpose. So, in honor of National Family Caregivers Month, [...]

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THE BEST SLEEPING POSITION TO PROTECT YOUR BRAIN

Nothing feels better than waking up refreshed and invigorated after a sound night’s sleep. And now there’s one more benefit to chalk up to good sleeping—in particular, your sleep position—helping your brain eliminate buildup of harmful chemicals and the plaques [...]

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