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Medications and Medical Devices that Caregivers Should Know About
Caregivers certainly have their hands full. From ensuring those under their care make all their doctors’ appointments, to keeping a safe environment, to organizing and administering prescriptions and...
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As Population Ages, Hospital Nurses Increasingly Finding their NICHE
People over the age of 65 are expected to grow from 13.3% of the US population today to 20.3% by 2030, and those over the age of 85 are projected to increase from 5.7 million in 2011 to 8.9 million...
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Celebrating National Grandparents Day
Next Sunday is National Grandparents Day, which falls every year on the first Sunday after Labor Day in the United States. Established in 1978 by a presidential proclamation, National Grandparents Day...
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Striking a Balance as a Caregiver
Taking care of an aging parent or loved one can be time-consuming, or it can otherwise monopolize your attention. On top of this responsibility, you probably also have a lot going on in other areas of...
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What is Respite Care?
If you’re serving as the primary caregiver for an aging loved one, then you know that the role, while rewarding in many ways, can also prove to be incredibly challenging. Eventually, you’re going to...
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National Family Caregivers Month Highlights Contribution to Care
Family caregiving is, in some ways, the most basic form of caregiving. For much of human history, and for many cultures around the world today, it is the norm. When someone grows old, gets sick, or...
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Hospice and Palliative Care — Understanding the Differences
Medical care can have a number of different aims as it seeks to serve the larger goal of enhancing human health. Perhaps the most obvious of these — the one that may come first to your mind when you...
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Adult Day Care Offers Options for Caregivers and Seniors
While for many people, the concept of elder care conjures up images of a residential facility with round-the-clock staffing, adult day care centers offer a flexible alternative, giving seniors many of...
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When Grandparents Become Caregivers
Grandparents have more or less always played some role in bringing up their grandchildren. Even at what might be called the height of the ‘nuclear’ American family, grandparents as a group were never...
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The Physical and Emotional Impact of Caregiving
Unpaid caregivers play a crucial role in the American health care system, contributing services valued at some $306 billion a year, according to the National Family Caregivers Association & Family...
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