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How to care for a parent at the end of life.
2 months, 3 weeks ago

How to care for a parent at the end of life.

Slate  

hosts love helping listeners find the answers they need. On this episode: Courtney Martin and her brother, Chris, open up about how their father’s dementia has led them to upend their own lives in order to become his caregivers. To help Courtney and Chris talk through what comes next, Carvell Wallace welcomes Dr. Allison Applebaum, whose book Stand by Me …

Adult day services provide stimulation for older Americans, and respite for full-time caregivers
7 months ago

Adult day services provide stimulation for older Americans, and respite for full-time caregivers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. When he’s at Third Age, …

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Adult day services provide stimulation for older Americans, and respite for full-time caregivers
7 months ago

Adult day services provide stimulation for older Americans, and respite for full-time caregivers

Associated Press  

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Sally White helps her husband of 46 years get dressed, fed and on the bus for the short ride from their home to Third Age Adult Day Center four mornings a week. When he’s at Third Age, I clean the house and try to get errands done.” For thousands of older Americans like the Whites, Third Age …

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What caregivers really need at their workplace
1 year, 3 months ago

What caregivers really need at their workplace

Live Mint  

A 42-year-old in Mumbai who works at a corporate company is always exhausted. Supporting caregivers Performing these dual roles every day could have serious ramifications on an individual’s physical, emotional health and financial well-being, says professor KV Gopakumar, faculty member, organisational behaviour area at IIM Ahmedabad. The first step for companies must be to provide flexible work arrangements where caregiver …

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Tips to help caregivers deal with patients suffering from retrograde amnesia
1 year, 4 months ago

Tips to help caregivers deal with patients suffering from retrograde amnesia

Hindustan Times  

Retrograde amnesia is a medical condition seen after mainly traumatic brain injury or a major stroke and it causes impaired retrieval of old memories hence, caring for patients with retrograde amnesia can be challenging but with proper strategies and support, the caregivers can provide effective assistance. Tips to help caregivers deal with patients suffering from retrograde amnesia In an interview …

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7 Tips For Caregivers To Ensure A Quality Life For Elderly
2 years ago

7 Tips For Caregivers To Ensure A Quality Life For Elderly

News 18  

We don’t need studies and research papers to prove how important quality of life is for people of any age, especially old-age. Even family members or caregivers can acquire special training in these supportive and palliative care centers and provide support to their aged family members. Dr Amit Jain Consultant & Head – Pain and Palliative Medicine, Dharamshila Rahat Supportive …

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Alzheimer’s Day 2021: 5 Things Caregivers Need to Remember
3 years, 3 months ago

Alzheimer’s Day 2021: 5 Things Caregivers Need to Remember

News 18  

Caring for someone with dementia or Alzheimer’s and providing them with a safe and secure environment is not an easy task. As the disease can’t be cured, those who have Alzheimer’s patients at home should take extra care. Alzheimer’s Day is observed on September 21, here are a few useful tips for those who are taking care of patients suffering …

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Op-Ed: The crime against migrant children that Biden needs to repair
4 years ago

Op-Ed: The crime against migrant children that Biden needs to repair

LA Times  

A group of children, shown in June 2018 on their way to a shelter in New York, are among those separated from their parents by federal immigration officials at the southern border. Even as the country prepares to transition to a new administration that has promised to end family separation practices and to reunify children with their parents, the details …

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