Archive for February 2018
How to Begin the Final Wishes Conversation
Sharing final wishes can bring clarity and comfort to families during hospice and end-of-life situations. Try these tips from the Conversation Project to help get the conversation started.
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Read MoreWhat Starts Alzheimer's, What Stops It
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For the first time in the history of Alzheimer’s, researchers have the chance to provide people with Alzheimer’s hope, instead of well-meaning, but helpless, understanding. Learn what triggers…… Read More
Read MoreWill he be here a year from now?
More at… http://thecaregiverspace.org/will-he-be-here-a-year-from-now/ The question was what my life was a year ago, but what I want to know so badly is what my life will be like a year from now. My husband and I got married without really understanding what that meant. I want to say it was because we were too young to know any […]… Read More
Read More5 Final Years Conversations to Begin Now
Who wants to think about a time without their loved ones? It’s a very sad topic, which makes it easy to avoid. And yet, at an individual level, people do want to talk about their end of life. Get started with these five conversations.
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Read MoreEnd-of-Life Stories from Professional CAREGivers
Professional Home Instead® CAREGiversSM share some of the moving experiences they’ve had caring for individuals at the end of life and ways they were able to bring comfort to both the client and family members during the final days.
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Read MoreTargeting your lower abs and thighs – PhysEd for Caregivers
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Part Two of our abs exercises! Flutters and criss-crosses help work our lower abs, inner thighs and outer thighs. If you’re tired, that’s okay! Rest for 30 seconds and resume…. Read More
Read MoreFuneral or Celebration? How Services Have Changed
Funeral services used to be relatively standard affairs. Casket, officiant, prayers and burial. Nowadays? Gone are the rules, according to Dignity Memorial® representatives.
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Read MoreIs Copper Behind the Alzheimer's Epidemic?
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DIET VIDEO: One of the great remaining medical mysteries is: “What is behind the dramatic rise in Alzheimer’s disease?” See a provocative theory about copper & Alzheimer’s in The Journal of…… Read More
Read MoreThe Page Listens with Caregiver Author, Lisa Hirsch
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The Page Listen’s host Adrienne Gruberg, welcomes friend and caregiver author Lisa Hirsch on the show to talk about her writing process and what it took to tell her own caregiving story…. Read More
Read MoreHow Technology is Improving Patient Care
More at… http://thecaregiverspace.org/how-technology-is-improving-patient-care/ The medical community is embracing technology more than ever. The PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute touts that 2017 has been a year of innovation in the healthcare industry because of newly developed technologies that can change the way we see patient care. Technological Advancements … Read More
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