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- Five Ways to Avoid Financially Supporting Aging Parents
Apr 3, 2008
Many older adults are not financially prepared for unexpected health care expenses during retirement and often look to children or other family...
Category: Elderly Care
- Avoid Foreclosure by Doing a Short Sale
Jan 9, 2008
Short sales are an alternative to home foreclosure. Learn how to avoid foreclosure and get out from under a mortgage that is difficult to pay.
Category: Mortgage
- First Time Home Buyer Mistakes
Jan 3, 2008
Learn how to make buying a home easy with these simple tips.
Category: Buying
- Affordable Housing - What Can You Afford?
Jan 3, 2008
Buying a house, downsizing or selling and moving to a different home are extremely important decisions. Don't make a move until you know what you...
Category: Home and Family
- Baby Boomers Now Caring For Parents Experiencing Similar Issues
Dec 24, 2007
Baby boomers between the ages of 43 and 61 are now beginning to personally experience some of the health issues faced by their parents and they are...
Category: Elderly Care
- Monitoring Your Health: Four Measures to Know
Nov 9, 2007
Many individuals hear the measures for blood pressure and cholesterol from physicians and do not really understand what they mean. This article...
Category: Elderly Care
- Osteoporosis: It's Never Too Late to Start Taking Care of Your Bones
Oct 13, 2007
Osteoporosis effects both men and women. After age thirty we lose bone mass each year. Bone fractures cause signficant issues for aging adults.
Category: Diseases and Conditions
- Over Fifty? Fall Is Time For Routine Vaccines
Oct 13, 2007
Adults over age fifty should consider receiving the annual flu vaccine and vaccines for pneumonia and shingles if not previously received. Keeping...
Category: Health
- Older Adult Substance Abuse: Your Spouse, Your Parent, Yourself
Aug 17, 2007
Substance abuse occures among 17% of the age 60 and older group. This number is expected to double by 2020 as the baby boom generation ages.
Category: Elderly Care
- Role Reversal - When Parents Resist
Aug 17, 2007
Roles change as parents age. Children often see role reversal in that they become the parent and their parents revert to childlike behaviors. This...
Category: Elderly Care
- Palliative Care: Comfort at End of Life
Aug 17, 2007
Palliative care is a new term. It is an approach to healthcare that specializes in the relief of suffering and achieving the best quality of life...
Category: Diseases and Conditions
- Elder Abuse & Neglect: Surprising Findings
Aug 17, 2007
Elder abuse is becoming more common. Two types, self abuse and financial exploitation, are prevalent and the participants may surprise you.
Category: Diseases and Conditions
- Diabetes: Four Hidden Complications
Aug 17, 2007
For individuals with diabetes, self care is extremely important to avoid future health complications.
Category: Diabetes
- On-Line Support Groups for Caregivers and Older Adults
Aug 17, 2007
Many individuals lack support through the aging years, whether they are children of aging parents or the aging parents themselves. On-line support...
Category: Elderly Care
- Top 10 Reasons Older Adults Leave Home for Institutionalized Care - Don't Be One of Them
Aug 17, 2007
Not taking medications properly and poor nutrition are only two reasons why older adults leave home for instutionalized care either voluntarily or...
Category: Elderly Care
- Parenting: Thought You Were Finished
Aug 17, 2007
Baby boomers while raising their children are finding that they are also caring for their parents.
Category: Elderly Care
- Planning For Aging Parents
Aug 17, 2007
The costs of care for parents, especially if they have not planned ahead, can be expensive and often the children bear financial responsiblity.
Category: Elderly Care
- You Can Return Home -- The Ruby Slippers
Aug 17, 2007
Many older adults due to an accident or health issue are placed in nursing homes for rehabilitation and never leave. Not because they can't, but...
Category: Elderly Care
- Caregiving - Families Don't Always Play Fair
Aug 17, 2007
Caregiving can be complicated especially when multiple family members are involved in the care of an older adult.
Category: Elderly Care
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