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Awhile back, I reviewed on this site Beth Baker's wonderful book Old Age in a New Age. Baker's book is a great primer on the Pioneer Network and other powerful groups in the nursing home world that have proven repeatedly that the old nursing home model, which was set up like a military barracks (or even a prison) for the sake of perceived efficiency, is a disaster, and hopefully a dying breed.
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Adult children carry with them memoires of holidays past. The sights and smells of the familiar home with Mom and Dad there to present a warm family gathering. So, when we go back to visit, even if we consciously know our parents are aging, we subconsciously expect things to stay the same. This expectation can really throw us when we are presented with reality.
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During this time, we as a family also had many talks about quality of life over quantity of life. I never had a doubt about what my parents wanted done, or not done, as their own lives slowly drifted to an end.
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In "Making Connections," Jimenez focuses on a program developed by Cameron J. Camp, an experimental psychologist. Camp has applied the childhood education principles of Montessori schools to people most consider unable to learn new things. Dr. Camp developed training seminars and materials that are now used by many nursing facilities around the country. His inspiration came when he was working with the elderly at the same time hi
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Dr. Woodson is a geriatrician and a family caregiver. Both roles shine through in this excellent resource. Written with wit, and the wisdom of one who has been there, To Survive Cargiving packs an amazing amount of information in a slim volume.
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It’s important to remember, however, that National Family Caregivers Month isn’t just about honoring those who give care. It’s about reminding you to take better care of yourself.
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People who do this work often feel called to it. It is generally considered a ministry. So, to characterize this work as business, feels simply crass. Ninety percent of our reimbursement, however, comes from Medicare and Medicaid.
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I've written about Richard Taylor's remarkable book, "Alzhiemer's from the Inside Out," many times. I'd like to send those of you interested in knowing more about what it's like to live with Alzheimer's to Richards blog. Here's the beginning of one of his recent postings:
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the experience of attending to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of a dying loved one, and then witnessing the essence of the person leave the body through death, can be a beautiful, life-altering moment
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Dementia, too, affects the brain, and people with dementia are often treated as though they have something that shouldn't be talked about. When I started writing my newspaper column and mentioned my mother's arthritis, it didn't bother any of her friends. When I talked about her dementia, many were shocked and disappointed I'd "do that to her." She didn't ask for either disease and she wasn't to blame for either. What's the difference?
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The list went on and on. Daily baths, attention paid to her mother’s nails, lotions, pulling chin hairs…on and on and on. She got a standing ovation, but my heart ached for her. She was in her early 50s and looked in her late 70s. She was smiling but looked as if life had beat her with a crowbar."
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Humans are social creatures and we all need a certain amount of social interaction. What I find frustrating, when I try to explain my need for solitude to people, is that most people seem to equate solitude with loneliness. They are not the same thing.
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Via Health.com comes this article on getting health treatments paid for. Titled, "Money and Health: Paying for Treatments : 4 Ways to Get Your Medical Expenses Covered," this informative article begins: "The last thing anyone suffering from a long-term health
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“She took my sweater! I saw her. She stole it! That woman took my sweater my mother made for me!”
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While it's well known that the drugs available now for people with Alzheimer's disease, namely donepezil (Aricept), rivastigmine (Exelon), galantamine (Razadyne), and memantine (Namenda), don't cure the disease, they do help slow the decline
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