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1: Five Ways to Improve Caregiver Communications Within the Family
Steps to help the caregiver get along better with family members....

2: Should You Send Your Elders To A Senior Citizen Home?
Asking your elders to move to a senior citizen home can be a very complicated situation. Most elders dislike the idea as they prefer to stay at their old home....

3: How To Grow Old Gracefully
This article focuses on our "golden years" and how we can get the most from them while still understanding the limitations that come with aging....

4: Ten Caregiver Tips for Care of the Elderly
This article provides caregivers tips for taking care of an elderly loved one....

5: Universal Design: Home Design to Care for the Entire Family, Not Just the Elderly
Families across America are looking for improved methods of caring for their elderly members. One solution that has grown in popularity is building your family's home using a method called Universal Design. The beauty of Universal Design is that it not only improves living conditions for older or disabled family members, but also for everyone else in the home....

6: 10 Places To Find Caregiving Help
Finding caregiving help is not an easy task. It often takes some time to find the right combination of support and services for your loved one. Where to start?...

7: Why You Need Long Term Health Care Insurance
One way to save money for the long term care insurance package is by getting a higher exclusion period. There are exclusion periods of 30, 60 and 90 days....

8: Sensory Loss in Older Adults: Vision; Behavioral Approaches for Caregivers
This article discuss the sensory changes that accompany aging, and the behavioral approaches for professional, paraprofessional, and family caregivers. The purpose of this article is to introduce many of the behavioral health insights, principles, and approaches that should influence our caregiving roles. This article addresses age-related visual changes....

9: Sensory Loss in Older Adults: Hearing; Behavioral Approaches for Caregivers
This article discusses the prominent sensory changes that accompany aging, and behavioral approaches to be made by professional, paraprofessional, and family caregivers. The purpose of this article is to introduce behavioral health insights, principles, and approaches that should influence our caregiving roles. This article addresses age-related changes in hearing....

10: How and When to Find the Right Assisted Living Center for your Aging Loved One
Making the decision to place an aging parent or grandparent in an assisted living center in Prescott Arizona is difficult. With so many stories circulating on the news and rumors of abuse occurring in assisted living centers around the country, anyone would naturally be concerned....