Category 'Planning for Eldercare'

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by Rita Ude on May 22, 2012 0 Comments

The June edition of the Caring Right at Home e-newsletter contains information, advice and support for adult caregiving.

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Seniors Question Bargains

by Doug Dickstein on April 23, 2012 0 Comments

The Internet abounds with lists of deals to avoid, simply because they aren’t ‘deals’. We senior citizens know what that means. Someone or some ad suggests you will be getting a good deal or the deal of a lifetime. Retailers provide only the information they think they need to get your attention, and get you so overwhelmed with the goodness of the deal that you forget to ask the right questions. Kinda like politicians these days.

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What Is Palliative Care?

by Rita Ude on March 20, 2012 0 Comments

Many people associate palliative care with end-of-life hospice care, but palliative care is offered at any stage of disease and can supplement curative treatment.

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U.S. Faces the Growing Challenges of an Aging Population

by Rita Ude on February 14, 2012 5 Comments

During the next 30 years, the number of Americans over the age of 65 and the proportion of those individuals over 85 are expected to double, impacting the economy, employment, healthcare and social services.

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Sandwich Generation Survival Tips

by Rita Ude on February 07, 2012 0 Comments

Are you a member of the sandwich generation? If you are raising children while caring for your elderly parents, you definitely are. Read the suggestions on how to protect yourself and your family.

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Seniors Offer Wise Ways to Achieve Best Lives

by Doug Dickstein on January 26, 2012 0 Comments

Everyone has their own yardstick for evaluating their lives. Inches and feet are replaced with life goals and achievements. Whatever your yardstick looks like, the odds are that you will use it during the year-end holidays. Good luck on your annual check-up.

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Discover Your Purpose in Retirement

by Doug Dickstein on January 18, 2012 0 Comments

Many in my hard-working generation are looking forward to the day they retire. The expectation is that many of us will just go with the flow, relax and do the things that we always wanted to do. However, it doesn't take long before one day resembles the next and you are developing habits that don't serve you well. Sometimes these bad habits are so subtle that the damage they cause happens before you even know it. Eventually you realize that because you have always been part of a high achieving generation, you will need much more purpose in life than you will get in a traditional retirement.

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Caregiving Back-Up Help

by Angela Roeber on January 09, 2012 3 Comments

Arrange qualified in-home care assistance as back-up to the primary caregiver for a Veteran who has Memory Loss. The goal is to be ready to call for a professional in-home caregiver when the circumstances arise.

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The Dilemma of Taking Care of Elderly Parents

by Doug Dickstein on January 03, 2012 0 Comments

t has become the baby boom generation’s latest and, in some ways, most agonizing life crisis: what to do when the parents who once took care of you can no longer take care of themselves. Raise your hand if you’re one of the 60-year-olds reading this who has one or more living 80-year-old parents.

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Caregiver of the Month - Antonietta B.

by Doug Dickstein on January 02, 2012 0 Comments

Antonietta has worked with Right at Home since 2009 and currently works on 2 cases - one in the Van Nuys area and another in West Hollywood.

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