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June 24th, 2007

The High Cost of Eldercare

ABC News is doing a series on elder care in the United States: Role Reversal: The High Cost of Elder Care.
Predictably, it talks about some incredible costs, but, the statistic that struck me the most:
A recent estimate puts the market value of this “informal care” market at $102.7 billion in 2005. That’s more than […]

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June 18th, 2007

June is Home Safety Month

Safety is a huge concern for everyone, especially for our aging parents and children.
June is Home Safety Month at the Home Safety Council, and, this year’s theme is “Hands on Home Safety”.
The public is challenged to make a home a safer place by assessing for the risks of the five leading causes of home […]

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June 11th, 2007

Newsweek looks at aging, caregivers, and, Alzheimer’s

At the risk of making this entry another episode of, I Read the Internet So You Don’t Have To”, I just wanted to point out that the latest issue of Newsweek features articles about Alzheimer’s, aging, and, care giving.
There are a couple of articles in particular, How to Talk About Aging, and, A Guide for […]

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June 11th, 2007

The unsung caregivers

There’s a great article in the Los Angeles Times, The unsung-and unseen caregivers, about the huge toll that caregiver can exact on people.
It discusses how, that while few people regret their care giving experiences, they often pay dearly in terms of physical and mental health. For example, a staggering 91% of caregivers responding […]

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April 5th, 2007

A River Called Forever

Reader Jenny recommends the book, A River Called Forever, by Terry Moore.
It follows a young man who is thrust into the role of caregiver to his aging parents, who died within six weeks of each other.
According to the official website:
My story chronicles our family’s personal journey through the hardships of aging and the […]

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February 27th, 2007

Bedside Advocates

Bedside Advocates is a group of Boston Area retired physicians with a new mission: provide volunteer advocates to patients and their families to help them navigate the healthcare setting.
They hope to make it a nationwide model of retired nurse, physician assistants, and, other health care providers who will accompany patients along their journey, and, speak […]

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February 22nd, 2007

CNN Money advises the Sandwich Generation

CNN Money has an excellent article, Sandwich Generation: Surviving the midlife tug of war.
Though it has a financial emphasis, it’s full of links to resources in such topics as where to find eldercare help, financial planning, nursing homes, assisted living, and more.
Sometimes I think we forget just how many resources there are out there, and, […]

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February 12th, 2007

NBC News - Trading Places: Caring for Your Parents

Tonight, NBC Nightly News, with Brian Williams, begins a series on caring for aging parents.
You can also read personal stories shared by readers, or, share your own story.
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February 11th, 2007

Time Goes By ElderMovie List

I discovered a great resource in the Time Goes By ElderMovie List. Ronni Bennett, of Time Goes By, is an excellent writer, and, covers “what it’s really like to get older” is compiling a list of movies that are:

Films about being old or growing old
Films with elder characters that are respectfully portrayed and well-acted
Films that […]

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January 31st, 2007

Hiring family as caregivers

This article from the Washington Post’s Career Journal is interesting, it’s about drawing up a contract for a family member to take care of elderly or disabled family members:
These arrangements, which are also called personal-service or personal-care agreements, can help reduce the size of a parent’s estate and thereby improve their chances […]

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