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Caring For Elders with Parkinson’s Disease 14 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
by Martha June Whitman Caring for someone with Parkinson’s disease can be an increasingly difficult task if you are not a professional caregiver. It is a progressive disease that presents new symptoms...
Family Caregiving: How author Joy Loverde Gets through Tough Times 13 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
By Joy Loverde We do many things for our elders in the caregiving years: We rush them to the hospital in the middle of the night; we spend countless hours making telephone calls and cleaning up; we...
Treat Your Parents Well, or Get Sued? 23 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
by Joy Loverde I knew it was simply a matter of time before the tables were turned. Just as adults are required by law to be the guard dogs of dependent children, China is leading the pack with new la...
Is Your Senior Parent Downsizing? Tips To Help Them Through This Emotional Process! 15 Jul 2013 | 06:36 pm
By Kaye Swain Is your senior parent preparing to sell their home and downsize? Perhaps they are moving to a smaller home, apartment, or retirement center? That’s often such a tough time for them emoti...
What Joy Loverde wants you to know about getting your parents to exercise 5 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
by Joy Loverde Mom and her husband, Bill lived in Florida, far away from family for twenty years. Their typical weekly routine went something like this… Upon waking, immediately turn on the television...
Making a Bathroom Safe for the Elderly 18 Jun 2013 | 10:32 pm
Making a Bathroom Safe for the Elderly You probably already know that most accidents that happen in the home take place in the bathroom. In fact, a 2011 study from the Centers for Disease Control and ...
American Airlines Treat Your Elders Well 18 Jun 2013 | 12:05 am
by Joy Loverde I’m angry, VERY angry… at one person in particular at American Airlines. I do not know her name and in retrospect I should have written it down. The best I can do to communicate with ...
Father’s Day: A Gift of Heartfelt Thoughts 11 Jun 2013 | 07:00 pm
Blog by Joy Loverde Call me a daddy’s girl. My father died over fifteen years ago and I still grieve his loss. He was a “character” and someone you never forgot once you met him. He had many friends ...
Toilet Talk For Caregivers 7 Jun 2013 | 08:00 pm
by Kaye Swain Toilet talk. For those of us with children, we did plenty of that when our kids were young, didn’t we? As we’re caring for aging parents, we’re rediscovering that conversation, often a...
Living in the future. 4 Jun 2013 | 07:25 pm
Blog by Joy Loverde I’ve had a heck of a week. I’ve been struggling with the death of people around me. People I love dearly. People I can’t imagine living without. Fact is they did not die. They are ...
