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Caregivers Tips to Help You Stay Sane 21 Aug 2013 | 09:21 pm
We have talked often about caring for aging parents and the challenge of assisting a loved one who is chronically ill, disabled or too old to safely care for themselves. Millions of Americans are now ...
Healthy Lifestyle Leads to a Healthy Heart Part 2 20 Aug 2013 | 08:33 pm
We are discussing the fact that if you want to live a long and healthy life, you need to make sure you keep your heart healthy. In Part 1, we shared four areas that are important for you to help you m...
Healthy Lifestyle Leads to a Healthy Heart Part 1 19 Aug 2013 | 08:22 pm
If you want to live a long healthy life, you must make sure you have a healthy heart. Unfortunately we hear about friends or neighbors having a heart attack and wonder if we are next. About 600,000 p...
The Lonesome Side of Caregiving 16 Aug 2013 | 04:01 pm
We have talked about caregiving and care givers many times on this site. Sometimes we touch on the isolation some caregiver’s experience, but we rarely talk about how lonely caregiving can be. Most fa...
Alzheimer’s: The Long Goodbye Takes its Toll on Family Members 13 Aug 2013 | 12:06 pm
Caregivers and family members of the elderly who have been diagnosed with a debilitating disease such as Alzheimer’s or cancer have taken the phrase “the long goodbye” to heart. They have watched thei...
Happy Fifth Birthday Elder Care Cafe 8 Aug 2013 | 08:26 pm
I will never forget August 2008! This very nervous soon-to-be senior citizen started her first website. Because I was such a newbie and definitely technically-handicapped, I had someone else build the...
How to Keep Your Heart Healthy – Part 2 7 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm
In our first post regarding how to keep you heart healthy no matter how old you are we discussed tobacco, alcohol, and diet. Today we are continuing with several more important areas of our life if we...
How to Keep Your Heart Healthy – Part 1 6 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
No matter how old you are, a healthy heart is a key to longevity. Notice I said “a key” because there are other factors as well. But if you want to live a long life you will want to make sure you are ...
Two Areas Diabetics Must Address Every Day 5 Aug 2013 | 02:55 pm
When my father was diagnosed with diabetes many years ago, he and my mother attended several classes on how to handle the disease. Years later I moved in with him and became his primary caregiver. His...
How to Manage Your Health as a Diabetic 2 Aug 2013 | 05:58 pm
One of the biggest challenges for you as a diabetic is how to handle your overall health. Diabetes isn’t contained in one area of the body whereas you only have to worry about that particular place. J...
