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What to Do Before Your Next Trip with Elderly Parents
Orig Post homehelpershomecare.com | Re-Post Careprodx 5/11/2016Traveling with older adults can be a rich and fulfilling experience for the entire family. Yes, it involves added responsibilities and a few compromises, but the time you spend discovering new things and sharing experiences with your elders is something you — and your children — will cherish for a lifetime.It does, however, require a certain amount of preparation and planning. This time last year, I shared some thoughts on trave
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28th Apr 2024
Home And Elder Care For Those With Mobility Problems
Source: healthinaging.org | Re-Post CareProdx 8/18/2016The changes that occur with aging can lead to problems with a person’s ability to move around, or mobility. Mobility problems may be unsteadiness while walking, difficulty getting in and out of a chair, or falls. Muscle weakness, joint problems, pain, disease, and neurological (brain and nervous system) difficulties-common conditions in older people-can all contribute to mobility problems. Sometimes several mild problems occur at one t
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28th Apr 2024
How to Select the Caster Size for your Rolling Shower Chair
Rolling shower chairs come in a variety of types. One of the most important rolling shower chair decisions is the size and type of casters that come with that particular shower chair. There are several important questions that need to be answered if the right shower chair casters are going to be part of your purchase. The following are some important key factors that should go in to any purchasing decision. 1. Caster Size:
The size of the caster on the rollin
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28th Apr 2024
Sharing Family Caregiving Duties To Optimize Your Parent's Care
Orig Post carepathways.com | Re-Post Careprodx 3/16/2016
Congratulations on your family caregiver position whether it be a volunteer undertaking or maybe a less enthusiastic acceptance. Caring for an elderly parent is a challenging task even for a professional caregiver. With that in mind, focus your efforts on getting the whole family involved so that the bulk of caregiving does not fall entirely on your shoulders.
Some common obstacles you may run into are siblings / relati
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28th Apr 2024
Exercising With Arthritis
Millions of Americans suffer from various forms of arthritis, ranging from annoying joint pain to seriously debilitating forms of the disease, arthritis is an issue for aging Americans.When Charlie Jannings, MD, talks about the value of exercise, you have to take him seriously. After all, the man is a kickboxer. He's also the reigning male athlete of the year at the Big Sky State Games, an Olympic-style event that attracts thousands of Montanans of all ages: He won four gold medals in his age gr
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28th Apr 2024