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Caring for Yourself: Part 1
Caregivers caring for themselves.
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Choosing Care for Loved Ones
Deciding on the care for your loved one can be very difficult, especially if you are considering a nursing home placement. This article focuses on cosiderations and tips for caregivers.
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Home Care for Seborrheic Dermatitis
A common form of eczema, seborrheic dermatitis affects the oily areas of the body, primarily the scalp and face. Several natural treatments can be found in the kitchen.
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Nannies and Au Pairs: Considering In-Home Care
Is a nanny or an au pair the right child care choice for your family? Here's a quick overview and leads to get your search started.
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Passage Into Paradise - A Caregiver's Journey - PART THREE
The third installment of a moving account of caregiving and Alzheimer's Disease.
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Passage Into Paradise - A Caregiver's Journey - PART TWO
The continuing story of one woman's journey through caregiving.
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Personalizing the Care Giving Process
How to ensure a care recipient receives individualized care whether in a home care or nursing home setting.
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Reasons To Favour Nursing Homes
It goes against the grain of Muslim culture to enroll parents into care-facilities. Learn the benefits of nursing homes before deciding on what is best for your parents.
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The Nursing Home Decision
The decision of whether or not to place a loved one in nursing home care can be agonizing. It makes people question core assumptions about the meaning of life.
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The Nursing Home Decision
Helpful information and links on selecting an appropriate nursing home.
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Home Health Care Options
Caring for elderly parents or a loved one at home can get more difficult as illness progresses. Deciding when, whether & where to get help can seem daunting. Start here.
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A Day In The Life Of A Nurse
An introduction to the nursing profession. Part I in a series of aritlces on nursing and nursing care.
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A Day In The Life of A Nurse - Part III: Long-Term Care
What's nursing home nursing like? How is it funded? Who's caring for your parents?
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Care of the Next Generation
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Caring for Yourself: Part 2
Information on respite programs that caregivers can receive. Includes links for examples.
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Choosing an Elder Care Facility
If an aging parent needs more care than the immediate family can give, the right facility can ease concerns about nursing home abuse and neglect by their quality of care.
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Long-Term Care for the Elderly
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Personal Care Worker's' Unionization
In most instances and in most industries, unionization of the workers is a good thing. In the case of PCAs, however, it means loss of freedom for the consumer.
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Take Care of Yourself, Too: Caregiver Stress and Health Behaviors
Findings of a study of health behaviors of Alzheimer's caregivers which reported in <I>Aging and Health</I> in 1999, and from the Alzheimer's Association, seven steps to make sure that you are a healthy caregiver.
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The Elder Care Challenge: Accepting Help
Family caregivers are reluctant to accept help from friends because they don't want to burden them. They are missing out on small acts of kindness that can truly help.
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Unionization of Personal Care Attendants
In most instances and in most industries, unionization of the workers is a good thing. In the case of PCAs, however, it means loss of freedom for the consumer.
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Dementia Care Provision
There has to be comprehensive consideration of all aspects involved in provision of long term care planning and changing care requirements for dementia sufferers
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Intermittent Home Health Care
Home health care in the U.S. consists of two very different components. One is intermittent care. The other is private duty care.
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Best New Memoir
Whether your parents are aging or you are the senior of the family, this autobiography is both a guide and a cautionary tale about moving in with the kids.
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Fun Activities for Elderly Senior Citizens
Frail elderly people need games, exercise, and things to do to help keep minds working and bodies strong. Activities to help senior citizen health.
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Nursing Care for a Sick Rat
A look at how to help a sick pet rat when he's not eating or drinking. Learn methods to care for a sick rat at home until he gets to the veterinarian for an exam.
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What is a Home Health Aide?
Home Health Aides are projected to be one of the top 10 fastest growing positions in the U.S. over the next decade. Exactly what is a home health aide?
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What is Hospice?
Hospice is not a place. It is a group of services family caregivers can utilize when their loved one has a terminal illness and less than six months to live.
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Whole School Art Based Activities
Art Teachers streamline assessment by running an activity that includes all of the students in the school .
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Dental Care For Dogs and Cats
Keeping your dogs teeth or cats teeth clean is important for their health. Home dog or cat dental care can be easy.
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Shoestring Business Start Ups
Business start up ideas for those with little to no cash.
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The Sandwich Generation
For the working woman sandwiched between caring for aging parents while raising her family and juggling a career, work/life balance can be difficult. Here are a few tips.
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You Have The Right To Be Proud
Olympic vs. Special Olympics...Disabled and hearing impaired people want to be recognized as the same as everyone else, just people.
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Paying for Your Health After 65
When normal retirement rolls around, health care choices still need to be made. Getting the best deal for your needs often means sorting through your Medicare choices -- start here in making some wise cost decisions.
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Are Those New Year's Resolutions Still in Shape?
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I Am Only Human
LJCrowe introduces the 2001 topic of Lucid Dreams to her column and muses on lifes little glitches and the importance of cookies.
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Reverse Mortgages-Not for Everyone
A reverse mortgage lets you take the equity from your home without making any more payments. There are lots of products. All with rules. Know what you're signing.
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Baby Boomers Should Focus on Building Muscle Now
Strength training can build muscle mass, helping with the debilitating effects of aging. When we reach 80, muscle size and fiber won't increase.
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Caring For A C-Section Incision
After a Caesarean, recovery will become an important part of your every day routine, and this will include caring for your incision.

Comparing Child Care Options - Part Two
Find out about two more options for child care: in-home nanny/au pairs and relative care.
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Dental Braces for Dogs
Orthodontia for the family may now include the family dog. A dental veterinarian can tell you if braces will keep your dog happy and healthy.
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Dentistry and Biophosphonates
Patients using biophosphonates can acquire bone necrosis during dental surgery . This article will review what's currently known about this phenomenon.
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Plantar Fasciitis
Runners experiencing sharp pain in their heels and arches may have plantar fasciitis. Fortunately, a variety of stretches and home treatments can heal this common injury.
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The Personal Care Aide
Personal care aides provide assistance to the elderly, the sick and the physically or mentally disabled, allowing them to remain in their own homes.
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Tough Times Made for Franchises
No matter what you hear on the news, there are opportunities for business.
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AIDS In SubSaharan Africa - Part 4 The Hope
This article talks about one Austalian organisation that is doing something extraordinary to provide assistance to those infected and affected by Aids in SubSaharan Africa
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Cashing in with a Reverse Mortgage
Retirement savings not enough? Need a financial safety net? Is a reverse mortgage the answer? More and more enquiring senior homeowners want to know.
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Cats and Urinary Blockages
Urethral obstruction is a common problem in male cats. This is an emergency that needs prompt veterinary care. The inability to pass urine is fatal without treatment.
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Childcare Options for Working Moms
Childcare for working mothers can mean nannies, day care, babysitters, or even a school. Only a the mother can decide what is best for her family.
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Chiropractic and Infantile Colic
No sound is more distressing and no behavior more upsetting to a household than an out-of-control screaming newborn. Now thanks to a study from Denmark, chiropractic care for the colicky baby has been proven to help.
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