Choices in Care
The diagnosis of a dementing illness marks a new stage in your life and your family's life. Challenging decisions and important choices arise, along with uncertainty and often confusion, anxiety or fear. Some decisions might need to be made right ... [... more]
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What is Long-Term Care?
Individuals need long-term care when a chronic condition, trauma, or illness limits their ability to carry out basic self-care tasks, called A report prepared by the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging (February, 2000) described long-term care ... [... more]
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La nutrición e hidratación artificiales
Opciones para el final de la vida: los tubos de alimentaci?n y los respiradores (Feeding Tubes and Ventilators) Las familias que cuidan a un paciente crónico posiblemente tengan que enfrentarse a decisiones muy difíciles con respecto al ... [... more]
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Síntomas de la depresión
Las labores del cuidado propiamente dicho no provocan depresión, ni todos los cuidadores experimentarán los sentimientos negativos que se asocian con la depresión. De todos modos, al esforzarse por darle el mejor cuidado posible a un [... more]
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Items to Bring to the Consultation
When a family member has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or another disabling health condition, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the many legal and financial questions that can arise as a result of the diagnosis. Determining how to pay ... [... more]
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First, Care for Yourself
On an airplane, an oxygen mask descends in front of you. What do you do? As we all know, the first rule is to put on your own oxygen mask before you assist anyone else. Only when we first help ourselves can we effectively help others. Caring for ... [... more]
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FCA: Caregiving in an Emergency
At times of emergency, there are so many things to process, one has trouble prioritizing and putting things in perspective. If you are caring for a loved one with dementia, you might find your attention distracted and your emotions conflicted. ... [... more]
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FCA: Caregiving and sibling relationships: challenges ...
Caregiving and sibling relationships: challenges and opportunities Your mother has been diagnosed with dementia and it is clear that she can no longer live alone. You feel that an assisted living facility is the best care option, but your brother ... [... more]
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The Stresses of Caregiving
Caring for an individual with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia can be challenging and, at times, overwhelming. Frustration is a normal and valid emotional response to many of the difficulties of being a caregiver. While some irritation ... [... more]
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Ten Tips for Communicating with a Person with Dementia
Caring for a loved one with dementia poses many challenges for families and caregivers. People with dementia from conditions such as Alzheimer's and related diseases have a progressive We aren't born knowing how to communicate with a person with ... [... more]
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Open Discussions
As you've watched your parents age, perhaps you have struggled with situations such as these: You've traveled to visit your mother for the holidays, and found her refrigerator nearly empty, her checkbook misplaced and her finances in complete ... [... more]
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Symptoms of Depression
Could the sadness, loneliness or anger you feel today be a warning sign of depression? It's possible. It is not unusual for caregivers to develop mild or more serious depression as a result of the constant demands they face in providing ... [... more]
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