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Archive for the ‘Degenerative Disease’ Category
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
Providing home care for a person with a mental and/or physical disability is always challenging; however, for a person with dementia, especially Alzheimer’s dementia, providing home care is especially difficult because the disability usually worsens over time. As such, the primary caregiver will eventually require a substitute caregiver in order to take care of personal business, to run errands, or simply to take a respite from daily caregiving responsibilities. (more…)
Tags: california, caregiver, caregiving strategies, Home Care
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Sunday, November 28th, 2010
Quite often, individuals suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease require skilled nursing and memory care that is outside the capacity of well-meaning family members and friends. The caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients, who are usually their adult children, are also often taking care of their own children. Such caregivers are part of the “sandwich generation,” a segment of the population that is trying to balance the demands of a full-time job with those of a nuclear family, and then trying to balance these demands with those of an aging parent. (more…)
Tags: Alzheimers's care, assisted living, caregiver, caregiving
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Friday, July 30th, 2010
When considering long term care for a friend or relative, you may be interested to know that there are several options available to you in addition to skilled nursing homes or assisted living facilities. Some options are less costly than others, while others allow for the individual to remain in his or her home. (more…)
Tags: assisted living, long term care, nursing home, residential care, skilled nursing
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
Maintaining a loved one in a nursing home can be quite expensive. In California, the average annual cost of having one person living in a private room in a nursing home (which provides skilled nursing) is over $87,000. Even in an assisted living facility, where residents are expected to be more independent (and are less supervised), the average annual cost is $42,000. (more…)
Tags: assisted living, california, long term care, Long Term Care Insurance, Medi-Cal, Medicaid, Medicare, nursing home, skilled nursing
Posted in aging trends, Care Costs, Degenerative Disease, Long Term Care, Long Term Care Insurance, Medicare, Nursing Homes, Private Care | No Comments »
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Signs of Stroke
Not all strokes are catastrophic and immediately obvious. Many minor strokes hit without seniors or their caretakers immediately noticing. The longer it takes to recognize that a stroke has occurred, the more damage will be done to the brain, making recovery time longer and certain stroke side-effects potentially permanent.
Here are six signs to look for that indicate a stroke has occurred: (more…)
Tags: caregiving, Elder Care, elder care Toronto, Stroke
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Signs of Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis is a devastating, degenerative nerve disease that often leaves MS patients wheelchair bound and unable to live independently. People living with MS often require acute long term care, either from friends and relatives or within a long term care settings.
Multiple sclerosis is not a disease associated with old age; typically, the onset age is between twenty and forty. Since early detection of MS can help people live a relatively normal life, it’s important to be able to recognize the symptoms of MS. Here are the most common early signs of multiple sclerosis: (more…)
Tags: aging trends, Elder Care, long term care, Multiple Sclerosis
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