by Guest Author | Mar 30, 2018 | Caregiving 101 |
Sometimes you go through life and there are events that you witness, or even experience, that change you in ways you wouldn’t think possible. Sometimes these events leave you with those warm fuzzies that just makes you smile every time you think back to it. Other...
by Kaiser Health News | Sep 20, 2017 | Caregiver News |
Barbara Sadick Abuse often leads to depression and medical problems in older patients — even death within a year of an abusive incident. Yet, those subjected to emotional, physical or financial abuse too often remain silent. Identifying victims and intervening poses...
by William Henry | Jun 15, 2016 | The Caregiver's Toolbox |
Who’s in your elderly loved one’s life, besides you, and why are they there? What do they get from the relationship? If you don’t have ready answers, your elder might be at risk of financial exploitation – if it hasn’t happened already. You’re the caregiver, with lots...
by Kaiser Health News | Dec 20, 2015 | Caregiving 101 |
Elder abuse, which can take the form of sexual or emotional abuse, physical violence and even financial manipulation, affects at least 10 percent of older Americans, according to a review article in the Nov. 12 New England Journal of Medicine. That figure, researchers...
by External Article | Dec 1, 2010 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent |
Few subjects generate as much contention and heartache hereabouts as siblings and the role they play, or don’t play, in caring for aging parents. Which led me to wonder: What about those absent children? What’s the view from their side of the divide? In Ms. Barnes’s...
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