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• A Checklist of Essential Legal Documents for Aging Parents: What You Need to Know Before It's Too Late
• Things You Need to Know About Your Parent's Finances Before It's Too Late: A Checklist
• The Dementias: Diagnosis, Treatment and Research
• Amazing Tales of Aging
• Activity Directors' Tips for Creating Meaningful Senior Activities
• A Caregiver's Guide to Alzheimer's Disease
• Activities for Alzheimer's and Dementia Patients
• Geriatric Care Manager, Kay Paggi, Makes Headlines in The Dallas Morning News
• Death by Hospital
• How to Choose a Senior Care Facility
• Just When You Thought There Was No One to Help...Part 1 of 2
• Just When You Thought There Was No One to Help...Part 2 of 2
• Guidelines for a More Successful Visit: Visiting Your Elderly Loved One
• Go Ahead, Laugh it Up
• Is Laughter the Best Medicine?
• The Benefits of a Caregiver Support Group
• Talking to Your Elderly Parents: 6 Surefire Ways to Communicate Effectively

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3 Responses to “Just When You Thought There Was No One to Help...Part 1 of 2”

1. Corinna Says:
   

   So many people have little idea what a GCM can go through in a typical day and just how much of it can be being called a "pain in the ass" by the people you are trying to help. It sounds like "Hank" is just like one of my clients who is begrudgingly ok with me being around all the time. Look forward to the next posting, Kay!

2. Kay Paggi Says:
   

   You are a care manager, I can tell--and yes, sometimes I feel like a professional nag!

3. Kaya Says:
   

   I work for a company that’s getting the word out about a contest especially designed for America’s unsung heroes, the 50 million American caregivers who work tirelessly on behalf of their loved ones.

   Caring Today magazine, and Home Instead Senior Care are sponsoring the third annual Caring Today magazine’s “Give a Caregiver a Break” essay contest.

   The contest offers family caregivers the opportunity to write about their experiences, and winners will be awarded with much-needed help. Grand prize for the essay contest is $5,000 worth of free care from Home Instead Senior Care. Two first prize winners will each receive $2,500 worth of care from Home Instead Senior Care, and 12 “Extraordinary Caregivers” will receive $500 each in service. That’s $16,000 worth of relief to the people who really need it.

   To enter the contest, family caregivers are asked to describe their caregiving experiences, including the challenges they’ve faced, how they’ve embraced their role as a caregiver for a senior loved one and inspired others, and how a Home Instead CAREGiverSM could make a difference. Entries, must be 500 words or fewer, and the deadline is July 16, 2008.

   Winning essays will be published in the November/December issue of Caring Today, both online and in the magazine. Videos of the winners will be posted on CaringToday.com.

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