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Medicare Launches Brand-new Web Pages Dedicated to Helping Family Caregivers

Medicare Launches Brand-new Web Pages Dedicated to Helping Family Caregivers Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) recently launched a new addition to their Web site; the Ask Medicare pages are designed to help family caregivers navigate CMS and also find crucial resources outside of...Read entire article »

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Homecare: 7 Surefire Ways to Create a Symbiotic Relationship

Homecare: 7 Surefire Ways to Create a Symbiotic RelationshipLast week I received a call from a family in a crisis. Their elderly aunt, who is 96 years old, had recently become more ill and physically frail. The family caregivers were fighting over the...Read entire article »

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The Benefits of a Caregiver Support Group

The Benefits of a Caregiver Support Group You and your parent are in the unique position of doing something that has not been done before in the history of the world. Are you aware that your parent is among the first...Read entire article »

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Caregiver Burnout: How to Deal With It & Avoid It

Caregiver Burnout: How to Deal With It & Avoid ItFrom an evolutionary standpoint, our bodies are made for short bursts of stress—like running away from dangerous situations, such as a forest fire. But today’s world is one of constant low-level stress. For caregivers, high...Read entire article »

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Baby Boomer Women Sandwiched Between Caring for Parents & Children

Baby Boomer Women Sandwiched Between Caring for Parents & ChildrenI troll the Internet—a lot—as it is part of my job to find out what other people are saying about health and long-term care topics. I have found some weird things. I have also found...Read entire article »

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