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From The Editor |
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How ‘bout you?
My friend Anita is a long-distance caregiver for her father Harold.
Anita lives many states away and just spent the week in town once again,
working to make sure that all is well with Harold. Without going
into the specifics of Anita’s family dynamics, suffice it to say that each
time she returns, she has her hands full with Harold and her relatives who
live much closer, but do much less.
Back in high school,
Anita was one of the first vegetarians among my group of friends.
Whenever we went out to dinner, her plate was always filled with fresh and
interesting looking foods—a fact which, when I related to her, she would
say...continued
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Gary Barg
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gary@caregiver.com
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Maintaining Nutrition When They Can't
Sit Down to Eat
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By Barbara Williams, RN, BSN
It is difficult to plan for meals when the person you are feeding
can’t sit down and enjoy a meal. This is often the case during the
hyperactive stage of dementia. It is extremely frustrating for the
caregiver and patient alike.
If you stop and rethink an earlier
period in your life as the mother of an active two-year-old, it may
cause you to see many similarities. What may have been an easy remedy
then, a high chair with a belt, is not be a solution now. Food choices,
however, may be eerily similar. The finger foods that worked for the two
year old will work again for this new version of “I can’t sit down...continued
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January/February Issue
Navigation Instructions
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Guest Column |
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Mixing Muscle and Maturity |
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By Sean Kenny
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“I don’t need to exercise anymore! I’m too old to work out! What can
I do at my age anyway?”
Those are only a few of the many
responses I receive when I inquire about fitness programs in senior
citizens. As the director of several athletic clubs, consultant to the
medical community and a private trainer, I deal with these responses on
a daily basis. Let’s take a closer look. For our purposes we will first
define the senior population as anyone over the age of 55...continued
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Caretips |
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Tips to Help Seniors and Caregivers
Prepare for Surgery |
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Get to know your physicians
When considering whether or not to
have surgery, find out if the surgery is really necessary and what
benefits it will provide. You should also talk to the anesthesiologist
prior to surgery and consider scheduling a consultation with a geriatric
specialist, particularly if you are taking multiple medications. A
geriatric anesthesiologist specializes in treating the geriatric
patient, and he or she has specific experience caring for the elderly
both preoperatively and postoperatively... Continued
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Carenotes |
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After caring for my companion for 9 years following his severe stroke
I am feeling burned out!! He wasn't expected to live and is now
paralyzed on his right side and in a wheelchair. He has aphasia and it
is hard for him to communicate. Although not married we had been dating
for 10 years at the time of his stroke. We sold his house and he came to
stay with me in my condo. Otherwise he would have gone to a nursing
home. I am unable to find anyone to stay with him for a few days so I
could have some respite. Does anyone know of any organizations in Ma.
through which I could find a caregiver? He is 74 now. I would be so
thankful for any suggestions.
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Let's Talk -
March 2010 |
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My husband is in a nursing home and I have become
friends with a man whose wife is also a resident. We have spent time
together listening to music in the day room of the facility and attending
afternoon and evening programs there.
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your story
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Before Alhziemer's, my wife loved
crossword puzzles. To occupy her time, jigsaw puzzles work well even
though she may not be able to do them without help. She loves for the
grandchildren to come by and just help little while....continued
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