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Caregivers on the Bench

Caregiver Warrior

I would have been lost without my caregiver teammates waiting on the end of my bench. The post Caregivers on the Bench appeared first on Caregiver Warrior.

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Avanlee Care Joins Forces with Walmart on Caregiver Support

Hospice News

Avanlee Care has teamed up with Walmart (NYSE:WMT) to allow families in certain markets to order groceries, health or pharmacy products from the retail giant’s stores through its caregiver support mobile app. Christine said her drive to establish Avanlee grew out of her personal experience with caregiving.

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Chair of the Massachusetts Medical School Collaborative: All Med School Students Should Learn Serious Illness Communication

Hospice News

No matter what specialty of medicine a physician practices, they need to be able to listen deeply and get to know their patients as whole human beings, along with their families and caregivers, in order to effectively partner with them. It’s part of a growing movement across the U.S. to train more doctors in palliative care.

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How Seniors Can Stay Safe In Extremely Hot Weather

Accessible Home Health Care

It’s vitally important for seniors and their families/caregivers to be aware of what will keep them safe during the hottest summer days. As summer peaks, the biggest concern for our senior loved ones centers on the heat and humidity levels. Health concerns increase almost tenfold whenever the heat rises above average temperatures.

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Strategies To Overcome Resistance to Bathing for a Loved One With Dementia

American In-Home Care

An unwillingness to bathe is stressful for both the family caregiver and the individual with dementia. To help family caregivers overcome a loved one’s refusal to bathe, American, Advocate and Whitsyms In-Home Care offer the following tips to restore calm. A resistance to bathing is one such behavior.

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Travel Bug

Chicago Caregiving

Older adults navigate travel with mobility issues . Call her a globetrotter extraordinaire. Sarah Campbell, an 84-year-old Chicago resident, has been on 100 international trips and counting. And despite her newest travel companion — a cane, which she started using last year due to back problems — Campbell isn’t slowing down. Comfort in numbers.

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You think we’re doing this for fun?

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

He’s over there on the bench adding to this chaos and scheduling way too many games, I decided. . He’s over there on the bench adding to this chaos and scheduling way too many games, I decided. . Two weeks ago, over her post-game Chick-fil-A, my 14-year-old put me in my place. Half of which included her playing on a varsity team.