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Awesome Idea For Improving the Bathing Experience

As most of you know, we publish a weekly newsletter.  In last week’s newsletter, our featured article was about Overcoming Bathing Challenges. Every once in awhile I receive a letter from one of my readers letting me know that an article I have written has...

Finding a Good Doctor For Your Loved One

Finding a good doctor for an elderly loved one can be a challenge. Many rural areas and smaller towns do not have gerontologists available. This means that a family will need to look at the non-specialists available in their area to provide medical care for their...

What is an Eldercare Mediator (and Do We Need One)?

Elder care mediation is a relatively new profession and one that will be increasingly needed as more boomers care for their aging parents and also as they become elders themsleves. In a study reported by Deborah B. Gentry, it was determined that nearly 40% of adult...

When You Want to Say No, Say No!

Today I posted a quote on my Facebook Fan page by Anna Quindlen that said “When you want to say no, say no. You can’t do everything – at least not well.” Ironically, later in the day, I was reading a story about MSNBC anchorwoman, Mika...

Ten Caregiving Goals for 2010

  If you’ve been following me for awhile, you KNOW that the majority of these goals are about taking care of yourself.  Yes, I know I’m being repetitative, but you can’t take care of anyone else effectively unless you take care of yourself...