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Jan 2016
GCM Helps Adult Sons and Daughters Who Live Out of State A GCM or Geriatric Care Manager is the “Conductor” of a family’s Care Plan for an elder or incapacitated loved one. Many of the Senior Older Adults in South Florida have moved away from their grown children up North and don’t really have strong ...
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Nov 2015
Pets can be a great source of joy, love and connectedness, especially for Seniors who live alone. Research overwhelmingly shows that having a pets is very good for seniors. So much so that many Independent and Assisted Living communities allow pets. Animal visits to Nursing Homes or other facilities are looked forward to. Whether a ...
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Oct 2015
Elder Father Recognizing Need for a Home Care Aide Recognizing need for Home Care is an important step to accepting some in-home assistance. Following back problems and having his daughter stay with him, an older parent recognizes the inconvenience to his daughter and her family. He decides that the next time he needs help at ...
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Oct 2015
Temple Programs at Three Boynton Beach Synagogues Temple programs at Shaarei Shalom, Torat Emet and Beth Tikvah in Boynton Beach, Florida kick of their Fall-Winter Adult Education Temple Program in November. A small “miracle” for three local congregations to join together and collaborate for their members by sponsoring Temple programs. The courses are as varied ...
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Oct 2015
Grief is often felt by Spousal Caregivers when loved one is still with us All people react to illness, caregiving, grief and loss in very individual ways. Even when circumstances are similar, and an ending comes into focus, each person in the family and those people all around them, will experience grief differently and act ...
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Oct 2015
Medicare Open Enrollment Period Medicare Open enrollment is here. Time for American seniors aged 65 and older to make changes to their Medicare health coverage or switch to Medicare from managed plans. Medicare Open enrollment is from Oct. 15th through Dec. 7th, 2015. There are several parts to Medicare and they are not free. Traditional ...
Aging adults are hit hard with Flu ...
Millions of Family Caregivers help the 5 Million Americans with Alzheimer’s Dementia Alzheimer’s dementia is the most common form of dementia. Caregivers are mostly family members; spouses and adult children. Dementia is the catch all phrase for memory loss and cognitive impairment. Alzheimer’s dementia progresses over many years. Short term and long term memory is affected ...
Sandwich Generation Caregivers are Pulled in Different Directions Sandwich Generation adults often find themselves in the middle between helping elder parents and their own children. If you are caring for more than one household and working, you must be very organized and open to accepting help to manage it all. Caregiving is demanding by definition. It ...
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