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Navigating the Caregiver Journey: Resources and Practical Suggestions

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This is the seventh installment in a series of blogs addressing planning for the future.  Previous installments include: Aging Safely in Your Own Home: A Comprehensive Guide, Senior Living Options: In-Home Care vs. Assisted Living, Legal Considerations and Aging, Nursing Home Red Flags, Is it Time for Memory Care, and Caregiving from a Distance: Strategies for […]

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To Drive Or Not To Drive

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With the end of the tax year approaching December is Car Donation Month. There are some great reasons to donate your old car:  get a tax donation (SAVE MONEY!);  get that old car towed for free  (SAVE MONEY!);  no more insurance, registration, or maintenance costs (SAVE MONEY!);  no annoying paperwork to deal with, charities will

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Speech Therapy for Seniors

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Speech therapy for seniors is dedicated to assessing and treating communication, language, and speech problems. It helps develop voice, fluency, clarity, comprehension, and sound production skills. While most people associate speech therapy with kids, it can also help with speech impairment in older people caused by stroke, injuries, dementia, and other conditions. Age can cause

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Navigating Grief during the Holidays

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The holidays are here in full force: the music, the decorations, the family gatherings. Though it’s supposed to be the “most wonderful time of the year”, for many of us the holidays feel like a slap-in-the-face reminder of our loved ones who have passed away.  Mikayla Jameson of The Atlantic explains that, “Behind all the

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Family Caregivers

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A caregiver is anyone who provides help to another person in need, such as an ill spouse or partner, a disabled child, or an aging relative. (Aging.com)  According to Mental Health America, over 53 million Americans are unpaid caregivers to family members, friends, or neighbors, and nearly a third of all adult caregivers are caring

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Distanced Connections

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 As we enter our 6th month of social-distancing and sheltering-in-place because of COVID-19, isolation and loneliness threaten our mental and physical health. Isolation and loneliness can increase cognitive decline and weaken mental health. They can also affect our physical health and overall wellbeing. In this current climate when physically stepping out of isolation is discouraged,

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