Apple Pie
Apple Pie is a very real depiction of the challenges faced when a parent is living at a distance. This daughter is a child who grows up to be her Mother’s best friend as they navigate Alzheimer’s disease together.
Two Kisses
- Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
- Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
- Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
- Eldercare
- Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
- Spirituality - Religion - Beliefs
- Support Groups
- Wellness
This spouse shares creative solutions of learning to speak Alzheimer’s, and motivates us to always have hope.
The National Family Caregivers Support Program
- Aging
- Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
- Caregiver Issues
- Eldercare
- Financial, Insurance, Legal Matters
- Homecare - Home Health Care
- Long Term Care
- Respite Coalitions & Services
- Volunteer Service Programs
The National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP) calls for all states to have five basic services for family caregivers. This article describes these services, who’s eligible and more.
Things to Try — Things to Do
One of the greatest problems an older person can face is boredom. Everyone needs a certain amount of stimulation, your aging relative is no different. This article suggests activities you and an older person can do together.
For Department of State Employees – Caring for Elderly Parents
- Caregiver Issues
- Eldercare
- Financial, Insurance, Legal Matters
- Homecare - Home Health Care
- Long Term Care
- Residential Options
Foreign Service families’ concerns mirror those of other American families, but how to ensure good health care, find the right living situation, and handle legal questions is often complicated for Foreign Service families by being posted abroad.
Introduction to Easter Seals
Family caregivers often rely on trial and error to solve their transportation challenges. This article provides tips and safe, creative solutions, devised by both family caregivers and professionals, that are designed to ease transportation challenges.
LGBT Caregiving: Frequently Asked Questions
- Aging
- Caregiver Issues
- Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
- Eldercare
- Gay and Lesbian Issues
- Support Groups
This Fact Sheet addresses a number of important concerns Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) caregivers have and should help you find answers and locate assistance in your area.
Alzheimer’s Safe Return
Safe Return® is a nationwide identification, support & enrollment program that provides assistance for an Alzheimer’s or related dementia person wanders & becomes lost locally & far from home. It includes ways to enroll.
Bathing Sparky
�a dog provides creative solutions for bathing a person with dementia. The author shares ideas for helping your loved one to take their next bath.
Alzheimer’s Disease Fact Sheet
- Aging
- Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
- Eldercare
- Long Term Care
- Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
- Research
This article explores how Alzheimer’s illness starts and grows in a patient, treatment options and how to empower caregivers who look after them. Includes resources to look for help as well.
AND THE BEAT GOES ON!
- Aging
- Children & Youth
- Community Services
- Eldercare
- Financial, Insurance, Legal Matters
- Legislation and Advocacy
The author proposes that necessary action be taken to correct the lack of accountability and proper fiscal controls with the Medicaid system. Medicaid fraud has negatively affected the lives of Floridians living in rural and metropolitan areas.
Elders are Becoming Independent Agents
The modernization of the Medicare program has become less appealing to elders because it limits their choices. This has led elders to become their own independent agents and less vulnerable to becoming political capital during elections.