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Life with Dignity
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Mental Illness and Disorganization
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month this May, I would like to share some information about the link between mental illness and...
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Life with Dignity
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5 Geriatric Care Management Tips for the Sandwich Generation
The Sandwich Generation refers to a generation of people who are caring for their aging parents while supporting their own children. If...
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Life with Dignity
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Knowing When to Say When: Dementia Care Placement
One of the most difficult, emotionally trying and even guilt-inducing decisions any geriatric caregiver of a dementia sufferer has to...
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Life with Dignity
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How to Cover the Cost of Long-term Care
The cost of long-term care just keeps going up and most Americans keep believing — incorrectly — that the government will cover most or...
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Life with Dignity
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The tides are changing
Some 7 or 8 years ago my brother had a psychotic breakdown. He had to be hospitalized and then subsequently put in a long-term care...
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Life with Dignity
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Letting Go of Guilt
What is guilt? Unwarranted response to an imagined offense Unless you actually killed someone (which I’m assuming 99.9% of my readers...
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Life with Dignity
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Safety First
Most people think that usage of essential oils (EO) are safe because they are natural. For the most part they are very safe but I have...
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Life with Dignity
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Lightening Up: A Mental Health Initiative
I remember years ago, before my son became a husband and a dad. A time when, for him life was more carefree. He told me “you gotta...
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Life with Dignity
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NOVEMBER is National Family Caregivers Month.
According to a study by the National Alliance for Caregiving in 2015, an estimated 43.5 million adults in the United States, provide...
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Life with Dignity
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Ten things to do when a loved one passes away
Whether a millionaire (or hundredaire), after the death of a loved one, caregivers must tend to their estate. The following is a list of...
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Life with Dignity
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Mental Health Directives vs Power of Attorney
There is something that most of us do not think about when creating our advanced directives. It is also something that many people who...
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