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Finding Help for Caregiving Tasks

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Six years ago, the AARP published a study that found many family caregivers performed medical/nursing tasks for care recipients. These tasks included managing medications, helping with assistive mobility, preparing food for special diets, providing wound care, even using monitors. Now, a new study shows more family caregivers are assuming responsibility for particularly demanding procedures. One […]

Are You Prepared to Be a Caregiver?

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Most people do not consider that question until the time comes when they are called on to take up this duty. Almost everyone will either need a caregiver or be a caregiver at some time. The AARP estimates that 65 million people in the U.S. provide some form of care for an ill, aging or […]

Find or Replace Your Loved One’s Missing Documents

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If you are the spouse, a family member or loved one who may become a senior’s caretaker, there are several things you should think about ahead of time. Among the most important is locating or replacing and then securing important documents.  If this task is left to the last minute or until an emergency occurs, […]

Preparing To Be a Caregiver Today

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Almost everyone reading this article will either need a caregiver or be a caregiver at some time in their life. A decade ago, the CDC (America’s health statistics ‘scorekeeper’) estimated that there were more than 34 million unpaid caregivers in the United States, mostly spouses or other family members. Typically, the family caregiver is a […]