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The AP and SF Chronicle had a story on this... If you've got someone in a nursing home or are looking at them, it might be worth looking ...

Topics: nursing-homes, ratings

Suzanne Geffen Mintz, who is the co-founder of the National Family Caregivers Association, was on Fresh Air. Here's a link to the web pag...

Topics: caregivers, caregivers-need-care, caregiving

there's an article about it on WebMD: http://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/news/20071108/boomers-not-planning-parents-care One in man...

Topics: aging, parents, planning

this one sounds like a reach to me, but maybe it'll be useful to consider: http://www.reutershealth.com/archive/2007/10/17/eline/links...

Topics: alzheimer's, dementia, teeth

The SF Chronicle has an article on one approach that may help you get the help you need on navigating the bureaucracy and systems for hea...

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My Dad's hearing is far from stellar, and talking on the phone has become really challenging (for me--not him! It doesn't seem to bother ...

Topics: communications, deafness, telephone

The NY Times had an article on 8/26/07 about various software programs that are designed to keep an aging persons mind "fit". From the ar...

Topics: alzheimer's, brain-fitness, daily-living, dementia, memory, software

If a loved one (or you) are having a hard time using telephones and such due to deafness, vision problems, or anything else... and Califo...

Topics: blindness, communications, deafness, speaking-problems, telephone

This series ran back in June 07. There are a number of articles that should be useful to most of us dealing with the issues of aging pare...

Topics: eldercare, finances, living-arrangements, parents

It is undoubtedly of great value to find out about your aging parent(s) financial matters before it becomes a forensic project. In my ...

Topics: finances