CAREGIVING 101- UNDERSTANDING ADVANCE DIRECTIVES
By Diana Holmes, the Caregiver Homes Branch Manager for the Attleboro/Taunton area in Mass, and Shannon Bettencourt, the Caregiver Homes Care Manager for the Attleboro Branch in Mass.
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In-Home Alzheimer Care: Tips for Keeping Your Loved Ones Comfortable
Read more: In-Home Alzheimer Care: Tips for Keeping Your Loved Ones ComfortableBy Saran Craig, a District Manager for Caregiver Homes. Managing care of a loved one at home with Alzheimer’s Disease can be simplified by making some minor environmental adjustments. These adjustments are intended to simplify the world around those with Alzheimer’s, as well as accentuate their remaining strengths to help them overcome their acquired losses. We…
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Holiday Caregiving for Loved Ones with Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Read more: Holiday Caregiving for Loved Ones with Alzheimer’s and DementiaBy Gina Impagnatiello, a Caregiver Homes Assistant State Director in Mass. As we begin to approach the holiday season, it’s a good time to begin to think about how you might approach the holidays differently now that you are caring for someone with Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia, or for someone you’ve cared for some time who now…
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PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND CAREGIVING
Read more: PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND CAREGIVINGJulie Ely is an Area Marketing Manager Caregiver Homes in Western Massachusetts. If you are like me and love photography and Life Magazine, the name Margaret Bourke-White might mean something to you. Margaret Bourke-White was my first contact with a disease called Parkinson’s, and I have been fascinated by this disease ever since. I…
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How to Help a Loved One with Disabilities Transition to Adult Life
Read more: How to Help a Loved One with Disabilities Transition to Adult LifeMany parents caring for a child with a disability ask us, “What happens when my child turns 22?” The President’s Commission on Excellence in Special Education reported: “Students with disabilities are significantly unemployed and underemployed upon leaving school compared to their peers who do not have disabilities. Too many students with disabilities leave…
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