Thank’s to Bill Curtis to share this site resources information Quick Facts about: www.videocaregiving.org A Visual Education Center for Family Caregivers What is it? Videocaregiving.org is a first-of-its-kind, video-based Web site that includes all-original, documentary video material showing real people facing real challenges in real life scenarios. Who created this site? This visual education […]
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By Jeff Anderson on December 24, 2013 It can be difficult to tell the difference between normal, age-related decline and something more serious. According to Alan Gruber, M.D., a psychiatrist with a private practice in Massachusetts, there are several ways a loved one can tell if an elderly relative is losing his or her independence. Here are some
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Written by Kristen Hicks September is World Alzheimer’s Month Alzheimer’s isn’t new, although the way we talk about it is. For much of human history, senility and dementia seemed a normal feature of aging. In the early 20th century, a German doctor named Alois Alzheimer was the first to pinpoint a cause, and identify the
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Garry Marr | August 9, 2014 7:45 AM ETMore from Garry Marr | @DustyWallet David Reich has spent tens of thousands of dollars renovating his four-storey house in Montreal. ‘HGTV effect’ pushes home renovation spending to record $63-billion It could be just the impact of all those home-renovation television programs, but Canadians are fixing up their properties like
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Lots of negative stereotypes exist about older adults. No doubt, these stereotypes are major reasons many people don’t look forward to becoming older adults and don’t embrace aging well when they do. But what is the reality? If happiness could be defined as a positive state of emotional well-being, would adolescents be happier than older
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Living with arthritis can be difficult and disheartening. Even the most ordinary everyday tasks like cooking or putting on clothes can be painful experiences for those suffering from arthritis. Whether it’s the days of your youth catching back up to you or the result of a consistently active lifestyle over the years, arthritis is a
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Dr. Ruth Westheimer is world renowned for her work as a sex therapist, media personality and author. Best known as Dr. Ruth, The New York Times described her as a “Sorbonne-trained psychologist who became a kind of cultural icon in the 1980s. She ushered in the new age of freer, franker talk about sex on
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Looks like a great edition – Get a free downloaded copy of this magazine! https://medicine.utoronto.ca/magazine/spring-2014 Message From the Dean: Aging with Grace and in Good Health He did not practise medicine or do research, but Teddy Roosevelt was a keen observer of human nature. He once said: “Old age is like everything else. To make
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Published on Jul 19, 2014 Sixty residents and staff at the Diana Isaac Retirement Village in Christchurch combined all their considerable talents to come up with this tribute, 80-odd years of happy. The residents wanted to show their children and grandchildren just what they’re made of!
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May 5, 2014 By Karen Love Did you know that spoken words only account for 7% of communication? The remaining 93% of communication is conveyed through body language, vocal tone and pitch. If you are surprised by this information you are in good company – most people don’t realize this. Human brains process communication in
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