When an aging parent or relative develops a serious medical condition that that requires care 24 hours a day, home care if often no longer a sustainable option.
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As parents age, their needs change. Often it is up to family members–adult children in particular–to notice these changes and to make sense of what they mean.
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Adult Day Care: New Advantages for Today's Seniors and their Caregivers
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In the United States, more people are living longer, and as they do the need for caregivers will continue to grow.
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Eldercare involves every aspect of life. As a caregiver, you may therefore be called upon to support an elder’s medical, legal, social, psychological, daily living and personal care needs, often with little preparation for the job.
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Making arrangements for eldercare is easier to describe than to do.
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Medication management for elders can be a minefield. Elders are often treated by several doctors, and each doctor may have prescribed medications.
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If you provide eldercare, then medical equipment and supplies are the tools of your trade.
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Long-term care facility used to mean nursing home, but increasing life expectancy and growth in the number of elders in need of care in recent years has changed all that.
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