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Families of those with Alzheimer's -- including, judging from our mail and comments, many Caring.com members -- are clamoring for the skin cancer drug that was serendipitou...
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It almost sounds too good to be true. But this much is real, so far: A skin cancer drug that's been around for 10 years has been found to sweep away the protein in the brai...
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When the person you love is dramatically altered -- by dementia, brain injury, or serious illness -- what then? For most couples, it becomes time for a "new definition of l...
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You may be careful not to overdo the salt shaker -- but do you know the total amount of sodium you consume in a day? Nine in 10 Americans over age 2 consume too much dieta...
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It can be hard to know how to respond to those who criticize you relentlessly: "You're doing it the wrong way!" "You shouldn't have done that." "Can't you get anything righ...
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Forget why you walked in a room? Ever had a word lost on the tip of your tongue? Every caregiver of someone with dementia -- indeed, probably everyone somewhere in midlife ...
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Why do some people smell so bad? Many frail older adults, in particular, often seem to have a distinctly unpleasant body odor. Actually, it's a myth that there's a distinct...
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Medications may be preserving your loved one's health and well-being -- but they only work if they're taken properly. Here are some tips for ensuring that happens:
If the ...
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To help an older adult manage hair care, here's the long and short of what you need to know:
How often does hair really need to be washed?
Less often than you might think...
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Hockey Hall of Famer Gordie Howe is on the campaign trail -- no, not for president, but to raise awareness about dementia and funds for research, reports USA Today. "Mr. Ho...
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For all the research on Alzheimer's disease taking place, true breakthroughs are relatively rare. Here's a big one: Scientists have finally figured out how Alzheimer's dis...
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Say you or a loved one has been given a new drug prescription or recommended a new medical device. How many people have reported side effects, what are they, and how does t...
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The number of men who are Alzheimer's caregivers has doubled in the past 15 years, from 19 percent to 40 percent, according to surveys by the Alzheimer's Association and th...
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My 90-something grandmother used to crochet lap blankets "for the old people." My dad, in his 80s, poked fun at slow drivers: "Another old man with a hat on" (even though h...
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No one argues that grief triggers dramatic changes in emotional state, sometimes including horrible sadness. But does that make it a mental disorder?
Clinicians are skirmi...
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Want to let someone know they're loved? Try using actions, rather than words.
"Love is an action verb," says Jamie Comstock, a professor of communication at Butler Universi...
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Longing to hear, "I love you" from someone special? Try watching his or her body language instead. Some 60 to 90 percent of the meaning of our communication is delivered no...
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Caregivers accompany their loved ones to doctor appointments for many different reasons: to provide transportation, to see the patient safely from the car to the waiting ro...
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The end of a physician's life typically looks different from his or her patients' dying days. "Doctors don't die like the rest of us," writes physician Ken Russell in Zocal...
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Possible causes:
Modesty, privacy feels invaded, dislikes bathing aide, uncomfortable (too cold, afraid of water), feels unsafe (afraid of falling), had a prior bad experi...
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Here's one test that many caregivers can scratch off their To-Do list, whether for themselves or their loved ones: Frequent bone-density scans.
The new thinking (which sur...
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Expect to hear more in the coming weeks about the National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA), whose final draft is due on the desk of U.S. Health and Human Services director ...
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Paula Deen -- blockbuster TV chef, cookbook author, and poster girl of high-fat, high-sugar Southern cooking who never met a stick of butter she didn't like -- has revealed...
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Of all the food and beverage choices you face every day, what's calorie-free, virtually cost-free, and, oh yes, essential to keeping you alive? Plain ol' water. But those a...
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From the Department of News You Already Know All Too Well: Caregivers are among three of the most particularly stressed groups of Americans right now, according to the Amer...
