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Blog Posts

• Blog Post - Call Us Cancer "Carepartners"

  When you're helping someone you love battle cancer, you're right there on the front lines with them.

• Blog Post - Brain-Training 101: Does It Really Help Those With Dementia?

  Brain-fitness games are a huge growth industry, but can they help prevent or reverse dementia?

• Blog Post - Aging Artfully, Part 1

  How you can age artfully by pursuing your passions

• Blog Post - Would You Rather Your Parent Had Dementia or Alzheimer's or Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration?

  Is "dementia" an outdated word, like "mongoloid" or "cripple"?

• Blog Post - My mother says she's lonely, and it's heartbreaking for me to hear her crying at night. What can I do to help her?

  My father died seven years ago, and for quite some...

• Blog Post - Cell Phones That Won't Scare Mom

  Check out Jitterbug: a simplified cell phone with features designed just for seniors.

• Blog Post - Kennedy's Cancer Has Everyone Talking About Brain Tumors

  The announcement about Senator Edward Kennedy's brain tumor has the world talking about gliomas.

• Blog Post - Want to Participate in an Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Trial?

  Clinical trials for Alzheimer's drugs attract too few participants to help speed promising candidates through research; here's why.

• Blog Post - Say What? Hearing Loss Common Among Adults with Diabetes

  NIH researchers discover that hearing loss is widespread among adults with type 2 diabetes.

• Blog Post - To Protect Seniors in Natural Disasters, Talk About It Beforehand

  Communication is key in protecting seniors in natural disasters.

• Blog Post - In Men With Type 2 Diabetes, Bedroom Blues May Signal a Broken Heart

  In men with type 2 diabetes, erectile dysfunction may be a warning sign for serious heart trouble, including heart attack and death.

• Blog Post - "Leisureville" Paints Retirement Community Seniors as 24-Hour Party People

  Leisureville, a new book on a massive child-free retirement community, portrays seniors as 24-hour party people.

• Blog Post - Vascular Dementia Resources for Caregivers

  Vascular dementia is the second leading cause of dementia in the US. Here's a list of blogs and resources for vascular dementia caregivers.

• Blog Post - A "Hip" New Sound or a Noisy Nuisance?

  Why some artificial ceramic hips squeak and what people with hip replacements are doing about it.

• Blog Post - Aging Artfully - Part II

  Research shows a powerful link between creativity and healthier, happier aging.

• Blog Post - I constantly feel guilty because no matter how much I do for my parents, I know it's never enough.

  My mom has advanced Alzheimer's and my dad is 92 and...

• Blog Post - Should Family Members Who Provide Alzheimer's Care Be Paid?

  Paying family caregivers is controversial and has pitfalls to beware of if you go this route.

Questions & Answers

• Question - My ill mother refuses to live with us, what can be done?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert and a Community Member

• Question - Does Medicaid help pay for a hearing aid?

  About two-thirds of state Medicaid programs cover hearing aids, though with certain limitations and conditions.

• Question - Are hearing aids really worth the cost and all the trouble?

  Unanswered. Can you help?

• Question - Do I tell my mother her memory trouble is Alzheimer's?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How can I comfort my mother when she feels distressed about losing her hair?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - My mother thinks that there are people hiding in her cabinets.

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert and a Community Member

• Question - What do I say to my dying father, from whom I'm estranged?

  Calling your estranged father on his deathbed will be time and a dime well spent.

• Question - How can I get my mother, who has breast cancer, to be more active so she won't lose muscle strength?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How can I get my mother to talk to me about moving?

  When an ailing parent won't talk about moving, you may have to push the issue. Here's expert advice on how to get your parent to talk about moving.

• Question - How can I stop feeling resentful that my parent with cancer has become so self-involved?

  How to deal with troubling feelings toward a parent who has become self involved after cancer diagnosis.

• Question - How can I direct my mother's medical care if others are named in her power of attorney?

  If people named to act in a power of attorney are not doing their job well, there may be steps you can take to right the wrongs.

• Question - How do I get my parent's doctor to give us complete and honest information?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - Why won't my parents and their friends use the word Alzheimer's?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How can I convince my mother that she needs an assistant to run errands instead of expecting me to do it when I live two hours away?

  This question has been answered by a Community Member

• Question - How can I help my parent continue to enjoy books after her vision loss?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How do I help my mother get over or cope with her fear of falling?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - My mother has been depressed since her cancer diagnosis; how can I persuade her to see a therapist?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert and a Community Member

• Question - How can I convince my father to go to an Alzheimer's adult day care?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - From what money are final expenses paid first?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - Is it common for Alzheimer's patients to have good and bad days with their memory?

  If a parent with early Alzheimer's or dementia has both good and bad days, it can mean that some situations are more confusing or stressful.

• Question - How do I cope with an aging parent living in my home?

  Since my mother came to live with me, our relationship has gone down hill and my home feels like a prison.

• Question - What can I do to encourage my elderly parent to use a walker or cane?

  Ideas to encourage your parent to use a walker or cane

• Question - How do we deal with my father who has heart failure who wants to travel and expects only family to care for him?

  This question has been answered by a Community Member

• Question - How do I help my parent with cancer stay positive and look on the bright side?

  Techniques for helping a parent with cancer feel more positive.

• Question - What steps are required to get a conservatorship?

  This question has been answered by a Community Member

• Question - What size walker should I choose?

  This question has been answered by a Community Member

• Question - How can I deal with my increasingly embarrasing mother in public?

  Unanswered. Can you help?

• Question - Are guardians required by law for mentally incompetent elders?

  There has to be some pretty good evidence of neglect or mismanagement before a court will require a legal guardian or conservator.

• Question - What's an assisted-living community fee and how much is it?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - Is blurred vision a common chemo side effect?

  This question has been answered by a Community Member

• Question - Can we travel with parents with dementia?

  This question has been answered by two Community Members

• Question - Can you advise me about how to talk to my grandmother's doctor?

  I need help talking to my grandmother's physician.

• Question - Is it true that if someone has untreated cancer and needs surgery that the cancer spreads faster once the air hits that area?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - Does Medicare help cover shoes for diabetics?

  Medicare Part B pay most of the cost of therapeutic shoes for people with diabetes-caused foot problems.

• Question - With how emotional my mom can get and how quickly she also...

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How do I resolve a family conflict so I can visit my mother?

  My sister lives with my mother, and is making it hard to visit Mom and make sure she is okay.

• Question - Are hallucinations common in people with Alzheimer's?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - I don't think my 78-year-old mother has dementia, so why does she get sundown syndrome?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - What can I do to encourage my elderly parent to use a walker or cane?

  Ideas to encourage your parent to use a walker or cane.

• Question - What do I say to my mom when her Alzheimer's causes her to forget the obvious?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How can I get the doctor to be more responsive when my mother has side effects from chemotherapy?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert