Motivation

Blog Posts

• Blog Post - Be Social and Save Your Memory

  News about prolonging memory loss and postponing aging.

• Blog Post - My dad wants to double-date with me!

  What to do when your elderly dad starts dating -- and he wants to double-date with you and your spouse.

• Blog Post - A Healthy Gift for National Women's Health Week

  National Women's Health from May 11 to 17 is full of useful health prevention activities on-line and off.

Questions & Answers

• Question - How do I encourage my mother, who has limited mobility, to exercise?

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• Question - How do I get my mother to do her physical therapy?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How can I help my mother lose weight?

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• Question - How do I handle my elderly mother who doesn't want me to travel at all?

  An elderly parent may worry or get upset when you travel; she may even claim she'll die while you're away. Should you give up travel to ease her mind?

• Question - Does Alzheimer's disease cause my mother's rummaging behavior?

  Rummaging is a common Alzheimer's behavior, though you may feel like it's driving you crazy. Alzheimer's behaviors like rummaging help calm a patient.

• Question - How do I get Mom to see a doctor when she's in denial that she might have symptoms of Parkinson's disease?

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• Question - My parents are 81 & 82, my father was in a bad car accident...

  Unanswered. Can you help?

• Question - How can I persuade my mother, who has stomach cancer, to quit smoking?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How can I help an elder die?

  Make sure the older person's desire to die is real. Then read up about it.

• Question - What can I do to encourage my father to work on recovering from his stroke?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

News

• News - Putting on Pedometer Helps Walkers Shed Pounds

  THURSDAY, Jan. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Just by strapping...