Reading

• Article - Help Your Parent Identify Aids to Deal With Low Vision

  Modern aids make low vision far less troublesome than your parent might expect. Help him find the tools he needs to cope with his limited vision.

Blog Posts

• 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 - Depressed? Try Sleeping It Off

  Research shows insomnia prolongs depression in some elderly people. Tips to help your parent sleep better -- and help her overcome depression.

• 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 - "Magic" Stoves, Sinks, and Other Inventive Eldercare Helpers

  New appliances are being designed with seniors in mind.

• Blog Post - Know Thy Father: A Guide to Dad's Day

  Knowing your dad well is a good guide to celebrating Father's Day.

• Blog Post - Music Hits the Right Note for Stroke Patients

  New research shows that listening to music for a couple of hours a day can help patients recover from stroke.

• Blog Post - With Diabetes, Diet and Dumbbells Make a Difference

  Making lifestyle changes can help people at risk for type 2 diabetes prevent or delay the disease, includes diet and exercise tips.

• Blog Post - Vision Problems: New Ways to "Read" When Older Eyes Fail

  For seniors losing their eyesight, there's a world of services to help them read. Here are some big ones.

• Blog Post - I took the brunt of my dad's nastiness my whole life. Now I am his caretaker and I resent it.

  My dad has been a handful all his life -- prone to...

• Blog Post - Caregiving Isn't for Sissies

  Caregiving requires courage, compassion, resourcefulness, and an open heart -- qualities that most of us would use to describe a hero.

• Blog Post - 5 Surprising Ways to Use Memories to Help People With Memory Loss

  Reminiscence therapy improves mood and communication in people with Alzheimer's and dementia by prodding deeply-held memories.

• Blog Post - Dementia Caregiver? 4+ Ways You Can Take a Break

  Ideas for how dementia caregivers can use the arts for stress relief.

• Blog Post - Memory Loss Is on Everybody's, Um, Mind

  Many caregivers wonder about their own memory loss; these amusing readings offer a cheering perspective.

• Blog Post - Parents Are From Venus, We're From Mars

  A simple online test promises to assess your "conversational relationship" with your parents. The bottom line: If you're not talking about the big stuff now, you'd better start.

• Blog Post - Memory Trouble? Don't Assume It's Alzheimer's

  Memory loss isn't always Alzheimer's: a review of types of memory loss

• Blog Post - What Do You Give an Old Dad for Father's Day?

  What aging dads really need for Father's Day can't be wrapped.

• Blog Post - Fire! A Teaching Tool

  A tragic death in Texas serves as a reminder of how vulnerable seniors are in fires and how prevention can really help.

• Blog Post - My Own Last (Online) Wishes

  Facebook users can let friends and family know their final instructions via a new application called My Own Last Wishes.

• Blog Post - Diabetes Studies: Good News? Bad News? Who Knows?

  How to make sense of drug study findings for people caring for parents with type 2 diabetes.

• Blog Post - My sister's refusal to communicate with me about our father's care has brought back to mind years of mistreatment by her. What can I do?

  My sister is 14 years older than I am and has full...

• Blog Post - The Transformative Nature of Caregiving

  The producer of the PBS documentary Caring for Your Parents talks about the ways eldercare changes families

• Blog Post - Wanted: Companionship for a Dad with Diabetes

  How to find senior companionship for your aging and ailing parent.

• Blog Post - Questions I Wish I'd Asked Mom

  Reflections on a first motherless Mother's Day.

• Blog Post - Telling Our Stories: The Importance of Personal Cancer Blogs

  These great cancer blogs help those fighting cancer learn from others' stories.

• Blog Post - Exciting News For Heart and Stroke Patients

  Two-drug combination blood pressure therapy lowers cardiovascular risk in patients with high blood pressure.

• Blog Post - Mindbenders: Memory-Boosting Brain Games

  These brain-building games promise to boost mental skills.

• Blog Post - I can't stop feeling that I was an inadequate caregiver to my mom.

  I am a 56-year-old registered nurse. I took time off...

• Blog Post - Dementia Caregivers: Ready to Make Your Brain a Promise?

  Scary new statistics about Alzheimer's disease and dementia are a wake-up call to caregivers to take better care of themselves.

• Blog Post - Vision-Impaired Can Enjoy Walking and Reading With New Tools

  Seniors with low vision can keep reading and walking thanks to new low vision aids out this summer.

Questions & Answers

• Question - What do I need to know before I sign a nursing home contract?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How can I help my parent figure out when her blood sugar is too high?

  Blood sugar needs to be monitored often when someone has type 2 diabetes. How do you help a person with diabetes keep track of glucose levels?

• Question - How do you recognize the end stage of a loved one's dying?

  This question has been answered by a Community Member

• Question - What does the term "new trust since PPA" refer to?

  The translation is easy: PPA means "Pension Protection Act." But understanding that law is far from simple.

• Question - What's the best gift I can give my dying mother?

  When someone is terminally ill, you may not know what gift to give for a birthday or other event. Material goods may not be what a dying person needs.

• Question - What can my mom's doctor give her for extreme muscle pain?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - What is the life expectancy for someone with advanced congestive heart failure?

  This question has been answered by a Community Member

• Question - How long does a person with dementia usually live?

  This question has been answered by a Community Member

• 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 - What can I do to help my dad stay comfortable during bath time?

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

• Question - My dad eats lots of sweets and doesn't like to drink water--could he have diabetes?

  Find out if a sweet tooth or a lack of thirst are symptoms for type 2 diabetes.

• Question - Now that my mom is in a nursing home, how can I make the most of my one-hour visits with her?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - Can I get paid to provide care for my mother in FL?

  Can I get paid to care for my mother at home? It's possible for you to get paid if your parent is on Medicaid or has long-term care insurance.

• Question - Can Coenzyme Q10 raise my mother's ejection fraction?

  Can CoQ10 raise my parent's ejection fraction if she has heart failure? CoQ10 has not been proven to benefit people with heart failure.

• Question - How can I help my anxious mother sleep better?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - Is it common for my father to walk around the house a lot?

  This question has been answered by a Community Member

• Question - The nursing home wants my father to leave because he's hard to manage; what are my options?

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Tips & Reflections

• Tip - Tip for Loved One To Remember Your Name

  Wear a name tag. Many of our elderly loved ones with...

News

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  TUESDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Radiologists are...

• News - Most Breast Cancer Web Pages Contain Reliable Information

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• News - Brain Scans Let Computer 'Read' Visual Activity

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• News - Smoking Boosts 'Bleeding' Stroke Risk in Those With High Blood Pressure

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• News - Study Finds Gender Disparity in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

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• News - Home Blood-Pressure Monitoring Recommended

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• News - Going Online to Draw the Line on High Blood Pressure

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• News - Study Links Serum Calcium, Prostate Cancer Death

  WEDNESDAY, Sept. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Men whose serum...

• News - Relaxation Tapes or Mozart Lower Blood Pressure

  WEDNESDAY, Sept. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Listening to...