Physical Rehabilitation

• Article - Making the Most of Your Parent's Stroke Rehabilitation Team

  When your parent has a stroke, you can aid in his recovery...

• Article - How to Help a Parent With Parkinson's Disease Thrive

  When a parent has Parkinson's disease, exercise and other therapies can help her stay active and independent as long as possible.

Blog Posts

• Blog Post - Over-The-Counter Driving Hazards

  Even simple cold medications can undermine the driving abilities of elderly people.

• Blog Post - How to Keep Stroke Patients From Taking a Tumble

  New research shows that stroke patients fall almost twice as often as those who haven't had a stroke.

Questions & Answers

• Question - How can I convince my mother's doctor to keep her out of a rehab facility?

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• Question - Can exercise raise my mother-in-law's ejection fraction?

  Can exercise raise my mother-in-law's ejection fraction? Her ejection fraction (EF) is now 10 percent, what it was before bypass surgery.

• Question - Will Medicaid or Medicare help pay for my mother's long-term care?

  Will Medicaid or Medicare help pay for my mother's long term care? Medicare will cover 100 days in a nursing home if certain qualifications are met.

• Question - What's the best way to move my mom from her wheelchair into the car?

  How do you transfer someone from a wheelchair to a car? Devices can help transfer him from the wheelchair to the car, but body mechanics matter too.

• Question - Why are my father's abilities improving and then regressing since his stroke?

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• Question - How can I encourage my mother to be more independent after her stroke?

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• Question - Do my parents need to get divorced to qualify for Medicaid?

  Should my parents get a divorce so that Dad can get Medicaid? It's possible that they won't need a divorce for him to qualify for Medicaid.

• Question - Am I responsible for my parent's debt?

  Am I responsible for my parent's debt? I recently discovered that my father has several thousand of dollars of debt. Are parent debts transferable?

• Question - How do you deal with aphasia?

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

• Question - How can I keep my father from overexerting himself after his heart attack?

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• Question - How can I be sure my mother, who lives on the other side of the country, is driving safely?

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

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News

• News - Stroke Rehab Technique Has Lasting Results

  TUESDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) -- With just two...

• News - Special Treadmill Helps Stroke Patients Regain Normal Gait

  THURSDAY, April 10 (HealthDay News) -- A specialized...