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Long-Distance Caregiving: How to Help Dad from Afar?
Caring for a Spouse: Never Realized How Boring Housework Was
Caring for a Parent: Which Phone is Best for Dad?
Alzheimer's Symptoms: Does Falling Speed up the Progression?
Hello Ky Jo, Thank you for sharing your caregiving challenges with us. Thanks to everyone for sharing your valuable comments and experiences on this topic.
You may find some helpful information on this topic in the Falls and Dementia Solution Center: https://www.caring.com/falls-and-dementia
The article entitled "Caring Checklist: What Doctors Should Evaluate After Someone With Dementia Falls" may also have some helpful information for you: https://www.caring.com/articles/what-docs-evaluate-after-dementia-fall
Please come back and keep us posted about your situation! We're here for you. Kind regards, Sho of the Caring.com Community Team
I'm sending Mom over Gillian - you & I can sit out on your porch & enjoy this beautiful sunshine! Oh I wish - but unfortunately gkids are due home soon & I haven't even got dressed yet.
Long-Term Care: Can I Take Dad Out for a Ride & Ice Cream?
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Hi "clsmoonchild," Thanks for sharing this caregiving question with us. Thanks to everyone for the invaluable advice you've shared so far! Here are some articles from Caring.com that may be relative to your long-distance caregiving situation with your father. Perhaps you'll find some of this information to be helpful:
Please keep us posted as you care for your father from afar. We're here for you!
Kind regards, Sho of the Caring.com Community Team