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5 Questions to Ask Your Elderly Parent’s Doctor About Tests or Treatments...
Doctor’s visits with your senior can be stressful Being your aging parent or spouse’s health advocate at doctor’s appointments can be a stressful job. When you’re working with doctors to make sure your...
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Better Senior Health from Improved Doctor Visits: 3 Communication Tips
Understanding information from the doctor is critical Understanding your older adult’s health conditions is especially important because they’re usually dealing with multiple health problems. As their...
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Prevent and Manage the 10 Most Common Chronic Diseases in Older Adults
Knowing about chronic health conditions keeps seniors healthier 80% of seniors have at least one chronic health condition and 68% have 2 or more. Even though these are grim statistics, older adults...
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7 Tips for Helping Seniors at the Doctor: Being a Health Advocate
Seniors may need help talking with doctors For many seniors, doctor appointments can be a confusing blur. Figuring out how to get the best possible health care can be overwhelming. Having you as their...
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How to Advocate for a Loved One In Long-Term Care: 7 Smart Steps
Making sure your older adult in assisted living is getting good care and solving problems that come up is a tough job. Caring.com answers questions about 7 top challenges, including what to do if your...
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6 Ways to Advocate for Seniors and Provide Support During a Hospital Stay
Seniors need extra support during a hospital stay A stay in the hospital can be confusing, scary, and painful. When your older adult is seriously ill or after a medical emergency, they need extra...
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Estate Planning Basics: Give Seniors Peace of Mind
An estate plan gives seniors peace of mind Creating a will or estate plan is essential for your older adult. Of course you don’t want to think about them passing away, but they most likely have final...
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Avoid Conflict When Helping Seniors at Doctor’s Appointments
Doctor’s visits can be a caregiving challenge Accompanying your older adult to their doctor’s appointments is important, but can be a tough challenge. While you’re there, you might disagree on what to...
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4 Ways to Know If Seniors Need to Return to the Hospital
How to know if recovery is going well or not After a hospitalization, the last thing anyone wants is for your older adult to have to return to the hospital. But recovery doesn’t always go smoothly and...
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Why Seniors Need a Health Advocate: 7 Health Benefits
Seniors need someone to look out for their best interests Visiting the doctor can be an exhausting blur for some older adults. Many seniors aren’t able to fully understand what the doctor says, aren’t...
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