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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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Estate Planning Basics for Seniors
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 your senior passing away, but they most likely have...
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Why Seniors Need You To Be Their Health Advocate
Seniors need someone on their side Visiting the doctor can be an exhausting blur for some older adults. Many aren’t able to confidently speak for themselves or fight for what they need. Seniors...
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Managing Your Senior’s Care: Check Up with Check-Ins
There are many people involved in your older adult’s care: doctors, nurses, physical therapists, in-home caregivers, assisted living staff, family, friends, and others. As their primary caregiver and...
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Managing Medications for Seniors: Reasons to Be Rx-ponsible
Managing your older adult’s prescriptions and other medications can feel like a full-time job – there’s so much to keep track of. But that’s exactly why you can’t assume others will take all the...
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Should You DIY Your Own Estate Plan?
An important part of caring for an older adult is making sure their essential legal documents are in place. An estate plan includes distribution of your older adult’s assets, paying debts, healthcare...
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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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