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		<title>~Easing Alzheimer&#8217;s with Art~</title>
		<link>http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/2010/07/11/easing-alzheimers-with-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josie Kopecky</dc:creator>
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(CNN) ~With crayons, brushes, an escape from Alzheimer&#8217;s~
 
 
 
 
 
 

By Faith H. Robinson, CNN

&#8211; Every Friday morning, students walk into an art class in Atlanta, Georgia. Some look dazed, uncertain in their environment, as if it&#8217;s vaguely familiar but they can&#8217;t fully recognize where they are &#8212; until they sit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Carlsbad, Parents Of Cancer Patients Plead For Answers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 07:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josie Kopecky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people who live in Carlsbad suspect that toxins in the ground, water and air are causing cancer and other illnesses. Desperate for answers, they’re calling for environmental tests.
A growing list of sick and dying children has left some people in Carlsbad on edge. Six-year-old Kelsey Devich died of leukemia in 2005. Seventeen-year-old Michelle Butler [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working with Developmentally Disabled Adults- A perspective from the other side</title>
		<link>http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/2010/04/27/working-with-developmentally-disabled-adults-a-perspective-from-the-other-side/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cedwards</dc:creator>
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What is a developmental disability? Prior to 2007 I didn&#8217;t know exactly what it meant.  According to California law, it is defined as mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, or other neurological disorders that require services similar to mental retardation. Developmental disabilities are further defined as having their origin in the developmental period, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Having Alzheimer&#8217;s doesn&#8217;t make you a vegetable</title>
		<link>http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/2010/04/22/having-alzheimers-doesnt-make-you-a-vegetable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose Broyles</dc:creator>
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New research from the US suggests that emotions triggered by events can endure longer than factual recollection in patients with severe amnesia; the researchers hope their findings will increase understanding of Alzheimer’s and related diseases and also bring comfort to caregivers and families in the knowledge that their loved ones may continue to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OK now I&#8217;m sick of this rollar-coaster ride&#8230;.why do I have to spend my weekend at moms while the POA and her family keep going out of town</title>
		<link>http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/2010/03/24/ok-now-im-sick-of-this-rollar-coaster-ride-why-do-i-have-to-spend-my-weekend-at-moms-while-the-poa-and-her-family-keep-going-out-of-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose Broyles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK now I&#8217;m sick of this rollar-coaster ride&#8230;.why do I have to spend my weekend at moms while the POA and her family keep going out of town
This is an interesting scenario because in many ways it&#8217;s a little related to how my sisters and I are handling the care of our parents. However, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Courtesy Lab Visits</title>
		<link>http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/2010/03/10/courtesy-lab-visits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose Broyles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My dad&#8217;s INR has gone through the roof since last week when his doctor put him on Prednisone because his asthma was acting up really badly. Prednisone is one of the  contraindictions to my dad&#8217;s condition with coumadin. Because of this, I had to take him once a week. But poor Dad has a hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile Dentists</title>
		<link>http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/2010/02/23/mobile-dentists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose Broyles</dc:creator>
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You may have heard about mobile doctors. They are a group of doctors who are trying to revive the movement of making house calls just like in the old times. Actually, it&#8217;s something that is greatly needed as our baby boomer generation gets older and increasingly immobile. However,  not much is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Breakthrough with Social Security Disability</title>
		<link>http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/2010/02/20/major-breakthrough-with-social-security-disability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose Broyles</dc:creator>
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What wonderful news I came upon after arriving from my conference trip to San Francisco earlier this week. The Alzheimer&#8217;s Association has announced that the Social Security Administration (SSA) has added early-onset/younger onset Alzheimer&#8217;s to the list of conditions under its Compassionate Allowance Initiative. What does this mean? It means SSDI  (Social Security [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama seeks to freeze spending but proposes aid to caregivers</title>
		<link>http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/2010/01/25/obama-seeks-to-freeze-spending-but-aid-in-cuts-to-caregivers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose Broyles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether or not you agree with the current policies of the White House, I myself, am glad to see that the issue of caregiving has been brought to light. I don&#8217;t know if it would work or if this is even a good idea&#8211;but I know that having the funding for  these programs available to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elderly Quake Victims Forgotten</title>
		<link>http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/2010/01/19/elderly-quake-victims-forgotten/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose Broyles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now you have heard about the horrible tragedy in Haiti. Not since the Tsunami of 2004 has a natural disaster of this magnitude  affected so many. Some of the most vulnerable are the elderly of Haiti still waiting for help, some starving. I have to warn you that this video is hard to watch. [...]]]></description>
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