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		<title>&#8220;Needing Elder Care When Family is Missing.&#8221;~ A touching video and news story today via KPBS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josie Kopecky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KPBS has provided a touching video and a great news segment today on seniors &#8220;Needing Elder Care When Family is Missing.&#8221; The sad reality is that there are many seniors who live alone and live below poverty level with no one to care for them. They have no spouse nor children who they can rely... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/other/needing-elder-care-when-family-is-missing-a-touching-video-and-news-story-today-via-kpbs/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What steps should I take after my aunt received a second degree burn from hot chocolate that the caregiver gave her?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Newsdesk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ My aunt recently received a second degree burn between her legs from hot chocolate which she could not hold. ]]></description>
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		<title>How can I keep a fitness program up after the physical therapist has finished?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Newsdesk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ How can you keep up a fitness program after the PT has finished. Is there a personal trainer for the elderly that would pick up where medicare leaves off. Is there a certification for such a thing]]></description>
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		<title>Why are DNR&#8217;s not banned and why is there still talk about legalizing euthanasia?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josie Kopecky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ This is too dangerous. dnrs and making euthanasia legal are easy ways to get rid of patients and make the medical staff jobs easy.The patients pay with their lives or can be damaged from the strong sedatives.The staff can medicate patients into a coma and get away with it by telling the family that the elder person is deteriorating from dementia instead of the drugs]]></description>
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		<title>I do my Mom&#8217;s laundry. She lives in a senior citizen building. She&#8217;s 91 years old and have nurse&#8217;s aides to help with her care. She lives by</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Newsdesk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ My question is this, when I wash her clothes, they smell so bad , I have to wash them 2-3 times before I can get the smell out. I use bleach, Lysol, and pine sol]]></description>
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		<title>Heartbroken over mom&#8217;s wanting to go home from nursing home</title>
		<link>http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/coping/heartbroken-over-moms-wanting-to-go-home-from-nursing-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josie Kopecky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ My mother has been in a nursing facility for five months, and she cries and wants to go home. I can't tell her that it isn't possible for her to do so, because it would break her heart and mine. She isn't able to walk, is incontinent and has mild dementia. ]]></description>
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		<title>What happens when the community spouse runs out of money, can&#8217;t make it on just social security and the other spouse is in a nursing home?</title>
		<link>http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/coping/what-happens-when-the-community-spouse-runs-out-of-money-cant-make-it-on-just-social-security-and-the-other-spouse-is-in-a-nursing-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Newsdesk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ My parents have very little money. When one goes into a nursing home, which may or may not happen, if the other community spouse cannot make it (rent, food, utilities) on just social security, do they go on welfare]]></description>
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		<title>Spouse of a nursing home resident options to sale home?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josie Kopecky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ My uncle has been in a nursing home for a few years...my aunt is still living in their home &#038; wants to sell it &#038; get a smaller place to live. With my uncle in the nursing home will she be able to do this or will she owe money to the nursing home for his care?? ]]></description>
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		<title>My mom is in a ALf and ALL of her mail including medicare, banking, and S/S statements are sent to my homeI.  I have POA for her as well as</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josie Kopecky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ medical POA. The problem is that her mailing address is my house and not the ALF.. She has an expired driver's license from out of state and no State ID from where she is now. ]]></description>
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		<title>Where can I find an independent living facility where my mom would have companionship with others?</title>
		<link>http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/where-can-i-find-an-independent-living-facility-where-my-mom-would-have-companionship-with-others/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Newsdesk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ My 86-year-old mother has been in assisted living. She has been approved by her doctor for independent living, but needs help with keeping her meds straight (she sometimes forgets to take them). She has mild dementia which will probably become worse. ]]></description>
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