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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 can a caregiver learn from Steve Job&#8217;s commencement speech ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josie Kopecky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, I came across this beautiful article from agingcare.com regarding the relevance of Steve Job&#8217;s commencement speech to the caregivers of the elderly and the sick….. What can a caregiver learn from Steve Job&#8217;s commencement speech to the Stanford graduates in 2005 in Palo Alto, California?In one of the most poignant statements of the entire... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/what-can-a-caregiver-learn-from-steve-jobs-commencement-speech/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>LEARN THE 10 WARNING SIGNS OF ALZHEIMER&#8217;S &amp; THE DEVASTATING PROGRESSION IN THE BRAIN</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josie Kopecky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALZHEIMER&#8217;S is a devastating fatal disease……. The earlier you recognize the symptoms, the better the chances of prolonging the lives of your loved ones. There are aggressive research, advanced treatments, and medications available currently, but there is no cure to date of this terrible and fatal disease. This 4-minute video by the National Institutes of... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/learn-the-10-warning-signs-of-alzheimers-the-devastating-progression-in-the-brain/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>UNDERSTANDING DEMENTIA /ALZHEIMER&#8217;S BEHAVIORS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 04:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josie Kopecky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNDERSTANDING DEMENTIA BEHAVIORS &#160; PART I       &#160; &#160; &#160; Caring for a loved one with dementia poses many challenges for families and caregivers.  People with dementia from conditions such as Alzheimer&#8217;s and related diseases have a progressive brain disorder that makes it more and more difficult for them to remember things, think... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/healthcare/activities/understanding-dementia-alzheimers-behaviors/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>March on Alzheimers: More than a social cause, but a personal one</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editorial Commentary Our website is geared towards providing the latest news to caregivers as well as others who are concerned with the plight of our sick and frail elderly. With so much focus on providing the news, we found an event that became OUR news, the Maria Shriver&#8217;s Alzheimer&#8217;s Walk and Candlelight Vigil, which took... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/march-on-alzheimers-more-than-a-social-cause-but-a-personal-one/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>San Diego Hospice Offers Psychiatric Care To Ease Suffering via KPBS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josie Kopecky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia SAN DIEGO — Over the past few decades, hospice care has become a more common choice for people who have a terminal illness. These patients forgo life-prolonging treatments and instead get help to make their final days as comfortable and pain-free as possible. The San Diego Hospice is the only one in the nation... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/san-diego-hospice-offers-psychiatric-care-to-ease-suffering-via-kpbs/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>~Easing Alzheimer&#8217;s with Art~</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josie Kopecky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia (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 down and begin... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/easing-alzheimers-with-art/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Having Alzheimer&#8217;s doesn&#8217;t make you a vegetable</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image by M@rg via Flickr 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... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/having-alzheimers-doesnt-make-you-a-vegetable/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dementia Expanding Worldwide at an Alarming Rate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Benny Arce Current Period Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease International (ADI), headed by Dr. Daisy Acosta, released a World Alzheimer Report indicating that there are over 35 million dementia cases all over the world. The latest figures are an update of a report by British researchers in 2005 where they estimated worldwide dementia at the time at... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/disease-info/dementia-expanding-worldwide-at-an-alarming-rate/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nutrition for Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease Patients</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia by Benny Arce The care and management of patients afflicted with Alzheimer&#8216;s Disease (AD) is often a difficult task. This becomes more difficult as the disease progresses to its advanced stage. Yet right at the onset of AD until the end, it is necessary to provide patients with proper Alzheimer diet and nutrition... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/nutrition-for-alzheimers-disease-patients/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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