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		<title>Choosing between work and and caring for an elder</title>
		<link>http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/2010/03/11/choosing-between-work-and-and-caring-for-an-elder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose Broyles</dc:creator>
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How do you deal with an employer who is pushing you to make the choice between work and caring for your elder?

This week&#8217;s question came from a caregiver having a hard time at work. She takes care of her mother who is afflicted with Parkinson&#8217; s Disease. Already in a stressful situation, her boss doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Courtesy Lab Visits</title>
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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>What do you do when you don&#8217;t want to see Mom in the nursing home?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose Broyles</dc:creator>
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My mom has Alzheimer&#8217;s and she is in a nursing home. I get physically ill at the thought of going there and I have to force myself to go see her. Does anyone else have this problem?

I&#8217;m involved as an active member on Agingcare.com, if you get a chance to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seniors squeezed as doctors shun Medicare</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose Broyles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) &#8212; Medicare has become a scary word to the doctors at the largest private group practice in Kansas City, Mo.
It&#8217;s so scary that most physicians at Kansas City Internal Medicine, with 65% of its nearly 70,000 active patients age 65 or older, have stopped accepting walk-in Medicare enrollees, said Dr. David Wilt, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile Dentists</title>
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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>Donate to Haiti&#8217;s Eldery Earthquake Relief</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose Broyles</dc:creator>
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With the earthquake already over a month out, many may be putting this behind them now. Unfortunately, many of the elderly affected in Haiti are not getting the medicines and the help that they need.
DONATE THROUGH AARP NOW and make a difference!
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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>Will my father lose his Medicaid if he gets disability?</title>
		<link>http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/2010/02/04/will-my-father-lose-his-medicaid-if-he-gets-disability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose Broyles</dc:creator>
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Image by Aric Riley via Flickr



One of the things I enjoy doing is going to care giving sites like Agingcare.com. It makes me feel good to know that there are others that can relate to us and maybe share some of our experiences with them to help them through their journey. Also, there are some [...]]]></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>The Fight to Cure Alzheimer&#8217;s : Drinks, Pills and more Drinks&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/2010/01/25/the-fight-to-cure-alzheimers-drinks-pills-and-more-drinks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose Broyles</dc:creator>
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Recently, two studies were published regarding  aids to help slow down the destructive process of Dementia. I wrote about one of them last year when I interviewed a local research company called Synergy Research about their Alzheimer&#8217;s studies.
&#8220;The Medical Food&#8221;
It&#8217;s called Souvenaid and it&#8217;s something you may soon find next to Ensure at [...]]]></description>
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