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ACAP Statesville – March 17th, 2020 Preventing Falls in the Aging Community
ACAP Statesville March 2020 Flyer
Aging in Place Programs That Really Work
Ideas worth replicating from 4 global Innovation at Home contest winners
Untrained Caregivers Bear Burden of Care for Families: Report
Twenty million largely self-taught home caregivers in the United States perform complex medical tasks for family members and friends, a new report says. That means that half of the nation's 40 million family caregivers do things typically performed by health care...
How to Help Your Parents Transition to Assisted Living
Great article on how to help your parents transition to assisted living!
Are You Prepared to Take Care of Your Parents?
Found this article recently and thought it might provide a good stepping stone for any of you who are starting out!
The Telltale Signs your Parents aren’t Safe at Home Anymore
A 2018 AARP survey found that 76% of Americans ages 50 and older prefer to stay in their current homes as they age. And many elderly Americans do just that, often under the watchful eye of their children or other younger relatives. But you may struggle with the...
The Federal Government Will Spend Half Its Budget On Older Adults In Ten Years
Taking care of Baby Boomers won't be cheap!
Rob Lowe: Don’t underestimate the stress caregivers face
Actor Rob Lowe: I was my sick mother's caregiver, don't underestimate the stress caregivers face
PPT: Over-The-Counter & Prescription Drugs and the Elderly
POWERPOINT FILE: Over The Counter & Prescription Medications & the Elderly. Click to download and open.
Who Cares Anyway? You Will…You Just Don’t Know it Yet.
from the Good Men Project We cannot be so naive to think that the way in which we lived our lives would not slow down some. Or I can simply share my favorite quote when it comes to Care, from Rosalyn Carter. “There are four kinds of people in the world:Those who...