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| Fear of Frailty: Research Shows Lack of Activity Threatens Seniors' Independence |
| The fear of growing frail creates worry not only for the elderly, but also younger adults - many of whom are daughters - concerned about the health and safety of their aging loved ones. That's according to results of a recent survey of seniors and adult children that reveals staying physically active is a major challenge for older adults. |
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| Stages of Senior Care: Comprehensive Resource Provides Readers with Tools to Make Informed Senior Care Decisions |
| With more than 78 million baby boomers on the verge of retirement, America is facing monumental social and economic challenges in the ways in which we care for our seniors. To ease this tension and give much needed guidance to seniors and their adult children, Paul and Lori Hogan, founders of Home Instead Senior Care, the world’s largest provider of non-medical in-home care for seniors, have taken their experiences as both family caregivers and senior care professionals and written the book Stages of Senior Care: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Making the Best Decisions. |
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| First Line of Defense: Nutrition Tips Will Arm Family Caregivers with Resources for Healthy Aging |
| When it comes to healthy aging, good nutrition is the first line of defense in keeping seniors strong and independent, according to the results of a recent study about the effect of nutrition on older adults. |
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| Family Caregivers Feel the Heat: Home Cooking for Seniors a Source of Stress for Caregivers of Older Adults |
| Adult daughters – who typically serve as home cooks for seniors – are feeling the heat in the kitchen, according to a recent study of family caregivers. The stress is especially high for adult children who are caring and cooking for someone with several nutritional risk factors. |
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| Moving a Senior Into Your House? Make Sure Home Isn't a Parent Trap |
| The increasing number of seniors now living under the same roof with at least one other generation is more than just political news. According to a recent survey conducted for the international caregiving company Home Instead Senior Care, 43 percent of adult caregivers in the U.S. ages 35 to 62 live with the parent, stepparent or older relative for whom they or someone else in their household provides care. |
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| Is Senior Care The New Child Care? Senior Care Industry Following Same Path As Child Care |
Omaha, NE (PRWeb) February 11, 2009 -- Call it deja vu or just history repeating itself. But the same families who were looking for caregiving services 20 years ago are still in need of help – this time for their parents, not their kids.
No one understands that trend better than Sherry Workman of Austin, Texas, who opened her first child-care center in 1977 with 20 children. Two years later, she built a new building that soon had 80 children enrolled and a waiting list of 80 children. Her fifth year in business she expanded the center to enroll 160 children. |
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