Health Topic : Stroke
Definition A stroke is an injury to the brain caused when the brain’s blood supply is interrupted or greatly reduced. The brain is deprived of oxygen and nutrients, and brain…
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Guidelines for Better Communication with Brain-Impaired Adults
Communicating with a loved one with a brain disorder can indeed be challenging. Finding the right words and getting your point across are difficult under normal circumstances.This difficulty is often…
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Water: How much should you drink every day?
Water is essential to good health, yet needs vary by individual. These guidelines can help ensure you drink enough fluids. How much water should you drink each day? It’s a…
7 Tips on Celebrating the Holidays in a Nursing Home
If your loved one is at a hospital or a nursing care facility, whether it’s for a short-term rehab stay or for long-term care, she might feel pretty discouraged about…
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10 Practical Tips for Dementia Care-giving
Here is some practical advice: Being Reasonable, Rational, and Logical Will Just Get You into Trouble. When someone is acting in ways that don’t make sense, we tend to carefully…
Care at Home ? Make Your Home Safe for Your Aging Parent
Job 1 when moving your aging parent or loved one into your home — or helping them age in place in their own home — is making it safe. Take…
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How to Care for a Stroke Patient at Home with 15 Best Practices
Learning how to care for a stroke patient at home is all about putting yourself in the survivor’s shoes. It’s also important to understand the medical complications that you can…
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Saying ‘Yes’ to Offers of Help
How do you respond when someone asks, “Is there anything I can do?” More likely than not, your response is, “Oh no, I’m okay.” And when friends say “Let me know if…
Nursing Home Options: The Right Time
Most caregivers are committed to keeping a frail or ill loved one at home as long as possible. Maybe they promised not to put the care receiver in a “nursing…
Caregiver Self-Care: Caring for You
The care you give to yourself is the care you give to your loved one. Keep these simple steps and strategies in mind to ensure that you as a caregiver…