It was 1936 and one mother sat worrying in a makeshift tent at the edge of a California pea field. She had seven hungry children, a broken-down car, no place to stay and no work. Her situation was similar to 2,500 other people who came to work in the same fields, but those fields of
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A sinking fund, meanwhile, is for specific expenses that will occur at a specific time.
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I am on several Google alerts including anything caregiver related. Every week something pops up about robots and caregiving in the future. You see this type of help generally in Japan and they are used mostly used as reminders and fetchers but with the advent of ChatGPT over the last few years we are looking
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Get to the ER fast, say doctors at Harvard Medical School, if any of these problems occur: Remember Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) usually covers emergency department services when you have an injury, a sudden illness, or an illness that quickly gets much worse. Have Your Emergency Info Ready to Go! The first page of the
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In 2019 the CDC reported that over 34,000 adults 65 and older died from falls, making it the leading cause for injury death among this group. I won’t list all the scary facts about what occurs after someone falls but you can click here for the statistics from the CDC. In my experience as a
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by Adrien Paczosa, LRD It’s already started! Every holiday season, it seems like gyms, meal services, and diet bullies start inundating us with their fear mongering messages and encouraging us to get ready to start XYZ diet earlier and earlier. Bleh. Instead of prompting body manipulation or even health resolutions for this coming year, I
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Yoga is more popular than ever, and not just among flexible young folks with expensive studio memberships and even pricier workout clothes. Nearly 29 million people in the U.S. alone practiced yoga in 2018, according to Statista, and the growth shows no signs of stopping. According to Harvard Health, because of yoga’s emphasis on the
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Handwritten thank you notes are ideal but nowadays emails have become acceptable. I personally like the extra effort it takes for someone to find a card (or better yet, make one!), write something, put a stamp on it and send it to me. Sending and receiving mail has become a thing of the past but
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Each year we see articles floating around about what to get the older adults in our lives. But what about those stressed out caregivers who care for them? What do you get them? Here are 5 ideas for gifts to get Caregivers Enroll them in a food of the month club! Who doesn’t like receiving
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According to Comparitech, a cyber security research company, more than 334,000 incidents of elder financial exploitation are reported each year, causing more than $6.3 billion in losses. Throughout my career, I have been exposed to many instances of exploitation, including a family that thought it was OK to keep their mom in one room of
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