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Help with Moving tips on reducing stress from moving
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Help with Moving | “Moving”: Is It a Verb or an Adjective?

What is the first thing you think about when someone mentions they will be “moving”? Usually it’s the hassle of packing all the boxes, the big moving truck pulling up in front of the home, and the adventures of relocating to a new area that pops into our minds.

However, that’s just the action or the physical part of moving. There is so much physical work required to move a household from one place to another, that we often overlook the adjective “moving,” or the emotional part of transitions.

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Wernicke Korsakoff Syndrome – What happens when you heavily drink?

What happens when you drink heavily? Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome is a serious issue for our parents who heavily imbibe now or were heavy drinkers earlier in their life. Basically Wernicke can level out but it does not completely go away.  Korsakoff is the second part of a two part syndrome and it changes the gait of their walk and weakens them to the point that they are very wobbly and unstable while standing.  This is when

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Quality Placement for Seniors

Quality Placement for Seniors by Millie Jones How to Navigate Care Facilities for Your Loved One Do your parents have different living care needs? Quality Placement for Seniors is important to you Let’s discuss Care Facilities for Your Loved One. Maybe your father needs extensive medical or memory care, and your mother can live independently. Perhaps the situation is reversed. Or, perhaps your parents’ needs are a little different than those scenarios. Whatever the case,

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Life Transitions: Alcoholism and Aging

Alcoholism and Aging Alcoholism comes with many issues. Life Transitions regarding Alcoholism and Aging can cause senior challenges. High levels of alcohol in the body can result in headaches, severe dehydration, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and indigestion. Drinking excessively, even on a single occasion, increases a person’s risk of detrimental heart effects. If threat of illness does not detour the consumption of alcohol think of what it does to your skin. Alcohol dehydrates the skin, depriving

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Dementia how to know when an loved one is ready for elderly care
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Life Transitions: Dealing with Dementia

Dealing with Dementia is simple. There are things that must be remembered when dealing with a person who has dementia. These will
vary somewhat through the stages. Always remember that you are dealing with a person.

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Immediate Short Term Memory Transition Make Lists
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Life Transitions: Immediate Memory

Article Focus: Immediate Short Term Memory Transitions Life Transitions Series is a group of Posted Articles which will help all of us to understand the Transitions which eventually happen to us all. We will ask and attempt to discuss What transitions do older adults face? Immediate Memory #1 Immediate Memory is a new term for me and I have dealt with different levels of dementia for years.  Are you living with a person or caring

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