Caregiver
While seniors face a growing number of challenges just trying to stay physically, mentally, and emotionally “fit”, I’m sad to say that there is another challenge that is taking its toll on our senior population today … and that is physical and financial abuse. And what makes this even more troubling is that it often comes at the hands of trusted family members and friends.
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Recently, my wife and I engaged in an exercise that far too few couples (or individuals) ever get around to doing. For several hours we discussed and completed a document detailing our “wishes” regarding how we want to be treated if we become seriously ill. We also discussed and wrote down how we want to [...]
While our experience of spending time with a dying loved one was brief, there are many today that have that process prolonged … even for weeks and months. Fortunately, our society has established one of the most caring, loving, and compassionate vehicles for those in the final stages of life … hospice care (which includes palliative care), and there isn’t any finer organization than our own Hospice of Kitsap County. For almost 30 years, they have been providing the families of our community with the highest quality and compassionate care and dignity to those at the end of life’s journey, regardless of their ability to pay. Because of them, families can face these “end-of-life” challenges with confidence and the knowledge that their loved one is being provided outstanding care.
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To a caregiver the outward symptoms of physical illness are pretty obvious. Aches, pains, or other persistent complaints can all be indicative of an underlying health issue. However, not all illnesses manifest themselves in the physical to cause such outward symptoms. Mental illnesses, such as depression, can have symptoms that mimic something as simple as [...]
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Falls are the leading cause of injury in seniors and comprise sixty percent of all injury related deaths in that age demographic. Three quarters of these falls occur within or in the vicinity of their homes. One third of these falls are attributed to hazardous conditions within the home and could have been prevented. Because [...]
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