For nearly a year, nursing homes and assisted living centers have been mostly closed to visitors. Now, it’s time for them to open back up and relieve residents of crushing isolation.
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Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Centers Must Reopen For Mental Health Sake
Posted on 05 March 2021.
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Family Caregivers, Routinely Left Off Vaccine Lists
Posted on 17 February 2021.
Robin Davidson entered the lobby of Houston Methodist Hospital, where her 89-year-old father, Joe, was being treated for a flare-up of congestive heart failure.
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Behind COVID Deaths: A Name, A Family, A Story
Posted on 17 December 2020.
More than 300,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States. It is the latest sign of a generational tragedy that leaves in its wake an expanse of grief that cannot be captured in a string of statistics.
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Home Health Care: Engaging Family Caregivers
Posted on 09 December 2020.
After Jo-Ana Chase heard her mother had successful heart surgery, she was relieved when her mom was finally discharged from the hospital and sent home to be cared for by her brother.
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Depression: Downward Spiral For Caregivers Of Newly Diagnosed Dementia Patients
Posted on 08 September 2020.
Caring for a partner or spouse with a new diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or related dementia is associated with a 30 percent increase in depression, compared to older adults who don’t have a spouse with dementia.
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We Put Off Planning, Until My Father-in-Law’s Medical Crisis Took Us by Surprise
Posted on 22 August 2020.
Earlier this month, my husband picked up the phone and learned his 92-year-old father had been taken to the hospital that morning, feeling sick and short of breath.
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