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06/28/2018

Its dangerously hot today.
1. Fans are available to those who need them at 18th and Paseo today until 3 from the Salvation Army.
2.Check on your elderly, isolated, and chronically ill neighbors and make sure they're safe today. If they don't have air conditioning, encourage them to give Bishop Sullivan Center a call.
3. For our houseless friends they can ride the A/C cooled buses for 75 cents all day and the libraries are acting as cooling centers today.
4.You can give the gift of an air conditioner here:

  Project ElderCool is Bishop Sullivan Center’s annual effort to help our elderly and disabled neighbors find refuge from the summer’s deadly heat.   Since Project ElderCool began in 2000, over 5,600 low-income individuals in the KC metro area have found refuge from the heat thanks to a fr...

06/20/2018

Informal and family caregivers carry much of the responsibility when an aging family memeber ages at home.

When Martha Wade spells a word, it sounds like a song. Her daughter, Sharon Wade, sits with her on a plush couch and tries to come up with new words to

05/30/2018

A few simple modifications and done proactively make all the difference when wanting to age in place.

Don’t wait for a crisis like a broken hip to modify your home.

03/23/2018

This is so needed for the family caregivers.

How business leaders can support valued employees who find themselves in the role of caregiver for an aging relative.

02/02/2018

A wonderful gift that will forward Alzheimer's research.

Over 600 Catholic nuns have donated their brains to a University of Minnesota study into its causes.

01/29/2018

Plan, Plan, Plan. It is one of the only defenses we have against many of the crisis's of caregiving.

7 steps to creating a caregiving plan with your loved one Leave a reply January is when many people set New Year resolutions, budgets, and goals. It is also a great time to work with your aging loved one to create or update the plan for their life.. Step 1: Have conversations with your loved one to....

01/29/2018

What Is the Difference Between Medicare and Medicaid?
Many caregivers are confused about the difference between Medicare and Medicaid. Here's a brief explanation.

01/26/2018

Stop giving the sick and aging Ensure. We have been saying this for years!
“Supplement shakes like these, with confidence-inspiring names like Boost and Ensure, are marketed aggressively to consumers and health care providers alike as a healthful panacea for all those struggling to take in enough daily calories. The theory behind these drinks is simple and makes sense: They provide a dense and palatable form of calories that can be tolerated even by those who have poor appetite, no teeth, difficulty swallowing or any of the other myriad symptoms that accompany illness.
I pick up one of the colorful, cheery boxes and turn it over to look at its ingredient list. My eyes find the first and main ingredient: water. Then the second ingredient by quantity: corn syrup. There, farther down the list, is a milk-derived protein, and then, more sugar. The protein content is only 10 grams. The diminutive Greek yogurt I had that morning before work contained more protein and a fraction of the sugar.

Food has the potential to be some of the best medicine. But not the kind of sugar-laden drinks ubiquitous in hospitals.

01/22/2018

Good info in an easy digestible read.

Be considerate, but smart about your money as there are pitfalls to caregiving. Make a budget with what you can and can't afford, stick to it.

01/18/2018

This is a great talk about the very important role of caregivers in healthcare.

Once a cared-for patient and now a caregiver himself, Scott Williams highlights the invaluable role of informal caregivers -- those friends and relatives who, out of love, go the extra mile for patients in need. From personal care to advocacy to emotional support, unpaid caregivers form the invisibl...

01/18/2018

So thoughtful of a gift.

01/11/2018

Why does an emergency hospital visit often lead to decline in older patients? It’s complicated, but there are mitigating steps hospitals and family caregivers can take, says Navigating Aging’s Judith Graham in an article for Kaiser Health News.

Experts provide tips for older patients and their caregivers to cope with the physical and mental declines associated with emergency room visits.