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my grandparents live in tennessee and all their family lives in michigan. my grandpa has the disease and my grandma is his caregiver. He is getting progressively worse because i don't think my grandma is giving him is medication. He has become violent which he never was before...

What was the most surprising thing you learned during 2008 about the person you're caring for?

I am trying to help an elderly friend of mine find out if the way she has been paying for her 24 hour, live in home care, is legal.



Each week she simply gives the caregiver a check made out to CASH in the amount of $700 and does nothing more....

I am trying to help an elderly friend of mine find out if the way she has been paying for her live in home care is legal.

Each week she simply gives the caregiver a check for cash and does nothing more....

Is it legal to do this withoug taking out federal taxes, ss taxes, state taxes etc...

A good friend's mom is deteriorating, with asthma, dementia, and a few other things. My friend wants to chat with her mom's doctor, or even go to an appointment with her, to get the doc's ideas on what's going on. Her mom says it's private...

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I am listed as an "alternate" on my mothers Durable Power of Attorney.  She is currently in ICU and her significant other who is named as first choice on the Power of Attorney is stating that only he can sign the permission forms for...

Hi, well...this is my first...but I've realized I need HELP.  I'm 49 years old....living with my 81 yr old (her decling health) mother.  It takes both of our incomes to live together.  I've been living with her since April, 07.  I am losing my mind...

   Mom just turned 90 on Thanksgiving day and she seemed ok then. She did mention the fact that she might want to go into a nursing home. Mom lives in a very small town in Pennsylvania called Berlin.

Berlin Pa is 10 miles south of another bigger town called Somerset...

I am a care giver for a 94 your old lady, with Alzheimer's who is suppose to wear ted hose every day.  She telss me dad after day she doesn't need them and they do more harm than good.  She get's dizzy all the time and it is because she doesn't wear the hose...

I have been taking care of my 88 year old mother for 2 years. Back in November 07 she woke up with her back hurting. Since then, she has not been the same. Because of some of the medications she was on she has changed in ways that I never thought possible coming from her...

 I'm a healthcare ,med-aid,shift superviser,& more at an assisted living facility and I've been an c.n.a. and i've done homehealth and hospice care too. I enjoy what I do and have done it for the last 25 years, and i know I'm good at my...

Do you think your siblings help out enough when it comes to taking care of your parents or other senior family members who need help?

 My parents are both in their 80's and have multiple medical conditions and require assistance . I  am the primary caregiver to both by planning and performing duties such as setting up medications , personal care, liaison between Dr.s appts,hospitalization, education,etc...

If you could be given anything in the world to make caring for your parents or other loved ones easier, what would you ask for?

To anyone checking in today, I just want to wish each of you and your family a very Merry Christmas!  I hope it's filled with peace and good cheer.  My parents were with me earlier in the day and I made a deliberate effort to just appreciate...

what do you do when you are the only help for your parents and no other family is willing to help--in any way, it is soo hard to deal with sometimes, but everything thinks that nothing has changed for my dad, they don't want to acknowledge that he is...

Does anyone have any experience with the memory games and other mental exercises that are touted  to improve memory for seniors? Are there ones that are better or worse? Is it worth paying for them? Thanks for any advice.

My 85 year old grandmother has come to visit from out of state for the next 3 months.  My question is can her Ohio Medicaid benefits care over to North Carolina?  She is in desperate need of a physical and a hearing aid.  Can you please advise as to where I should start...

I am a caregiver for my mother (who is bedridden), with 3 aides coming in to help.  I am wondering about the proper gift to give the aides for the holidays.  One of the aides is from hospice and comes for 6 hrs a week...