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Frequently Asked Questions About Eldercare What are the duties of a legal guardian for elderly parents? What is a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order and how does it work? Is there a way to use my mother's assets to compensate me as her caregiver? Is Dad Okay? I am a…
Mikol DavisNovember 3, 2011
As a family caregiver, I have grief over my mom being in a nursing home. Question About: Caregiver Grief Last updated: 06-Jul-2009 By Caring.com Community Member, wkcsouthward4 I have been taking care of my mom since last March 2008. When Mom found out she had colon cancer, she lived with…
Mikol DavisNovember 3, 2011
Hello again. Carolyn and Mikol here.How’s your happiness quotient? Science tells us that if you want to increase your “happiness quotient” every day, it’s important to take time and verbally acknowledge the present blessings in your life.We wanted to share a moment of reflection about some of our blessings and…
Mikol DavisNovember 3, 2011
Hello It's Dr. Mikol. To all our Jewish readers, I would like to wish you a Happy Rosh Hashanah and a Sweet and Healthy New Year.While it may not be the New Year for all of our readers, this holiday should remind us of the universal calendar New Year and…
Mikol DavisNovember 3, 2011
Hello it's Mikol and Carolyn here. Today Mikol is going to share something just amazing with you. My own aging parent - my Mom - is 88, still active, and lives alone. In those 88 years she has seen many wonderful places and enjoyed a great life. After my Dad…
Mikol DavisNovember 3, 2011
Ok, I want you to use your imagination for a moment. Let's say you just got off the phone with the bank. They called to tell you that your aging parent - your Dad - had come into the bank with a "young woman" and had withdrawn $10,000. Oh and…
Mikol DavisNovember 3, 2011
Hello again . Carolyn here. Hope you are doing well. Mikol and I just returned from a business trip to Phoenix, and we were fortunate enough to be able to take a side trip over to beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico. We had the chance to go inside these caves…
Mikol DavisNovember 3, 2011
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 SPOUSE ON SPOUSE NEGLECT: Are We Seeing More Of It? In Wilmington, Delaware, 80-year-old Shirley Wilson was convicted at a jury trial of abusing and neglecting her 82-year-old husband, a stroke victim, by taking him out of the nursing home where…
Mikol DavisNovember 3, 2011
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