10 Oct 2021
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As a geriatric care manager with Geriatric Care Consultants, LLC in Larchmont, NY, Amy Lazar, LMSW, works with many More
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27 Sep 2021
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Father and son are each named James Heatherly, but everyone calls them Big Jim and Little Jim. Now 88 and living at the More
26 Sep 2021
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Nick Cichetti’s 85-year-old mother Raffaela is fading. As the family member overseeing her care, he knows what he must do. More
25 Sep 2021
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About six years ago, Linda Katz started having difficulty teaching her social work classes and, soon thereafter, resigned More
22 Jul 2021
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In his book Fractured Families, released in late 2020, Dr. Karl Pillemer discusses family estrangement in the United States. He is referring to peopleMore
4 May 2021
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Great News: Your loved one has been approved to receive Community-Based Medicaid for home care. But now what? More
9 Oct 2020
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For “America’s Best Nursing Homes 2021,” Newsweek partnered with the respected global dataMore
10 Jul 2020
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Amid the worldwide pandemic, New York State has included a major change to Medicaid in the state’s 2020 More
5 May 2020
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This novel coronavirus pandemic makes it seem that even those of us who live close to our elderlyMore
17 Apr 2020
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Caregiver burnout is a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion. Burnout often occurs when caregiversMore
16 Jan 2020
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New York State Medicaid is a government assistance program. You would think it would be More
14 Nov 2019
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Applying for Community Medicaid (care at home) benefits is something of a complicated process – More
25 Oct 2019
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When a spouse or a parent begins to show signs of dementia or other memory problems, what are yourMore
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11 Oct 2021
0 Commentsmemory loss – abuela
Alzheimer’s disease runs in Ramonita Breban’s family – three of her siblings have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or More