New LifeStyles Senior Living & Care Blog

We know that it can be tough, finding care for a loved one, or taking care of them yourself. So we offer our end users a blog with information on care giving, choosing a community, senior living and care news and just for fun!

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As we get older, our bodies as well as our minds change.  For many of us, our lives become very static for the last few decades of life.  We become set in our routines, surrounded by objects and mementos that remind us of our lives and personal history.  It is…

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Weekly Links 5/17/18

Mind the Gap: Seniors with Nowhere to Turn for Support Summer Travel Plans for Caregivers The Important Role of Faith Community Nursing Is It Time to Move? 5 Questions to Ask Long-Distance Caregiving Confusion and Anxiety in the Elderly at Night New frontier for gay rights: Bias and bullying in…

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This Weeks Senior Living and Caregiving Links

Following a couple from diagnosis to the final stages of Alzheimer’s My retirement, my choice: Aging in the ‘right’ place Study Explores Crash Risk Among Older Drivers What Is the Difference Between Assisted Living and Nursing Home? Fight for Your Rights

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7 Links to This Week’s Senior Living and Caregiving Articles

Stepping Into The Leadership Role Long Term Care: How Much Does Medicare Actually Cover? Volunteering 2 hours per week reduces loneliness in widowed older adults What to consider when deciding on a senior living community Advice for Caregivers: Hallucinations Related to Alzheimer’s [Infographic] Vast Majority Of Elder Financial Abuse By…

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This Week’s Links

Podcast: What’s a Caregiving-Friendly Community? Senior Nutrition in Aging Fall prevention gets harder when elderly leave hospital 5 Wheelchair VanShopping Tips Medicaid Divorce: Maybe . . . Maybe Not.

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Senior Abuse: 4 Ways To Spot Mistreatment of a Loved One

It’s hard to believe that anyone would cause harm to the elderly anywhere, specifically in a nursing home, but the sad truth is that it happens.  From 2015-2016, investigators found 134 cases of abuse of nursing home residents. Most nursing home residences hold strict codes to ensure these abuses don’t happen, but this…

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Assisted Living – Do you know all of your options?

A good friend recently asked me to help them find assisted living for her husband’s grandmother. First, I had to call her and get the whole story. Had something happened? Why did she need assisted living? What was the time frame? After learning that she had fallen, was coming out…

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Weekly Senior Living and Care Links – 2/15/18

African-Americans are at a higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease. What Every Dementia Caregiver Must Know Ft. Worth Area Community In the News for a Kind Act Planning for the Future After a Spouse’s Death Text reminders raise medication adherence in Medicare patients by 14%

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The Bottom Line: Assisted Living Costs

  The national average for an assisted living facility in 2017 for a private, one-bedroom unit was $45,000 a year, but costs can be more than 50 percent higher in some states and a third lower in others. The costliest states for assisted living are Delaware: $72,000, Alaska $72,000, New…

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Senior Safety, Care & Sharing Links

Safety Tips for Seniors Sibling Rivalry: When Family Members Disagree on Senior Care Options The Uninvited “Guest”

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