Long Distance Caregiving Research indicates that long distance caregiving actually costs more money. Travel expenses, paying for in-home caregivers, etc. attribute to some of those. I’m well acquainted with the latter reason. When my mom lived in Florida, and before she moved to North Carolina to be with me, my wife...
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Estate Planning is for Everyone – Charlotte Today – Smilecast 117
Estate Planning is not Just for the Rich Estate planning is misnamed, because it implies that one must have extensive assets to even consider an estate plan. That is not true. “Everyone needs an estate plan because it is simply about control and protecting the ones that you love,” according...
Healthy Heart When Young = Healthy Brain When Older-Smilecast 116
Healthy Heart in 20s = Healthy Brain in 40s People who take simple steps to keep a healthy heart in young adulthood, such as exercising, eating a healthy diet and controlling blood pressure and cholesterol, may keep their brain from shrinking decades later. People who take care of their heart health...
Poor Sleep and Alzheimer’s Implications-Smilecast 115
Poor Sleep May Be Early Sign of Alzheimer’s Poor sleep may be a sign that people who are otherwise healthy may be more at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease later in life than people who do not have sleep problems, according to a study published in Neurology®, the medical journal...
Young Caregivers – Charlotte Today – April 5, 2018
Young Caregivers – A Startling Amount of Kids are Taking Care of Adults This may surprise you but about 1.4 million children between ages 8 and 18 are caregivers nationwide. Most often, the family member is a parent or grandparent, with a condition such as Alzheimer’s disease or dementia; heart,...
Music Therapy Improves Dementia – Try My Concerts at Home – Smilecast 114
Music Therapy Through One on One Concerts Personalized music therapy may help decrease antipsychotic use and improve dementia symptoms in individuals with dementia according to a new study in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. “Results from this study offer the first evidence that the M&M individualized...
10 Steps to Coordinated Care for an Aging Loved One – Smilecast 113
10 Steps to Coordinated Care for an Aging Loved One It takes a village to care for an older adult especially if one lives with several chronic conditions. Experts in caregiving recommend to family caregivers to start planning early, long before a parent or older relative needs assistance, because if...
Bacteria in Gut May One Day Slow Aging-Smilecast 112
Want to Slow Aging? Check Your Gut! Slow aging might be possible one day with supplements derived from gut bacteria. Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have identified bacterial genes and compounds that extend the life of and also slow...
Multitasking Effectively and What It Means to Brain Health-Smilecast 111
Effective Multitasking Can Be Learned Although “multitasking” is a popular buzzword, research shows that only 2% of the population actually multitasks efficiently. Most of us just shift back and forth between different tasks, a process that requires our brains to refocus time and time again — and reduces overall productivity...
Extra-virgin Olive Oil Preserves Memory & Protects Brain-Smilecast 110
Temple University Study Provide More Proof of Benefits of Extra-virgin Olive Oil and the Mediterranean Diet The Mediterranean diet, rich in plant-based foods, is associated with a variety of health benefits, including a lower incidence of dementia. Now, researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM)...