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Best Practices for Managing Medications When You Travel
You’re ready to take that trip you’ve been putting off. You’ve got your airline tickets, confirmed your hotel and rental car reservations and arranged for a neighbor to water your plants. You’re about to begin packing your checked and carry-on baggage and then it...
6 Airline Travel Tips for Seniors
Thinking of taking to the skies late this summer and into the fall? Air travel with or as a senior comes with some challenges. However, advancing age and health conditions don’t need to ground you. Here are six tips to make your flights easy, uneventful and...
Avoiding Social Isolation As You Age Is Good For Your Health
There’s no arguing that eating right, getting exercise and enough sleep each night can increase the chances of living a longer, happier life. However, proper nourishment and a healthy lifestyle aren’t the only predictors of being more satisfied during your...
Managing the Parent-Child Role Reversal
According to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, approximately 17 percent of adult children will provide care for a parent at some point. Typically, parents care for their children as they grow up, providing guidance, a sense of security, love,...
Choosing the Right Home Health Aide for Your Loved One
This is a cautionary tale of how quickly things can go wrong when you live far from a loved one who needs care at home. Sherry M. is caring for her 99-year-old mother remotely. Her mom, who has dementia and is no longer ambulatory, lives in her own condo in south...
8 Tips for Long-Distance Caregivers
Caregiving is not for the faint of heart. Caregiving can be emotionally, physically, psychologically and economically challenging. It can entail a wide variety of tasks such as helping with cooking, transporting the loved one from home to doctor’s appointments,...
7 Creative Ways to Deal with Chronic Illness
Getting a diagnosis of a chronic illness can be life-changing. You may experience a variety of physical symptoms related to your condition as well as stress, fatigue and depression. You may be faced with the daunting prospect of balancing your life with an...
4 Ways to Reduce Caregiver Burnout
If you’re caring for an elderly or ailing friend or family member, you know about the stress and challenges of looking after a loved one. You may have to perform various tasks and chores - helping with basic needs like bathing and grooming, house cleaning, cooking,...
Help Your Aging Loved One Age in Place
This latest PersonalRX blog post focuses on the challenges facing older adults in their desire to age in place. Included is some research that explores the issues and costs involved in this decision as well as the role caregivers play in enabling their loved one to...
4 Benefits of Dose Packs
You might be familiar with dose packs for medication. Pharmacies that offer dose packs can parcel patients’ multiple medications in convenient packages, grouping pills and capsules that need to be taken at a specific time in a single package. These packets are all...
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