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Best Activities for Seniors with Alzheimer’s
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Best Activities for Seniors with Alzheimer’s

As Alzheimer’s disease disrupts memory, impairs their behavior and reasoning, those in senior care near Chicago may stop doing some...
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Mediterranean Diet For Memory
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Mediterranean Diet For Memory

What’s good for the heart is good for the brain. According to the chief of the division of preventive medicine...
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New Symptom Might Be Early Detection of Dementia
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New Symptom Might Be Early Detection of Dementia

Researchers may have found a new way to detect dementia even before it affects the memory. A study was recently conducted...
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Why Protein in Seniors is Important
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Why Protein in Seniors is Important

Whether your mom or dad is receiving senior services in Chicago from Freedom Home Care or you’re providing their care...
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How to Help Parents Who are Frustrated with Technology
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How to Help Parents Who are Frustrated with Technology

There are all kinds of ways technology can help and improve our lives and our parents—from smartphones and tablets with...
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What You Need to Know About Communicating and Working With Alzheimer's Patients
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What You Need to Know About Communicating and Working With Alzheimer's Patients

Living with the effects of Alzheimer’s on a daily basis can be challenging for both patients and their caretakers. And...
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Spending Time With Grandchildren Can Keep You Healthy
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Spending Time With Grandchildren Can Keep You Healthy

Not only is being a grandparent good for your health but spending time with the grandkids has been shown to...
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Questions You Should Ask Before Hiring a Home Health Care Agency
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Questions You Should Ask Before Hiring a Home Health Care Agency

Deciding on a quality home health care agency is important not only for the safety and well-being of your senior...
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National Senior Citizen's Day
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National Senior Citizen's Day

In honor of seniors everywhere and the all the ways they bring wisdom, joy and love to our everyday lives,...
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A Social Life Leads to Longevity
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A Social Life Leads to Longevity

As a senior, your social health is just as important as your physical health. Experts say that seniors should seek...
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Health Benefits of Laughter for Seniors
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Health Benefits of Laughter for Seniors

They say that laughter is the best medicine. Laughter has been scientifically proven to offer a number of restorative effects...
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Senior Activity: Nature Walk
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Senior Activity: Nature Walk

Being outdoors is therapeutic for human beings at any age. It’s also been shown to be a major positive contributor...
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Activities For Alzheimer's Patients
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Activities For Alzheimer's Patients

In order to help loved ones with dementia continue to lead a good, quality life and achieve purpose and pleasure,...
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How to Help a Parent That is Refusing Elder Care
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How to Help a Parent That is Refusing Elder Care

One of the most heartbreaking things that adult children deal with is an aging parent that refuses in-home care. Not...
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Why Staying Social is Important for Seniors
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Why Staying Social is Important for Seniors

They say with age comes wisdom, but what they don't tell you is that there will also be a whole new set...
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Myths About Dementia
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Myths About Dementia

It’s all too common for us as human beings to try to come up with ways to make sense of things we don’t...
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Join Us for the Walk to End Alzheimer's
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Join Us for the Walk to End Alzheimer's

Get your gym shoes, friends and family ready!  We have a date for our North Shore 2017 Walk to End...
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Summer Safety Tips for the Elderly
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Summer Safety Tips for the Elderly

Many parts of the country are experiencing bouts of record heat this summer – and some of the drier, more...
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Ways to Save Money During Retirement
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Ways to Save Money During Retirement

After working a nine-to-five job for so long, it’s no surprise that many Americans are looking forward to the day...
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Improve Brain Fitness
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Improve Brain Fitness

Over our lifetime, the human brain has the capacity to grow. This is no different when we get older. Neuroplasticity...
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