Elder Care Cafe

Nursing homes are facing a double-edged sword. Just when the baby boomer swell is rolling in, economic woes, increased costs, and decreased funding are causing nursing homes to decrease staff and services. Some are even needing to shut down.

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A few minutes ago, I was on the AARP website visiting the forum. Last year, I uploaded a couple of photos on that site of David when he was 9-months-old. Today I uploaded several taken last week now that he is 2 1/2. What a difference.

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For the past two weeks, my daughter and my two-and-one-half-year-old grandson, David, stayed with us while they visited area family and friends. They headed back to the Coastal Bend of Texas a couple of days ago. What a joy to see my little guy – I hadn’t seen him since he was nine months old. [...]

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Knee pain has taken on a completely new importance in my life as I have aged. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize how important it was to take care of my body when I was younger and much more athletic. For many years I was active in sports such as softball and tennis, I jogged, bowled, and [...]

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Although sleep apnea is a serious medical condition, if you have mild sleep apnea you can often use home treatment to reduce the symptoms. Mild sleep apnea is described as five or fewer apnea episodes a night.

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