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By Esther C. Kane, CAPS, C.D.S. | Retired Occupational Therapist, Certified Aging In Place Specialist, Certified Dementia Specialist Summer used to feel like a gift.…
By Esther C. Kane, CAPS, C.D.S., Occupational Therapist, Certified Aging In Place Specialist, Certified Dementia Specialist If you’re caring for an aging parent, you already…
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Most seniors only hear from their Medicare broker once a year, right before the Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) opens in October. Then the calls stop,…
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There is a particular kind of quiet that follows the end of caregiving. Maybe it came after a death. Maybe it came when your dad…