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Eye Health for Older Adults: Stay Safe & See Clearly
Benefits of Physical Activity for Seniors: It’s Never Too Late to Start Moving!
Navigating the Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
Navigating the Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
ADLs vs IADLs: Why Are They Important?
ADLs vs IADLs: Why Are They Important?
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
- ADLs vs. IADLs. Why It’s Important to Know
- 4 Ways a Caregiver Can Encourage a Loved One’s Independence
- Caregiver Guide: Problems Of Daily Living
- Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living
- Lawton –Brody Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL)
- Activities of Daily Living (National Library of Medicine)
- Facilitating ADLs by Caregivers of Persons with Dementia: The C3P Model
- Family Caregiver Alliance (Videos and resources)
- What to know about ADLs and IADLs
The Importance of Financial Planning for Seniors
The Importance of Financial Planning for Seniors
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
- About CarePatrol Rack Card
- Money for Older Adults – National Council on Aging
- Office of Financial Protection of Older Americans – Obtain information and tools from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to help older Americans safely navigate through financial challenges.
- Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk: How to Have Essential Conversations with Your Parents About Their Finances
Mental Health and Older Adults
Mental Health and Older Adults
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
- 20 Signs Your Loved One May Need More Help Rack Card
- Loneliness and Social Isolation — Tips for Staying Connected
- 10 Warning Signs Your Older Family Member May Need Help
- Older Adults and Depression
- Preventing Suicide in Older Adults
- 10 symptoms of caregiver stress
- Tips to manage stress
- Mental Health Resources for caregivers
Mind Your Mental Health – Caregiver Emotions and Reactions
Mind Your Mental Health – Caregiver Emotions and Reactions
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
Mind Your Mental Health – Understanding and Addressing Caregiver Burnout
Senior Suicide Prevention
Senior Suicide Prevention
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
- Depression in Older Adults Rack Card
- 20 Signs Your Loved One May Need More Help
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
- Suicide and Older Adults: What You Should Know (National Council on Aging)
- 5 Common Myths About Suicide Debunked (NAMI)
- Reducing Loneliness and Social Isolation among Older Adults (Suicide Prevention Center)
- Loneliness and Social Isolation – Tips for Staying Connected
- Preventing Suicide in Older Adults
- Suicide Resources and Programs for Older Adults
- QPR Institute
- Promoting Emotional Health and Preventing Suicide – A Toolkit for Senior Living Communities
Home Care vs. Skilled Home Health
Home Care vs. Skilled Home Health
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
- Home Health Care vs. Home Care
- Private or Agency Home Caregiver Pros & Cons
- Important things to discuss with Your Aging Loved Ones (ComeForCare)
- Signs it May be Time to Consider Home Care (ComeForCare)
- Selecting the Right Home Care Provider (National Association for Home Care and Hospice)
- Care Compare (Medicare.gov)
- State of Home Care (Home Care Association of America)
Legal Planning for Seniors: Getting Your Legal “House” in Order
Staying Healthy this Flu Season
Staying Healthy this Flu Season
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
- Influenza and Older Adults (NFID)
- Influenza: About Flu (CDC)
- Key Facts About Seasonal Flu Vaccine (CDC)
- Find Flu Vaccines (Vaccines.gov)
- Influenza (Flu): Cold Versus Flu (CDC)
- Pneumococcal Vaccination (CDC)
- Adult Immunization Schedule (CDC)
- Vaccines for COVID-19 (CDC)
- When and How to Wash Your Hands (CDC)
How to Start Talking About Care Needs With Aging Parents
How to Start Talking About Care Needs With Aging Parents
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
Palliative Care vs. End of Life Care: Key Differences
Palliative Care vs. End of Life Care: Key Differences
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
- 20 Signs Your Loved One Needs More Help
- 8 Mistakes Families Make When Looking for Senior Care
- Respite Care
- Care Compare (Medicare.gov)
- What are Palliative Care and Hospice Care (Caring.org)
- What is Palliative Care (National Institute on Aging)
- Hospice Facts and Figures (NHPCO)
- End of Life: Helping with Comfort and Care (PDF from National Institute on Aging)
Essential Holiday Safety Tips for Seniors and Families
Essential Holiday Safety Tips for Seniors and Families
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
- 20 Signs that Your Loved One May Need More Help
- Depression in Older Adults
- Reducing Fall Risks – Tips for Your Loved Ones
- Reactions to Caregiving
- Aging in Place: Tips on Making Home Safe and Accessible – National Institute on Aging
- How to Make a Home Safe for Aging Parents – AARP
- How to Prevent Falls with Home Safety Modifications – National Council on Aging
Living with Gratitude: The Important Role of Family Caregivers
A New Year’s Resolution: Address Caregiver Guilt
Essential Caregiver Advice: Lessons Learned from a Daughter and Senior Care Professional
Essential Caregiver Advice: Lessons Learned from a Daughter and Senior Care Professional
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
- 20 Signs that Your Loved One May Need More Help Rack Card
- Reactions to Caregiving Rack Card
- Depression in Older Adults Rack Card
- Caregiver Burnout Rack Card
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
- National Institute on Aging – Advance Care Planning
- Healthcare POA / Advance Directives – Resources by State (search “YOUR STATE” Advance Directives) In Wisconsin
- The Dementia Directive
- Living Wills and Advance Directives for Medical Decisions – Mayo Clinic
- Estate Planning and Organization – the Next of Kin Box “NOK Box”
- The Conversation Project – National Healthcare Decisions Day
- Five Wishes Advance Care Planning Program
When is it Time for Memory Care? 10 Signs You Need to Know
When is it Time for Memory Care? 10 Signs You Need to Know
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
- Assisted Living vs. In-Home Care for Seniors Educational Flyer
- 20 Signs that your Loved One May Need More Help Rack Card
- 10 Early Signs and Symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease (ALZ.org)
- Memory Care: Specialized Support for People With Alzheimer’s or Dementia (AARP)
- Memory Care Costs (SeniorLiving.org)
- Genworth. Cost of Care Survey: Median Cost Data Table (Genworth)
- Second Wind Dreams®
Assisted Living vs. Nursing Homes – What are the Differences?
Assisted Living vs. Nursing Homes – What are the Differences?
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
- Senior Care Options: Assisted Living Flyer
- Finding a Quality Nursing Home Rack Card
- 8 Mistakes that Families Make When Looking for Senior Care Flyer
- 10 Tips When Helping Seniors Move Into Senior Housing Flyer
- Assisted Living Facts and Figures – AHCA/NCAL
- Caregiving Resources – National Institute on Aging
Estate Sale Planning for Seniors | Expert Advice & Resources
Estate Sale Planning for Seniors | Expert Advice & Resources
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
- 8 Mistakes that Families Make When Looking for Senior Care Flyer
- 10 Tips When Helping Seniors Move Into Senior Housing
- Estatesales.net
- Estatesales.org
- BlueMoonestatesales.com
- Estate Sale vs. Garage Sale: Understand the Difference – Blue Moon Estate Sales
- How to Prepare for an Estate Sale – Blue Moon Estate Sales
- What is Fair Market Value? – Blue Moon Estate Sales
Aging in Place? Why Home Modifications for Seniors are Important
Aging in Place? Why Home Modifications for Seniors are Important
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
- Aging in Place: Tips on Making Home Safe and Accessible
- Older Adults’ Preparedness to Age in Place – University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging
- Aging in Place: Growing Older at Home – National Institute on Aging
- 4 Ways a Caregiver Can Encourage a Loved One’s Independence – AARP
- Get the Facts on Falls Prevention – National Council on Aging
Paying for Assisted Living
Paying for Assisted Living
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
- Assisted Living vs. Home Care Flyer
- Assisted Living Flyer
- Paying for Care Flyer
- Cost of Care Survey – Genworth
- VA Pension Rates for Veterans – U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- VA Survivors Pension Benefit Rates – U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Medical and Dental Expenses – IRS
- Geriatrics and Extended Care – U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Money for Older Adults – National Council on Aging
- Instagram Video Resource – CarePatrol of Utah
- How Family Caregivers Can Get the Tax Breaks They Deserve – AARP
Hospice Facts, Myths & New Options
Hospice Facts, Myths & New Options
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
Estate Planning for Seniors: Why it Matters
Estate Planning for Seniors: Why it Matters
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
- About CarePatrol Rack Card
- 20 Signs that Your Loved One May Need More Help Rack Card
- Paying for Care Flyer
- Estate Planning Kit – AARP
- 8 Common Estate Planning Mistakes – AARP
- Getting Your Affairs in Order Checklist: Documents to Prepare for the Future – National Institute on Aging
- Alzheimer’s Caregiving: Caring for Yourself – National Institute on Aging
- 4 Essential Estate Planning Documents – Legal Zoom
- Legal and Financial Planning for People with Dementia – National Institute on Aging
Essential Downsizing Tips for Seniors: A Step-by-Step Guide + Podcast
Essential Downsizing Tips for Seniors: A Step-by-Step Guide + Podcast
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
- Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff
- My Legacy List
- 10 Tips When Helping Seniors Move Into Senior Housing Flyer
- Ten Tips for Clearing and Downsizing – CarePatrol Blog
- Consider Downsizing for Both Staying In or Moving Out – CarePatrol Blog
- How to Cope With Downsizing Your Home – AARP
- Downsizing a Home: A Checklist for Caregivers – Family Caregiver Alliance
Navigating Sibling Conflict Over Care of Elderly Parent
Navigating Sibling Conflict Over Care of Elderly Parent
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
- 20 Signs Your Loved One May Need More Help
- Caregiver Burnout
- Reactions to Caregiving
- Respite Care
- Senior Care Options: Assisted Living
- Assisted Living vs. In-Home Care for Seniors
- Home Health Care vs. Home Care Compass
- What Are the Signs That an Aging Parent Needs Help? – National Institute on Aging
- Moving Into An Assisted Living Residence: Making A Successful Transition – National Institute on Aging
Three Decades of Family Caregiving Support
Three Decades of Family Caregiving Support
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
- About CarePatrol
- 8 Mistakes that Families Make When Looking for Senior Care
- 10 Tips When Helping Seniors Move Into Senior Housing
- 20 Signs that Your Loved One May Need More Help
- CarePatrol.com
- How We Help – CarePatrol
- Residential Facilities, Assisted Living, and Nursing Homes – National Institute on Aging
- Nursing Homes and Assisted Living (Long-term Care Facilities [LTCFs]) – CDC
- When It’s Time to Leave Home – National Institute on Aging
- Frequently Asked Questions About Hospice Care – National Institute on Aging
When is it Time to Move to Assisted Living
When is it Time to Move to Assisted Living
Additional Resources Available for this Episode:
- 20 Signs Your Loved One May Need More Help
- Senior Care Options: Assisted Living
- Assisted Living vs. In-Home Care for Seniors
- 10 Tips When Helping Seniors Move Into Senior Housing
- Residential Facilities, Assisted Living, and Nursing Homes – National Institute on Aging
- Assisted Living Facts & Figures – AHCA/NCAL
- What Are the Signs That an Aging Parent Needs Help? – National Institute on Aging
- Moving Into An Assisted Living Residence: Making A Successful Transition – National Institute on Aging