“Caregiving 101” Blog

This Week’s Featured Radio Podcast

Listen to Volume # 020 — Yvonne Ortega – “Dementia with Yvonne Ortega” (Podcast)

“Caregiving 101” on KKYX Radio 680am San Antonio, Texas
Hosts: Starr & Bob Calo–oy
Guest: Yvonne Ortega
Broadcast Date: July 5, 2008

Dementia patients often lean-toward being violent, non-verbal or depressed. These are generally the three categories they fall-in.  Deep inside most of them know something is not quite-right any more, and this often contributes to this behavior.  Sometimes aggression is nothing more than self-frustration. (more…)

Selecting the Right Personal Care Home for Your Loved One:

One of the reasons personal care homes are difficult to locate is because they don’t have the budget to run large ads in the newspaper, and most don’t have the resources to advertise on the internet. The Alzheimer’s Association provides families with a list of personal care homes, if they feel that this option is best for them. Most senior citizen centers and social workers at almost any nursing home maintain their own lists of referral sources. The best way to find exactly what you’re looking for in a facility is to “do your homework.”
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If you are like most people you probably have put off collecting and categorizing vital information that your adult children will need to have on hand in the event of incapacitating illness or your death.

This month I have put together a list of questions for you to answer that they will most likely need to know. It may take you a couple of weeks to accumulate all of the information below but it will be well worth it. This will give you and your children peace of mind.
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