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Maintaining your own health while responsible for someone else's. Key takeaways Flu vaccine: recommended every year for everyone 6 months and old...
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The services, equipment and help available to unpaid caregivers. Key takeaways Area Agencies on Aging: local hubs for caregiver support, respite, meal...
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Supporting someone whose memory, reasoning and communication are changing. Key takeaways Distress behavior: usually communicates pain, fear, boredom o...
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Children and teenagers providing care for a family member. Key takeaways Who they are: children and teens helping care for a parent, grandparent or si...
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Supporting someone you do not live near. Key takeaways Medical alert systems: wearable buttons and sensors that summon help Pill organizers and bliste...
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Supporting someone in the last months, weeks or days of life. Key takeaways Palliative care: appropriate alongside treatment, not only at the very end...
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Combining paid employment with unpaid caregiving. Key takeaways Family and Medical Leave Act: up to 12 weeks a year of unpaid, job-protected leave for...
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The period after caregiving stops, through bereavement or a move into a care facility. Key takeaways Hospice bereavement support: Medicare hospice car...
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A structured program of exercise, education and support after a heart attack, heart surgery or other cardiac event. Key takeaways Offered after: heart...
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Supervised exercise and education for people with chronic lung disease. Key takeaways For: COPD and some other chronic lung conditions Duration: often...
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Regaining function after a stroke , through therapy across several disciplines. Key takeaways Disciplines: physical therapy, occupational therapy, and...
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Regaining strength and function after an operation. Key takeaways Prehabilitation: exercise and good nutrition before surgery can help recovery Gettin...
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Assessment and treatment of movement problems, largely through exercise and education. Key takeaways Direct access: allowed in all states in some form...
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Help to do the everyday activities that illness or injury has made difficult. Key takeaways Access: usually through a doctor's order in the hospi...
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Assessment and treatment of communication and swallowing problems by a speech-language pathologist. Key takeaways Covers: speech, language, voice and...
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