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Have you or a loved one had a prolonged hospital stay or, perhaps, multiple hospitalizations within a short time period? Do you or your loved one have a medical “team” comprised of a primary care physician and multiple subspecialists requiring appointments every four to eight weeks? Is your appointment calendar filling up or your medication list starting to resemble a scroll? Is your memory or general health starting to fail you, and there’s no one at home to organize and understand your medications, to attend doctor’s appointments with you, to help you understand and implement your doctor’s care plan for you? If you answered (perhaps emphatically) “yes” to any of these questions, then you need more help than you currently have in place and a geriatric care manager may be helpful.
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Studies estimate that more than 2.5 million older people each year are injured, exploited, or otherwise mistreated by someone on whom they depended for care or protection, with 90% of the abuse committed by a perpetrator known to the elderly victim. If you find those estimates horrifying, you’ll find reality even more chilling:
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Medicare Open Enrollment

By: Judie Rappaport
Date: October 15, 2011
Eldercare 911 10/15/11 Dear Judie: Mom’s (84) gotten four phone calls selling Medicare drug plans costing very little yet promising twice the coverage of others. The agents offered to sign her up over the phone or come to the house to help her with the paper work. I told her it’s illegal and a scam; she’s cash strapped and wants to do it. Now what?
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Words of Hope and Comfort

By: Judie Rappaport
Date: March 14, 2011
Remember this truth: changing your life to become a caregiver is different from not having a life
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Warning Signs: When to Get Help

Date: March 14, 2011
Aging usually includes emotional & physical changes that do not significantly interfere with our lives. However, if your loved one exhibits several of these warning signs simultaneously, it’s time for an assessment to help identify the problem and help keep your loved one safe.
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Why Parents Refuse Help

Date: March 14, 2011
The best approach to a parent who refuses help is to back off and look at the situation from a different perspective. Take a moment and try to figure out why your mother might not want your help. Be sure you’re thinking about the situation from her point of view, not yours. It’s hard to do, but take a few minutes alone, in a quiet room, and imagine yourself in her shoes.
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Without an accurate diagnosis your parent may be treated for the wrong problem or go entirely without treatment. Stay calm and use these guidelines to verify the diagnosis.
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To Intervene or Not to Intervene: 7 Questions to Help you Assess Your Loved One's Risk Factor

Source: Eldercare 911: The Caregiver's Complete Handbook for Making Decisions
Date: March 14, 2011
If you feel your loved one is at risk, your best option is to try to arrange a professional Geriatric assessment. These seven questions will help alert you to several potential risks.
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One of the hardest tasks caregivers face is managing their loved ones’ needs while trying to maintain their own quality of life. Add the continuous decrease in services and benefits and the pitfalls of managed care, and it’s easy to see why caregivers quickly become overwhelmed. Education, planning, and professional advocacy are the keys to survival.
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