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Family Caregiver Conference: A Loving Approach to Dementia Care
Join BrightStar of Downtown Houston, Sheltering Arms Senior Services and the Alzheimer’s Association for “A Loving Approach To Dementia Care.” Laura Wayman, Nationally known speaker, trainer and auth… more →
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Family Caregiver Conference: A Loving Approach to Dementia Care
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wrote 1 month ago: Join BrightStar of Downtown Houston, Sheltering Arms Senior Services and the Alzheimer’s Association … more →
New Push For Early Testing, Treatment For Dementia - WSJ.com
wrote 2 months ago: A new push is under way to improve screening and follow-up care for patients with dementia, the deva … more →
Keeping seniors at home and safe requires some thought
wrote 3 months ago: Making the home senior friendly is important for the safety of all the residents of the home. Wouldn … more →
My Crisis Action Plan
wrote 3 months ago: This is not the time to realize you forgot something. Planing ahead makes sense. The moment a crisis … more →
How to fight depression as a caregiver – take charge. | downtown-houston
wrote 4 months ago: A recent study found that there was less depression among dementia caregivers with similar character … more →
Aging at home doesn't need to be a pipe dream.
wrote 4 months ago: We envision a world where patients experience the safest, high quality care where ever they are serv … more →
WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW CAN HURT YOU; what to expect from Hospice | downtown-houston
wrote 5 months ago: The word “hospice” comes from the Latin word hospes: meaning to host a guest or stranger. The moder … more →
Who can benefit from in home health care | downtown-houston
wrote 5 months ago: Your job is to love and care for your loved one, our job is to help you. There are many things in li … more →
Homecare and Long-Term Care Insurance
wrote 5 months ago: If you have long-term care insurance we can help you work through the processes involved in starting … more →
"Alternate reality" and dementia patients
wrote 5 months ago: All of us have a reality that we perceive and it generally agrees with the reality that others perce … more →
Dementia Caregiver Support in Houston
wrote 5 months ago: Laura Wayman, author of A Loving Approach to Dementia Care, is coming to Houston again to work with … more →
Dementia and Quality of Life | downtown-houston
wrote 5 months ago: There has been a consistent body of evidence that cognitive stimulation therapy improves cognitive f … more →
Signs an older relative may need more help | BrightStar downtown-houston
wrote 5 months ago: The holidays are a wonderful time for families to gather and reminisce. If we have elder members wi … more →
How to Keep Arthritis from Slowing You Down | downtown-houston
wrote 7 months ago: Is arthritis pain interfering with your ability to do the things you enjoy? There are things you ca … more →
The Cost of Raising a Special Needs Child | downtown-houston
wrote 8 months ago: For parents of a normal child it is relatively easy to consider the emotional strain t … more →
How family caregivers can relieve the stress of caregiving - part 2 | downtown-houston
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wrote 8 months ago: Realize that stress is not your friend, you are not immune to its effects, you are not alone … more →
Hospital leaders, clinicians misjudge care quality
wrote 8 months ago: Like us on Facebook. We can help you stay out of the hospital – see below. Amid calls to impro … more →
Recruiting your care team and keeping them involved
wrote 8 months ago: Recruiting and Scheduling Caregivers and Keeping the Community of Friends and Family Informed Recrui … more →
Bringing a medically-fragile patient home from the hospital | downtown-houston
wrote 9 months ago: We understand what it’s like to prepare to leave the hospital with a medically-fragile patien … more →
