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Over the years ElderHope has spent considerable time preparing articles and information that we hope will be of use to caregivers and those dealing with end-of-life matters. Almost all of these are free to our site visitors. A very few of them are paid access only. Please make yourself at home. If you have questions, please submit them in our FAQ area!
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ElderHope
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ElderHope
Categories summary
Here is a list of the top categories and their sub-categories. Select a category to see the articles within.
| Category | Articles | Last published article |
About ElderHope
Where to find out about ElderHope... |
8 | Access to ElderHope |
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Aging
About the Aging process, its fears, joys, doubts, and concerns... |
1 | Scams and the Elderly |
 Living Well
Senior living should be about exploring and growing. That's what this section is all about...
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4 | Google Introduces Google Health |
| 5 | Driving and the Elderly | |
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Alzheimers Disease/Dementia
About Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias |
8 | If Alzheimer's Could Talk |
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Caregiving
About being a good caregiver... |
1 | Preparing for Caregiving |
| 1 | The New Medicare Drug Discount Program | |
| 1 | What You Need to Know about Preventing Falls | |
| 9 | Changes that Work | |
| 3 | Coping with Siblings and Family when a Loved One ... | |
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Death, Grief and Loss
On death, the process of dying and the grief that attends our loss. |
5 | My Dad |
| 4 | A Professor Gives His Last Lecture | |
| 6 | To Grieve Alone | |
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Unique Grief Situations
Many grief situations have their own nuances, things that make grieving harder.
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4 | Do animals grieve? |
| 1 | Comforting the Bereaved | |
| 7 | What is hospice? | |
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Ethics
About ethical issues and health/end-of-life issues. |
3 | ElderHope responds to article on ... |
| 4 | Completing your own Texas Living Will | |
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Health
Maintaining your health |
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Illness
Illnesses, especially chronic illness, can change the glasses through which we see the world. This section is about illness... |
2 | Depression and the Elderly |
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Comfort Food
Don't eat too much of this stuff. But, when you need comfort food and nothing else will do, few things beat these recipes (they are all MIke's recipes). |
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Life Review
About life review... |
4 | Life Review: Food for the Soul, Nourishment for ... |
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Life Review Premium
Our paid life review area with the contents of our Life Review seminar, The Time of Your Life: Life Review for body AND soul. This area is for those who choose to support ElderHope! |
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Part One
Part One of our premium life review class! Only for those who support ElderHope. This is our paid life review area with the contents of our Life Review seminar, The Time of Your Life: Life Review for body AND soul. To gain access to sections 2-4, please go to the ORDER FROM US link in the menu to the left! Thank you for your interest!
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8 | Week One Review |
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Long Term Care
Learning about options, resources, and caregiving in the long term care setting. |
7 | Locating and Using an Assisted Living Facility |
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Medical Issues
This category deals with medical and age-related health issues... |
11 | The Mysterious Human Heart: A New PBS Series |
| 1 | Movies that should be required viewing for ... | |
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Health Care
About health care finance, new approaches to heath care, and the continued ability to give good care
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1 | Medicare proposes cuts in hospice reimbursement |
| 1 | About Tim Russert | |
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine
About the uses and abuses of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), including the charlatans and crooks who lose no sleep getting people to lose their wealth and health on gimmicks.
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1 | Weight Loss: Before you buy those ... |
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Meditations and Musings
Writings from ElderHope |
15 | My Best Christmas... |
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Pain
Deals with issues related to pain, it's symptoms and treatment. |
3 | A First Step in Pain Control |
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Planning
Whether you are trying to build a secure financial future, plan for an estate you can pass on, or are trying to make sure you have long term care needs covered, planning is essential. ElderHope has information and links that can help. |
2 | Getting Your Affairs in Order - Part 1 |
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Safety
About safety for the elderly and the infirm at home, in health care facilities, and in daily life. |
1 | Live Safe in your home: Use a Certified Aging in ... |
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Sexuality
This section deals with issues related to sexuality, aging and illness. |
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Spirituality
About the transcendent and spiritual needs of personhood. These cover a large area, and are certainly not necessarily religious in nature. |
3 | Essay by Tony Snow |
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Technology
About technologies that can make aging easier... |
2 | The tools you need before you surf again... |
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Web Life
It's time to upgrade your computer. Yes, you've been using it "just fine" for the past twenty two (thousand) years. But folks, you worked hard for your money and your standard of living. Why throw it away because you just didn't see the necessity to upgrade your computer? There are people who would love to steal your identity and can do so in a shorter time than you ever imagined. So please, look in this section and take action. Upgrade.
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1 | Surf the Web Safely, Lose your Browser |
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Useful Tools
Tools that you can use here at ElderHope... Some of them direct off-site. |
1 | Check your meds... |
Last published articles
Here is a list of the Last published articles.
| Title | Hits |
| Scams and the Elderly | 10596 |
| The Gifts of Serious Illness | 5390 |
| On Euthanasia and the Prolonging of Life | 9065 |
| A Nurse's Poem | 16188 |
| Coping during the Holidays | 5894 |
| High Tech (to Keep in) High Touch | 5120 |
| ElderHope Services | 5735 |
| Privacy and Policy | 5182 |
| Alzheimer's Disease: Through the Veil of Silence | 12341 |
| Seek an Early Diagnosis | 5324 |
| Changing Seasons | 4569 |
| The New Medicare Drug Discount Program | 5059 |
| What You Need to Know about Preventing Falls | 4680 |
| Personal Funeral Planning | 5084 |
| Preparing for loss | 6078 |
