Caring.com is an eldercare site helping you help your aging parents.
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Caring.com A heart warming Web 2.0 story
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My mother died of cancer yesterday. This is the last picture of us together and I wondered if anyone with mad Photoshop skills could touch up the picture and remove the oxygen cannula. I would greatly appreciate anyone who could be of assistance.
Caring.com Closing the 'Doughnut Hole'
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Lawmakers have wooed seniors skeptical of the health care overhaul by emphasizing the plan would close the "doughnut hole" — a gap in Medicare drug coverage that can cost thousands of dollars a year.
Caring.com Drew Olanoff Finishes Chemo
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I get emotional every time I think about those words. I’ve waited to type them for months. May 20th I sat in front of my Dr. while he told me that my life was about to take a detour. I knew from the phone call that it wasn’t good. Today, November 2nd, I sat there while he told me I was done. T...
Caring.com End of Life Counseling in Latest Health Bill | What's your opinion?
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The provision allows Medicare to pay for voluntary counseling to help beneficiaries deal with the complex and painful decisions families face when a loved one is approaching death.
Caring.com Aging: Like Mother, Like Daughter
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There may be some truth to the saying that all women will eventually turn into their mothers, with a U.S. study finding daughters age and wrinkle like their mothers.
Caring.com Andrew Lloyd Webber 'vows to beat prostate cancer'
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Lord Lloyd Webber has told friends that he will beat prostate cancer and be back to work by the end of the year
Caring.com 5 Ways to Cancer Proof Your Home
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Cancer Proof Your Home. Learn how to cancer proof your home by ridding it of harmful cancer toxins found in pesticides, household cleaners and cookware.
Caring.com [DISCUSSION] What do you vow to do or not do when you get older?
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I feel like this is like when I was younger. "When I have kids, I'll never ground then!" My newer version is "When I grow up, I'll never give up!" What's funny is that almost 7 years into my parenting life, I probably repeat more than I renounced. I wonder what my golde...n years will be like. Perhaps ...
Caring.com [POLL} Should Ambulances charge extra for obese patients?
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Recent news stories detail a trend by ambulances to charge extra for obese patients - due to the extra costs associated with transporting them to the hospital.
Caring.com Beware of Internet Swine Flu Scams
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Beware of Swine Flue scams and let others know to avoid them.
Caring.com [Discussion] What would you do?
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Mom has dementia, getting worse every day. I am an only child, and her only relative. She lives 400 miles away. I have tried insisting that she move closer to me or at least have caregivers check on her but she is adamant that she does not need this. HELP!
Caring.com Nursing homes on the brink!
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The nation's nursing homes are perilously close to laying off workers, cutting services — possibly even closing — because of a perfect storm wallop from the recession and deep federal and state government spending cuts, industry experts say.
Caring.com Can Texas cure cancer?
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Texas gave birth to the modern oil industry, invented the handheld calculator and sent man to the moon. But can the Lone Star State cure cancer?
Caring.com Football players at greater risk for dementia
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A new NFL-commissioned study determined that pro football players suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other dementia-related ailments far more frequently than other Americans.
Caring.com [Debate] Healthcare Changes and Seniors
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Sweeping health care legislation cleared its first hurdles in the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday as Democrats turned back a series of proposed changes by Republicans depicting the measure as a threat to Medicare.
