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Senior Moment© Copyright© 2005 All Rights Reserved ******************** This is a one hundred percent opt-in newsletter with a two hundred percent anti-spam policy. You or someone using your name and email address signed up to receive this newsletter. We publish twice monthly and welcome all opinions, critiques, and topical articles. Subscription link: http://www.senior2senior.org/newsletter.html Content: 1. Publisher’s Comments
A very nice lady sent me an email in which she made these statements: “A site that would be good for all seniors and their caregivers would be one that would lead you to a review of the doctors or the site that list if they are in good standing or whatever the medical profession has to help consumers know if they are going to a good doctor or not. With seniors needing to go to more and more doctors with more and more specialties, it sure would help.” It seems the site most mentioned by articles, blogs, etc. was http://www.abms.org They are the American Board of Medical Specialists and allow up to 5 free searches a day. The American Medical Association has two sites: http://www.webapps.ama-assn.org/doctorfinder/home.html?apsamahg.htm Their second site is geared for patients. Other resources are in your county or state. For example, if you live in California, you would go to the website of the State Department of Consumer Affairs. Other states have State Boards of Registration. All states, but not all counties, have a Medical Society. Your local librarian may have a book called the Annual Book of Licensed Doctors. I also found sites wanting payment for searches. If you want to use them, please do. However, I won’t mention them here. I hope this helps anyone in the United States looking for a doctor and his/her credentials. http://www.worldnewsstand.net/history/your_debt.htm and you will see in just 2 seconds, they spend over $100,000. That's more than what 98% of Americans take home in a year. This site may also be telling us how fast the empire is declining??? This is another Norbert submission so if you don’t like how fast our debt is flying up, contact him. <g> http://www.thirdage.com/health/nutrition/glossary Should you desire, take a look, and, if you feel so inclined, let me know if you agree with their claim. http://www.senior2senior.org/householdhints.pdf select “save target as” and download it to the file of your choice. I don’t want you to miss out on this freebie. I have also placed a free ebook on the home page to thank everyone who pays S2S a visit. It is called Short Takes and covers 7 topics of interest. Get your free copy at: http://www.senior2senior.org/SHORTTAKES.pdf Follow the download instructions for the first mentioned ebook. And, last but not least, there are 10 more Short Takes at: http://www.senior2senior.org/shorttakes.html As I have the time, I will continue to add topics to Short Takes. Tell your friends about this new page and, please, mention this newsletter in the same breath. and peruse the offerings. Another alternative for those who cannot live safely alone but who do not want to give up privacy or their beloved pets is to sell their existing home and move to new piece of land with 3 or 4 others , in a similar situation, where they can build separate living quarters around a common courtyard. They can, together, hire, and provide living quarters for, a live-in attendant. So, if wish to correspond with Anteater, his email is: beargrease2@netzero.net I queried him before I included this info in Senior Moment©. He says he has nothing to sell and won’t ask anybody for anything. Quite by accident, I discovered vitamin E “burns” them off. I puncture the capsule and rub the vitamin E onto the tags and, in a few days, they go away. I can not be the only person in this world who stumbled across or knows about home remedies. If you have any you would like to share, email me: tom@senior2senior.org Please do not send any “I think this works”, “I heard it works” or “this should work” type of remedies. If you do not know for sure, don’t send it. I believe that is fair to say and I thank you upfront for any/everything you send. 2. Article
Many caregivers tell me that they grieve a little every day while the person is alive. Drawing from my own personal experience, I am convinced that there is a high correlation between my mother contracting Alzheimer’s disease and serving as a caregiver to my father who was suffering from the disease. Lightning striking twice in the same household jumpstarted my attention. After having read Dr. Christakis’ research, my attention is now riveted to the internal, invisible, physiological effects of the relentless daily stress of caregiving. You might ask: What can we do about it – run away from our responsibilities and seek our own pleasures? The guilt would find a way to track us down and kill us anyway. Although the findings are frightening and disheartening, they serve as a wake-up call to 44 million nationwide caregivers. As an only child to two parents with Alzheimer’s disease, I know first hand that you can find your balance in the moments in between where you can bounce back from the pressure. Here are some suggestions for healthy caregiving:
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