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		<description><![CDATA[The Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times recently published an instructive article explaining in detail what adult children can do to help our parents stay out of nursing homes. Written by Karen Ravn, the article suggests focusing on nine specific issues that make an enormous difference in the safety and security of a senior parent&#8217;s home environment &#8212; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asourparentsage.net&amp;blog=10100402&amp;post=8844&amp;subd=asourparentsage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article in the San Jose Mercury News describes a multi-sensory experience that simulates the perceptions and struggles of a person suffering from dementia. In Santa Clara &#8216;Dementia Reality Tour&#8217; Shows What It&#8217;s Like to Live with the Affliction, Mercury News reporter Helen Shen describes how the simulation asks caregivers to complete routine activities of daily living (ADLs) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asourparentsage.net&amp;blog=10100402&amp;post=8815&amp;subd=asourparentsage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Middle Age, Senior Years, Elder Years, REPEAT or RERUN</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I are empty nesters. Over these past few years, as blog readers know, we helped to support his parents, now deceased. These days we regularly touch base with my parents by phone and in person as often as possible, and though they are currently independent and active, at times they welcome our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asourparentsage.net&amp;blog=10100402&amp;post=8784&amp;subd=asourparentsage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marti Weston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From time to time a small outbreak of an uncommon disease occurs &#8212; often in an unexpected location. Sometimes it&#8217;s publicized and we hear about it, but at other times the outbreak is small enough that most people only hear after the fact. Either way, many of our elderly parents, and many of us, find [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=asourparentsage.net&amp;blog=10100402&amp;post=8743&amp;subd=asourparentsage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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