Caregiving Connections: Update

This project has a wealth of information designed to help the public learn and access a wide-range of support programs and services.

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Helping Pays Off: People Who Care for Others Live Longer

Older people who help and support others live longer, according to new research.

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Alzheimer’s and Dementia Caregiving Tips for the Holidays

An expert at Rutgers University’s Care2Caregivers helpline shares tips on how families can celebrate the holidays with loved ones suffering from an illness that affects memory.

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Daily connections to other family caregivers prevent isolation

Who has the time to connect with others while lost and lonely in a busy caregiving world? From this video presentation, you will learn the benefits of making time for connecting and sharing with other family caregivers.

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5 Things Family Caregivers Want You To Know This Holiday Season

Caregiving Matters community, here’s a great article that was recently published by the Huffington Post that may help your loved ones understand what to say, what not to say, and how to help this holiday season be a little merrier for you. We suggest you share!

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Video shows caregivers how to restore, rejuvenate and relax with music

“Music is life, and life is music,” says musician Jill Kulchar. In this video, she helps us understand how music can help caregivers restore, rejuvenate and relax.

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Caregiver’s Guide to a Stress-Free Holiday

Christmastime can be particularly difficult for caregivers. When you are responsible for the health and well being of someone else every day of the year including holidays, you may feel like you cannot participate in events as you would like.

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‘Please give me some money!’: Former millionaire, 92, says own children took his life savings

Financial elder abuse on the rise in Canada, RCMP says.

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Dementia Rates Are Falling In The U.S.

The reasons for this decline may be related to higher educational levels.

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Don’t be a victim! Video helps older adults avoid frauds and scams

In this video presentation, Constable Jason Peddle, Vulnerable Persons Coordinator, Toronto Police Service, speaks about some of the current frauds and scams against older, often isolated people.

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