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Sensitive Conversations: Money
27 January 2012

Your parents have always been very independent and private about handling their finances.  Lately, you’ve noticed that they’re cutting back on food and other necessary products. You’re concerned that their staples are in short supply – how do you ...

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Sensitive Conversations: Your Mum has Bruising
20 January 2012
Lately when you’ve been visiting your widowed 83 year old mum, you notice bruises on her arms and legs. She said she’s just clumsy but you suspect she’s been falling. You know she is too independent to ask for help. ...

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Sensitive Conversations: When Health Changes Lifestyles
05 January 2012
Your 70 year old widowed mum has just been diagnosed with macular degeneration, a disease that causes deterioration of eyesight. How do you start a conversation with her about the possible ramifications of this disease on her life?

She may ...

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5 things to look out with elderly relatives this Christmas
20 December 2011

Family and friends visiting older relatives over Christmas can look for signs that they may be having some difficulty in staying safe at home. Ed Murphy of Home Instead Senior Care suggests 5 signs to look out for: 

  • Check the ...

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Family Caregiver Support
15 November 2011
There are a variety of benefits that might apply to you, as a caregiver so it is worth investigating some of the following:

 

  • Carer's Allowance: This is a means-tested payment to people who are looking after someone who ...

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Life Legacies Pre-Planning Checklist
15 November 2011
Following is a pre-planning checklist from Home Instead Senior Care and author Jo Myers that can help your senior loved one ensure their affairs are in order:
  • Designate an enduring power of attorney to ensure that proper information can be ...

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Happy 100th Birthday to Home Instead Senior Care client, Winifred Coyle!
09 November 2011
A very happy 100th Birthday to Winifred Coyle!Winifred celebrated this wonderful milestone in the comfort of her own home with her Home Instead CAREGiver Niamh Coyle. Niamh works for Home Instead Senior Care in Ballsbridge and helps older people ...

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Write a Prayer this Christmas & you could have it read at a Candle Light Christmas Service in Dublin
08 November 2011
Christmas is a time when we all have requests of family, of friends, of Santa Clause, but it is also a time to say Thank You. Prayer is your own personal dialogue with the God of your being; therefore you ...

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Five Ways to Talk with Your Loved One About End-of-Life Issues
04 November 2011
  • Keep it light. Have this talk at a time that is not serious.Try to make it a fun experience; reserve a private dining room in a restaurant or a family sunday lunch.
  • Immediate family only. Limiting this type ...

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Allowance & Entitlements: Refuse and Water Charges
04 November 2011
In some local authority areas, low-income households can avail of a waiver (that is, a reduction or total exemption) on waste and water charges made by private operators and by local authorities. These waivers vary greatly from region to region ...

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