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		<title>Change of Heart, or, Is it Aging?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m beginning to shift my perspective on aging.  This morning I was reading a blurb on Nora Ephron&#8217;s new book of essays I Remember NOTHING and Other Reflections. From chapter &#8220;The O Word&#8221;  she describes some of her reflections on growing OLD: &#8220;I&#8217;m 69 years old. Let&#8217;s pretend I make it to 80. Of those [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=integrativeeldercare.com&amp;blog=5300312&amp;post=115&amp;subd=elder08&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lost in San Francisco</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Standing in line to catch the Ferry from San Francisco back to Oakland, the caregiver did not notice that the person he had been hired to take care of, had wandered away onto the busy streets of the Embarcadero.  When the caregiver remembered to put his attention back on the client who had been standing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=integrativeeldercare.com&amp;blog=5300312&amp;post=110&amp;subd=elder08&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Presto and voila &#8211; He&#8217;s reconnected to his large Italian family again!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roberto is his name.  He has 5 children, many grandchildren, friends, and siblings. Roberto was diagnosed with Alzheimer&#8217;s about 4 years ago; had to quit his family business 2 years ago.  He is a loving and kind gentleman that is a self made man.  His language skills are gone, alas, he still understands what you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=integrativeeldercare.com&amp;blog=5300312&amp;post=107&amp;subd=elder08&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Now an &#8216;aging in place specialist&#8217;. Exactly, what does that mean?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just completed my  training and am now a certified Aging- in- Place (AIP)  Specialist; this is a certification issued by   National Association of  Home Builders.  You might wonder&#8230;what the heck does that mean for a Care Manager?  What it means for me is that I can put together an even better team to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=integrativeeldercare.com&amp;blog=5300312&amp;post=104&amp;subd=elder08&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Talking to Aging Parents About Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Studies show that most people want to continue living independently despite health problems or age-related  issues. As a professional geriatric care manager, I often work with children of aging parents to assist them with navigating the often-overwhelming issues of caring for their aging parents.   I am a baby boomer myself with a busy life, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=integrativeeldercare.com&amp;blog=5300312&amp;post=62&amp;subd=elder08&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Growing Old</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I grow old and other people take care of me, I hope I will be served strong brewed coffee with real cream and that I can eat my breakfast at 10 o&#8217;clock in the morning and not between 8-9:00 o&#8217;clock.   I want to take bubble baths with the lingering scent of Verbena and Patchouli and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=integrativeeldercare.com&amp;blog=5300312&amp;post=60&amp;subd=elder08&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Residential Options Best for Your Elderly Parent</title>
		<link>http://integrativeeldercare.com/2009/02/17/residential-options-best-for-your-elderly-parent/</link>
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		<dc:creator>Debra Johnson, MA, CMC, CAPS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember your first speech class, where you were assigned a topic and had to develop an argument for or against the subject at hand? Where you realized that there really are two sides to everything regardless of wanting to believe there is only one?  My view of the pros and cons of Assisted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=integrativeeldercare.com&amp;blog=5300312&amp;post=38&amp;subd=elder08&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Growing Old Poem</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra Johnson, MA, CMC, CAPS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why does a date-palm lose its leaves in autumn? Why does every beautiful face grow in old age Wrinkled like the back of a Libyan lizard? Why does a full head of hair get bald? Why is it that the Lion&#8217;s strength weakens to nothing? The wrestler who could hold anyone down Their shoulders under [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=integrativeeldercare.com&amp;blog=5300312&amp;post=34&amp;subd=elder08&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Forgetfullness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra Johnson, MA, CMC, CAPS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forgetfulness, by Billy Collins The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel which suddenly becomes one you have never read,  never even heard of, as if, one by one, the memories you used to harbor decided to retire to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=integrativeeldercare.com&amp;blog=5300312&amp;post=32&amp;subd=elder08&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let me grow lovely, growing old&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://integrativeeldercare.com/2008/10/26/let-me-grow-lovely-growing-old/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra Johnson, MA, CMC, CAPS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poem by Karle Wilson Baker Let me grow lovely, growing old&#8211; So many fine things do: Laces, and ivory, and gold, And silks need not be new; And there is healing in old trees, Old streets a glamour hold; Why may not I, as well as these, Grow lovely, growing old?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=integrativeeldercare.com&amp;blog=5300312&amp;post=30&amp;subd=elder08&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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