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Aggravate: Emotions of Caregiving

Nancy Ruffner
September 16, 2014

Emotions of Caregiving -An Adult Child of Senior Parents Shares Aggravation From the “Well, that just beats all” department: The headline read “Baby pictures hanging at doctor’s office? Cute, sure,…

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Senior Advocacy

Caregiver Fatigue

Nancy Ruffner
July 24, 2014

  Our –ATE word this week is CAPITULATE. Giving in, and the costs of doing so. If I have learned one thing lately it is to pay attention to the…

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Senior Care Services

A Caring Senior Service: INDIVIDUATE

Nancy Ruffner
June 17, 2014

This week’s –ATE verb is INDIVIDU-ATE. Why do folks choose one agency over another? How do they find the best senior care agency in Raleigh-Durham? What sets one apart? Recently…

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Senior Advocacy

How Seniors CONGREGATE

Nancy Ruffner
June 9, 2014

Today’s -ATE word is CONGREGATE. Congregate means to come together, usually for a purpose. How do seniors congregate? Does North Carolina in particular accommodate seniors’ need to socialize? Can you think…

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Elder Care Services, Senior Advocacy

ILLUMINATE : Helping Seniors Avoid Scams in NC

Nancy Ruffner
May 16, 2014

“It happened to me.” Normally, Navigate NC is helping seniors to avoid scams in the Triangle area cities in N.C. Here’s a new twist:  the scammers are not only calling senior…

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scams, seniors
Elder Care Services, Senior Advocacy, Senior Care Services

DISCOMBOBULATE: Finding Caregivers from State to State

Nancy Ruffner
February 22, 2014

Well, he just was. Discombobulated. It is where so many long distance caregivers find themselves.  Taking care of aging parents or seniors from a distance certainly causes caregiver stress which…

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Locating Skilled Nursing Facility, Senior Current Plan
Senior Care Services

REFORMULATE: Seniors Using Technology

Nancy Ruffner
January 27, 2014

Of all the -ATE words that (now so easily) surface I believe REFORMULATE defines my thought process. Are you finding that with age you must rethink your position on just…

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seniors using technology
Senior Care Services, Senior Healthcare

REEVALUATE: Preventing Disease

Nancy Ruffner
January 15, 2014

The headline read: The 2-Minute Habit That May Prevent Alzheimer’s. It grabbed me on more than one level. At first it was all business. Yes, Alzheimer’s, it’s a part of…

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periodontal disease in seniors, preventing disease
Senior Housing

PERPETUATE: Senior Housing

Nancy Ruffner
January 5, 2014

Continuing, or perpetuating, if you will our –ATE words theme with a post (OK, a rant) about an ad for senior housing. A quarter-pager in a weekly publication caught my…

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aging society, senior housing, senior living facilities
Home Health Care

CONVERSATE: Home Health Care

Nancy Ruffner
December 20, 2013

“CONVERSATE” (that’s southern vernacular, y’all, and another –ATE verb. We use verbs because we are in action!) At times we struggle to begin conversations with loved ones. Holiday gatherings can…

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Health Care Advocacy, senior care, Senior Helpers, Senior Living Facility
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