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Contractor or Scammer: How to Tell the Difference
Older adults are especially vulnerable to scammers who pose as legitimate contractors. Here's how to avoid trouble.

Janice Fitchhorn
Apr 11, 20223 min read
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Guns and Dementia: A Dangerous Combination
If you live with a loved one who has dementia and you have guns in your home, please keep reading.

Janice Fitchhorn
Apr 9, 20222 min read
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How to Deal with Hoarding, Hiding or Collecting
If a loved one with dementia is hoarding, hiding, collecting, or shredding things, what should you do?

Janice Fitchhorn
Feb 24, 20223 min read
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Five Sweet Gifts: Unexpected Blessings from Caregiving
Could blessings be embedded in the caregiving experience? We think so.

Janice Fitchhorn
Feb 16, 20223 min read
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Try a New Year's Intention
Instead of New Year's resolutions that you quietly abandon, why not try setting an intention instead?

Janice Fitchhorn
Dec 14, 20213 min read
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Have the Holidays Left You Concerned about Your Parents?
When you notice that your aging parents aren't doing so well, what should you do? Attorney Rachel Truhlsen offers a few tips.

Rachel A. Truhlsen
Nov 20, 20213 min read
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Halloween and Dementia
Halloween and cognitive decline don’t play well together. Janice Fitchhorn offers a few tips for navigating the season.

Janice Fitchhorn
Sep 27, 20212 min read
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Avoiding Falls at Home
Falling is NOT a normal part of aging. There's plenty you can do to reduce the risk of falls, especially in the home.

Janice Fitchhorn
Aug 2, 20213 min read
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Navigating Hot Weather
When temperatures rise, older loved ones need special attention. Elder Care Coordinator Janice Fitchhorn offers a few timely tips.

Janice Fitchhorn
Jun 23, 20213 min read
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Aging is Changing
Getting older isn't the same as it was a generation ago.

Rachel A. Truhlsen
Jun 18, 20213 min read
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When Elders Take Care of Elders
Seventy-year-olds taking care of ninety-year-olds isn't as rare as you might think.

Rachel A. Truhlsen
May 31, 20212 min read
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Why Elder Law Chose Me
May is National Elder Law Month and Older Americans Month, a time to celebrate the help Elder Law provides to families.

Rachel A. Truhlsen
May 17, 20212 min read
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Getting to Yes: Creative Ways to Handle Stubbornness
Elder Care Coordinator Janice Fitchhorn offers tips on how to handle resistance from older relatives in your care.

Janice Fitchhorn
May 10, 20213 min read
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