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A caregiver can be a relative, friend or professional health worker who provides care to someone who cannot care for himself or herself due to a disability or functional limitation. The care can include: non-medical care such as help with bathing, eating, or household chores, or medical care such as changing dressings.

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  1. Choosing a Geriatric Care Manager Checklist
    Use this form to assess and determine the right geriatric care manager to care for your loved one.
  2. Driving Skills Assessment
    Use this form to identify if your loved one needs to modify or stop driving.
  3. Selecting a Physician Checklist
    This checklist helps you identify and select the physician who can best care for your loved one.
  4. Foot Care
    National Institute on Aging
    Years of wear and tear can be hard on our feet. So can disease, poor circulation, improperly trimmed toenails, and wearing shoes that don't fit properly.
  5. Health Quackery: Spotting Health Scams
    National Institute on Aging
    Quacks - people who sell unproven remedies - have been around for years. Today they have more ways than ever to peddle their wares.
  6. Hearing Loss
    National Institute on Aging
    About one-third of Americans between the ages of 65 and 74 have hearing problems. About half the people who are 85 and older have hearing loss.
  7. High Blood Pressure
    National Institute on Aging
    High blood pressure, or hypertension, does not cause symptoms that you can see or feel.
  8. Choosing a Doctor
    National Institute on Aging
    Whatever the reason you are looking for a new doctor, the following ideas can help you find a doctor who is right for you.
  9. Menopause
    National Institute on Aging
    Menopause, or the 'change of life,' is different for each woman.
  10. Concerned About Constipation?
    National Institute on Aging
    Older people are more likely than younger people to become constipated, but most of the time it is not serious.
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