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Basic self-care functions including bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting, eating, and transferring in and out of beds and chairs.

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  1. Assisted Living: Care With an Independent Flavor
    By Attorney Joseph L. Matthews, Nolo
    Find out what assisted living may have to offer — and what to look for when evaluating it as a new home.
  2. Be In Charge of Your Aging
    Financial Planning Association
    Planning for changes will reduce stress and financial hardship.
  3. Education and Care - Music Therapy
    Alzheimer's Foundation of America
  4. Choosing a Nursing Home
    By Suzanne Mintz, National Family Caregivers Association
    It seems virtually no one wants to go to a nursing home, and most caregivers do not want to institutionalize a loved one. But even though you may be committed to home care and have no intention of utilizing the servi…
  5. Assistive Devices for People with Arthritis
    AbleData
    An assistive device can be anything from a little gadget that helps you open flip-top cans to a three-wheeled scooter to help you get around.
  6. Choosing to Take Charge of Your Life
    By Suzanne Mintz, National Family Caregivers Association
  7. Choosing to Take Charge of Your Life
    By Suzanne Mintz, National Family Caregivers Association
    Often we become caregivers very suddenly, without warning-a husband is diagnosed with cancer, a child is in a car accident, a parent has a stroke. At other times, caregiving creeps up on us-we know mom is forgetting …
  8. Fact Sheet - Assistive Technology
    Family Caregiver Alliance
  9. Assistive Technology for People with Low-Vision or Reduced Visual Acuity
    AbleData
    There are many options to help people with low vision. Learn about new technology to help people with permanently reduced vision.
  10. Fact Sheet - Home Away from Home: Relocating Your Parents
    Family Caregiver Alliance
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