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A living will is a legal document that describes individual’s wishes and preferences about lifesaving medical treatments should they not be able to communicate their wishes directly.

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  1. A Family Caregivers Support Group Guide
    By Nancy Carson, National Family Caregivers Association
    Support groups are a fact of modern life-whether for people dealing with divorce or life-threatening disease-and more and more for family caregivers. According to an article in the textbook Psychiatric Nursing, over …
  2. A Home Healthcare Primer
    National Family Caregivers Association
    What is home care? Home care is a general term that represents a wide range of community-based services to support someone who is recuperating from an acute situation, such as a hip fracture, or needed by persons wit…
  3. Informed Consumer Guide on Assistive Technology for People with Hearing Disabilities
    By Anjanette Daigle, AbleData
    Hearing loss doesn't mean the end to a full and productive life. Learn about emerging technologies that can help.
  4. Cancer Facts for People Over 50
    National Institute on Aging
    You are more likely to get cancer as you get older, even if no one in your family has had it. The good news is that cancer death rates are going down.
  5. 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.
  6. Prostate Problems
    National Institute on Aging
    Most prostate problems are not cancer, but prostate cancer does affect a lot of men.
  7. Aging and Your Eyes
    National Institute on Aging
    Some changes are more serious than others, but no matter what the problem, there are things you can do to protect your vision.
  8. Frontotemporal Dementia Connections Reprint
    National Institute on Aging
    Scientists and clinicians have identified a number of progressive degenerative brain conditions (other than Alzheimer's Disease) that cause dementia, including a rare group of diseases called frontotemporal
  9. Fact Sheet - Frontotemporal Dementia
    Family Caregiver Alliance
  10. RESPITE: Time Out for Caregivers Part 2
    By Nancy Carson, National Family Caregivers Association
    Family, friends, and professional counselors talk a great deal about respite-allowing a family caregiver to turn over full responsibility for their loved one to someone else so they can get some rest, restore their o…
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