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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. Fact Sheet - Hypoxic-Anoxic Brain Injury
    Family Caregiver Alliance
  2. Fact Sheet - Caregivers' Guide to Medications and Aging
    Family Caregiver Alliance
  3. Intimacy: A Casualty of Caregiving
    By Pat Kaufman and Nancy Carson, National Family Caregivers Association
    There is a hidden cost to caregiving. It's not a financial expense, although you may be paying a pretty steep price. It's measured in emotional currency and there are no insurance policies to guarantee you …
  4. Osteoporosis: The Bone Thief
    National Institute on Aging
    Osteoporosis is called the 'silent disease' - you may not notice any changes until a bone breaks.
  5. Flu? Get the Shot
    National Institute on Aging
    Each winter, millions of people suffer from the flu. Flu, the short name for influenza, is caused by viruses.
  6. Talking With Your Doctor: A Guide for Older People
    National Institute on Aging
    How well you and your doctor talk to each other is one of the most important parts of getting good health care.
  7. Fact Sheet - Frontotemporal Dementia
    Family Caregiver Alliance
  8. Mobility Training for User and Public Safety (with Motorized Wheelchairs and Scooters)
    AbleData
    The wheelchair user who has learned about, and understands the various safety issues will enjoy more, better and safer mobility.
  9. Power Wheelchairs and User Safety
    AbleData
    The National Institute for Rehabilitation Engineering (NIRE) is a non-profit organization which operated clinics to design...
  10. Fact Sheet - Is this Dementia and What Does It Mean?
    Family Caregiver Alliance
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