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	<title>Healthy and Green Living &#187; Alzheimer&#8217;s</title>
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	<description>more than 4,000 ways to enhance your life</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Six New Year&#8217;s Resolutions If Someone You Love Has Alzheimer&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/six-new-years-resolutions-if-someone-you-love-has-alzheimers.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mel, selected from Caring.com</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Alzheimer's]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paula Spencer, Caring.com
If there&#8217;s someone with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease or another dementia in your life, the last thing you need to ring in the new year is more nudges toward self improvement. You may already be thinking, &#8220;forget resolutions about losing weight and giving up alcohol&#8211;I just need to figure out how to survive the stress  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Loneliness Among Older Adults Contagious?</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/is-loneliness-among-older-adults-contagious.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mel, selected from Caring.com</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Alzheimer's]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever stood in line at the grocery store behind a cranky older person who was complaining to everyone in sight and engaging the cashier in a series of unpleasant exchanges? If so, you witnessed a phenomenon that a team of psychologists and sociologists from the University of Chicago, Harvard, and UC San Diego [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday Activities for Seniors with Dementia</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/holiday-activities-for-seniors-with-dementia.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/holiday-activities-for-seniors-with-dementia.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mel, selected from Caring.com</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Alzheimer's]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Elder Care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Holiday stress can soar for caregivers whose loved ones have Alzheimer&#8217;s and other forms of dementia. And for good reasons: Your own already-bursting to-do load stretches longer than the lines at the post office. Safety worries intensify&#8211;the person who has dementia may want to drive to the mall to shop, wander away in a crowded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Ways to Save Your Brain</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/7-ways-to-save-your-brain.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mel, selected from Natural Solutions magazine</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Alzheimer's]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A 2009 Mayo Clinic study found that of 1,300 people ages 70 to 89, those that had regularly engaged in mentally challenging activities, such as reading, playing games, and doing crafts, in their 50s and early 60s were 40 percent less likely to develop memory loss than those who hadn&#8217;t. Follow these simple steps to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 Family Movies to Watch With Someone Who Has Dementia</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/12-family-movies-to-watch-with-someone-who-has-dementia.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mel, selected from Caring.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a holiday activity someone with dementia can enjoy with the whole family, including kids, during the upcoming holidays? An intergenerational movie is a stress-free way to share time and togetherness. Here are 12 family movies to consider, organized into three categories: newish movies, old movies, and something different.
New(ish) Movies
Enchanted
Wholesome, cute, and clever, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Signs of Caring Too Much</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/10-signs-of-caring-too-much.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mel, selected from Caring.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[burnout]]></category>

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By Paula Spencer, Caring.com
Compassion fatigue&#8211;also known as caregiver burnout&#8211;is what happens when a well-intentioned caregiver crosses a hard-to-see line from One-Who-Helps to One-Who-Needs-Help. And it can happen to anyone. It happens precisely because you care so much. Are you at risk of caring &#8220;too much&#8221;? Here are ten warning signs:
1. You use words like &#8220;always&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Love: Therapy for Alzheimer&#8217;s Sufferers</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/baby-love-therapy-for-alzheimers-sufferers.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/baby-love-therapy-for-alzheimers-sufferers.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mel, selected from Caring.com</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Alternative Therapies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Caregivers rightly have an aversion to treating older adults like children, even when the effects of dementia render them child-like. But here&#8217;s a wonderful exception that Alzheimer&#8217;s patients enjoy: Try giving a woman in the later stages of dementia a baby doll.
Surprisingly, an &#8220;Alzheimer&#8217;s baby&#8221; helps someone with dementia feel like a functional adult (not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is It Ever Okay to Laugh About Alzheimer&#8217;s?</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/is-it-ever-okay-to-laugh-about-alzheimers.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/is-it-ever-okay-to-laugh-about-alzheimers.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mel, selected from Caring.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me say straightaway that Alzheimer&#8217;s isn&#8217;t funny. And yet, there sure are plenty of moments that make you want to laugh. Or me, anyway.
No doubt dementia is a horrible affliction, in the progressive way it erodes the memories and connectedness of someone you love. But it&#8217;s exactly that long slow progressiveness, the years of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Ways to Slow Down Alzheimer&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/5-ways-to-slow-down-alzheimers.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mel, selected from Caring.com</dc:creator>
		
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By Paula Spencer, Caring.com
The memory loss and other cognitive changes characteristic of Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and most other forms of dementia can&#8217;t be reversed. But there are some proven ways to delay further decline, at least over the short term.
1. Mental Activity
A growing body of research indicates that stimulating the brain has the power to slow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex and Alzheimer&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/sex-and-alzheimers.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mel, selected from Caring.com</dc:creator>
		
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By Paula Spencer, Caring.com
Sexual urges don&#8217;t stop just because Alzheimer&#8217;s or another dementing illness invades the brain. Sometimes this is a blessing; some long-married couples say that the mind and body long remember the behaviors of sexual intimacy, even when short-term memory is on the fritz, which helps reinforce their closeness despite the disease-related adversity. [...]]]></description>
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