Your Changing Role, Patty Hedrick, RN, @PKHedrick, North Star #ElderCare, #Nurseup #Caregivers

Your Changing Role, Patty Hedrick, RN, @PKHedrick, North Star Elder Care:"Many family members comment that caring for an aging parent feels like a "role reversal." They have become the parent and their parent is the child. There certainly may be similarities in terms of your parent's dependence upon you.

You are likely to run into problems, however, if you try to assume a parental role. Even persons with severe memory loss remember years of independence. They do not respond well to being shut out of decisions or told what to do. Like any adult, they want to be respected."
Patty Hedrick, RN, BSN, BA, CRRN, CCM, CLCP
North Star Elder Care
222 N. Sepulveda Blvd. Suite 2000
El Segundo, CA 90245
310-335-2006, or toll-free at (800) 385-NSEC (6732)
http://elderpages.com/beachcities/tips-tools/your-changing-role.php

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Why Mom may not be taking her pills, Patty Hedrick, @PKHedrick, North Star Elder Care #Nurseup #Eldercare

Why Mom may not be taking her pills, Patty Hedrick, @PKHedrick North Star Elder Care:"Did your parent teach you to "do what the doctor says"? If he or she is not following doctor's orders for medications now, you're probably feeling confused. And concerned.

It's common for patients not to take pills as directed. Some reasons include:

"It's too costly." One quarter of new prescriptions are never filled because of cost. Make sure the drug is on the insurance plan formulary. Or ask about generics. Find a discount pharmacy, or consider mail order."
North Star Elder Care
222 N. Sepulveda Blvd. Suite 2000
El Segundo, CA 90245
310-335-2006, or toll-free at (800) 385-NSEC (6732)
http://elderpages.com/beachcities/staying-independent/managing-medications.php#t4517


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New!

Discover! "Unconventional Nurse: Going from Burnout to Bliss" Michelle Podlesni, RN @MPodlesni
http://unconventionalnurse.com/al/

Discover Martine Ehrenclou, @Med_Writer, Author of "The Take Charge-Patient"
http://www.thetakechargepatient.com/

Power Strategies For Nurses:"Do your nursing shifts feel like you’re running full speed ahead on a treadmill that you just can’t stop?
http://revolutionarynurse.com/power-strategies-nurses-program-2/

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Did you know? Our team of nurses has been researching, indexing healthcare resources for over a decade? If you have questions, need resources, stop here first and search our index. If we don't have it, ask us

Andrew Lopez, RN
Nursefriendly National Directories
38 Tattersall Drive
West Deptford, New Jersey 08051
856-415-9617, Fax: 856-415-9618, info@nursefriendly.com, @nursefriendly
http://www.nursefriendly.com/