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FOR YOU
Caregiver Angst, Anger and Guilt
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How to Say No
Having to Say - give up Driving!
Signs of YOUR burnout
Are you a 'Rescuer'?
But you are a male...
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Setting up Your Team
Taking Control of the situation and Your Life
Stress - and how to manage it
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Are you Ruminating?
Self-care - 8 things to do when you're stressed
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Mindfulness of the Breath
Needing to talk to someone...
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Overwhelmed? Think Advocacy...
Relax with the Sandbag technique :-)
5 foods to eat when you are depressed
Foods for Anxiety, Depression...
Eat More Chocolate :-)
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Cacao's antioxidants
Seven Deadly Sins of Thinking
A List of Pleasant Things to do for YOU
ESSENTIALS
Contacts to go to for Help
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National Carer Gateway
National Respite for Carers Program
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The Steps to arrange Respite Care
Respite for Carers on the Gold Coast
Angels Carer Support Group
Carer Arrangements and Carer Issues
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National Carer Counselling Program
Carer Profile Assessment
Men's Sheds - for Your respite
Men's Health checkup
Spanner in the Works?
CDC means YOUR Choice!
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CARERS - MAJOR changes in April 2020
Home Care, Community Care support services and NDIS and NIIS supports
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Home Care packages - Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4
Home Care Package - types of Care
Care services available at any level of Home Care Packages includes:
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National Screening and Assessment
Regional Assessment Service (RAS)
Help at Home: costs explained
What your Individual Plan will look like
About Finances
Your CDC - Administration costs
myGov account - doing things online
NDIS - Be prepared
CoS - C'wealth Continuity of Support Program
the Commonwealth Home Support Program
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Wellness? Reablement?
Commonwealth Home Support Programme - types of care
Commonwealth Home Support Services (CHSP) $ fees
How to request an Ambulance
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Delirium IS a Medical Emergency
Required for the management of Your Health - This is Your Team :-)
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Medical conditions/tests explained
Chronic Disease Management
Private Health Insurance - compare
YOUR Hospital Strategies
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Leaving Hospital
After-hospital Care
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Transition Care Program
Short-term Restorative Care Programme
Health Care Home
Present to A&E and your next GP appointments
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Five Questions to ask your Doctor
Plan your next Doctor's visit
Getting the Best from your Doctor
Urgent Placement support
HEALTH
Nine symptoms we shouldn't ignore...
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Your Body's temperature
Symptoms of a Stroke
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After a Stroke
Stroke Support Group
The human body is composed entirely of minerals and water
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Bone Health and Nutrition
Minerals are Essential
Magnesium deficiency
Magnesium creme
More WATER!
Five reasons to drink MORE water
Dementia and dehydration
Your pH levels
Iodine
Legs and Feet
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Restless Legs Syndrome - What is it?
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Restless legs - 18 suggestions
Some Exercises for Restless Legs
Dystonia - to help relieve
Is leg pain a symptom of Parkinson's?
Podiatry for your feet
Exercises for your FEET
Your FEET are getting old too!
Pain Management is Vital
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Pain and Symptom management at home
Pain management in Hospital
Questions to ask your Healthcare professional
Pain support group
Difficulty eating/Swallowing?
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Parkinson's - Diet and Nutrition
Complications in Dementia
Dribbling - Management of Secretions
Soft foods
Thickened fluids
What if I cannot talk?
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Communication Changes
Bladder and Bowel
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Urinary Tract Infections
Constipation
Ejaculation problems...
Prostate and 'Other' problems!
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Your Partner's Support Group
Sleeping problems
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A breathing problem?
Getting Enough Sleep
Night sweats
Vision Loss? Early signs
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Your Eye - how it works
Living at Home with vision loss
"HOME"
Barriers to Staying in your own Home
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Basic changes to your Home
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That all important Bathroom
And the Toilet...
Night light for that nighttime urgency
Stairs
Safety in the Kitchen
Living areas
Safety in the Bedroom
Home Modifications Help
Future proofing your Home
Needing to Downsize?
Access to Community Care services
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Standing up from a Chair
Rolling over in Bed
Help with lifting and moving in bed
Pressure Injury Prevention
Using a Bedstick safely
Essential Medical Equipment Payment
Falls
Easy Exercises
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Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapist
Practical Exercise Tips
Light Exercises on the GC
Improving performance
Stretching your muscles
Tai Chi Exercise can help reduce Falls
Men - Exercise your Buttocks
Red Meat plus Strength training
What to do if you fall at home
Falls in Hospital
Main causes of falls
Are you at risk of a fall?
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Hints to stop a fall
Tips to help you REDUCE the chances of a fall
Do I need a walker?
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Using a walker safely
Medications - be aware of falls
Understanding Fraility, Falls, and Frequent infections
PARKINSON'S
The Basics
a poem of How it Feels to have Parkinson's
Hospitalization for Parkinson's sufferers
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Anaesthesia and Parkinson's
What to look for:
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10 Early Signs
How to recognise the signs
The Hidden Symptoms
Impulsive Behaviours
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Things Not to say and Do :-)
Not just tremor
Hallucinations and medications
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Types of hallucinations
What YOU can do
Understanding PD medications
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Levodopa (I-Dopa)
Patient Information
The "Off-time"
Summary of Parkinson's medications
Top medicines that can worsen PD
Parkinson's Patch
PD Drug database
Home Medicines Reviews
Deep Brain Stimulation DBS
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Understand more about the effects of DBS surgery
DBS - What gets Better. What gets Worse.
Alerting medical staff you have had DBS
Living after DBS
Dementia
Living with Lewy Body
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A Good Description of Lewy Body
Emergency Room treatment for LBD
Caring for Lewy Body Dementia
Dementia is the Heading: Alzheimer's the most prevalent form
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Alzheimer's: NOT normal ageing
Alzheimer's: the moderate and severe Stages
Caring for Dementia is STRESSFUL
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Hospital with Dementia
Medicines and Dementia
Safely Home - for those who wander
Tips for Dealing with Specific Problems and Behaviour
Frontotemporal Dementia
Over and Over and Over...
A Catastrophic Reaction!
Travelling with Dementia
The Cornell Scale
Standardized Mini-Mental (SMMSE)
Dementia - 'Losing' the person you once knew
'Frozen Grief' - Here but Not
Start2Talk - What to do NOW to safeguard your future life needs
Dementia Australia
When?
Choosing a Nursing Home? What to look for.
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What personal help am I looking for?
24/7 access to Aged Care information
When it's time for Residential Care
How much does it Cost?
What are the $ changes in Residential Care?
A Resident Agreement
Accommodation Prices from 1st July, 2014
Accommodation agreements
Choosing an Alzheimer Care Unit
Understanding Terminal Illness
Hospice Care
Palliative Care at Home
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Do not delay Palliative Care
Decision Assist
End of Life care in a nh
End of Life Care in A&E
YOU are still Needed
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The Sense of Touch...
Grieving
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Saying Good-bye in those last days
The Stages of Death
Stages in the Grieving process
What to do after a death
To help YOU readjust