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    When They Go

    NOVEMBER 13, 2011 12:29AM

    By Spike The Chicken


    Topics: elders, family, relatives

    • 4 Ratings
    • 231 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    One about Love

    SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 1:01AM

    By Tichaona Chinyelu


    Topics: elders, love, poetry

    • 17 Ratings
    • 7284 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Henry and Me: Dealing with "The Rich Man's Disease"

    AUGUST 14, 2011 2:48PM

    By Keka


    Topics: exercise, diet, retirement, medicine, diseases, eldercare, elders, health, aging, gout

    • 19 Ratings
    • 747 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Loti'i Journal - Aloha. Everyone is Ohana.

    DECEMBER 19, 2010 5:11AM

    By David Kinne


    Topics: love, life, extraordinary, lotii, hawaii, ohana, auntie, uncle, respect, elders

    • 0 Ratings
    • 166 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    I AM... a poem

    JULY 27, 2010 6:59PM

    By TamarMag


    Topics: poems, poetry, nature, disability, children, elders, government, disabled children

    • 32 Ratings
    • 1432 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    Anger and Hate: Grandma Ellie's Advice

    JULY 9, 2010 6:30PM

    By A Persistent Muse


    Topics: belief/religion, family, feminism, poetry, relationships, elders, i have no clue why this won't leave me alone but there must be a reason so i'll post it anyhooo, wisdom, love, transformation, anger

    • 0 Ratings
    • 248 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Just a little about Dad and Dementia!

    APRIL 25, 2010 3:33PM

    By Katherine Johnson


    Topics: elderly, elders, seniors, demintia, aging, older, senior citizens, parents

    • 0 Ratings
    • 169 Views
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    Back on course...Day 15 & 16...trying to catch up!

    APRIL 25, 2010 3:07PM

    By Katherine Johnson


    Topics: dialysis, elders, elderly, parents, dementia, aging, senior citizens, seniors

    • 1 Ratings
    • 234 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Much needed break...Whew...but not from Dad!

    APRIL 22, 2010 3:03PM

    By Katherine Johnson


    Topics: elderly, elders, old, aging, aarp, seniors, dementia, elderly parents, respite care, kidney, kidney failure, parents, dad, mom

    • 1 Ratings
    • 207 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Day 8...I'm tired...God Bless Mom!

    APRIL 19, 2010 11:27PM

    By Katherine Johnson


    Topics: family, senior, aging, aging parents, old, parents, dementia, aarp, elder, elders, senior citizens, elderly

    • 1 Ratings
    • 260 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    OK..Is he faking it or not?? Dad is playing me!!!

    APRIL 15, 2010 9:23PM

    By Katherine Johnson


    Topics: seniors, seniors citizens, health, family, old, elders, dementia, kidney failure, old people, aging, elder care

    • 2 Ratings
    • 268 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Day 6...Now its my husband and Dad...OMG!

    APRIL 14, 2010 9:00PM

    By Katherine Johnson


    Topics: elderly, kidney failure, kidney, elders, aging, elder care, sick, illness, dementia, diabetes, coughing, dying

    • 2 Ratings
    • 183 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Its Day 4....a false sense of I can do it.

    APRIL 12, 2010 10:32PM

    By Katherine Johnson


    Topics: aarp, family support, family care, family, dementia, aging, parents, elders, elderly

    • 3 Ratings
    • 1552 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    My Dad is Dying

    FEBRUARY 22, 2010 5:26AM

    By Sir Sidney Fudd


    Topics: death, dying, father, parents, elders, zythoxylum

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    • 7 Ratings
    • 844 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Join the Revolution for a Family-Friendly America

    JANUARY 8, 2010 9:31AM

    By Redstocking Grandma


    Topics: feminism, sexism, nannies, women of colors, immigrants, home health agencies, long-term health care, abortion, african americans, elders, redstocking grandma, mary jo koch, children

    • 1 Ratings
    • 350 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    What, will these hands ne're be clean?

    NOVEMBER 30, 2009 12:58PM

    By Yorick


    Topics: age, thomas merton, original sin, elders, depression

    • 1 Ratings
    • 232 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Wisdom on Demand

    NOVEMBER 7, 2009 2:15AM

    By Yorick


    Topics: aboriginal, elders, old age, wisdom

    • 4 Ratings
    • 682 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Bathing Mrs. P.

    JUNE 16, 2009 11:25PM

    By aim


    Topics: caregiving, elders, bathing

    • 5 Ratings
    • 921 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    A Conversation Among Old Men

    MAY 25, 2009 4:16PM

    By Joan K


    Topics: mostly true story, elders, fiction

    • 0 Ratings
    • 578 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Miss Mae-Mae

    NOVEMBER 28, 2008 12:04PM

    By Jill Terry


    Topics: afterlife, aged, blessings, death, elders, family, forgiveness, ghost stories, ghosts, happiness, hope, life, life lessons, love, mending fences, paranormal, perception, priorities, relationships, savannah, short stories, spirit guide, spirits, stories, true love, wisdom, writing

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