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http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/07/07/alzheimers.art.class/index.html?hpt=Mid

The OGs (original grandparents) - Cutie and PopPop

Meet LAs oldest bloggers....Cutie (93) and PopPop (96)
They've been married 72 years!

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Here's their blog: http://www.the-ogs.com/

And an article about them in the LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-grandparents-20100614,0,7742613,full.story

1 couple, 1 doctor

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"The Howards have between them so many health challenges that they could easily have been among those seniors who constantly revolve in and out of emergency rooms, hospitals and rehab facilities en route to nursing homes.

...

And part of the reason, Dr. DeJonge is convinced, is that both spouses see the same physician. He visits them at home, with follow-up visits by nurse practitioners and, when necessary, social workers. (I’ll say more about housecalls, an old idea made new again, in a future post.) “It really helps me care for each individual by caring for the whole. They almost become a single unit,” he said in an interview."

http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/better-together/?hp

1 couple, 1 doctor

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"The Howards have between them so many health challenges that they could easily have been among those seniors who constantly revolve in and out of emergency rooms, hospitals and rehab facilities en route to nursing homes.

...

And part of the reason, Dr. DeJonge is convinced, is that both spouses see the same physician. He visits them at home, with follow-up visits by nurse practitioners and, when necessary, social workers. (I’ll say more about housecalls, an old idea made new again, in a future post.) “It really helps me care for each individual by caring for the whole. They almost become a single unit,” he said in an interview."

http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/better-together/?hp

One Hospital's Radical Prescription for Change

Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital (community wellness center)



http://blogs.hbr.org/taylor/2010/06/going_radical--one_hospitals_p.html

Caregivers: Help Needed

Among respondents to the 2009 Caregiving in the U.S. study, 78% expressed the need for help or more information in at least one of fourteen topics related to caregiving. Keeping their family members safe
at home (37%), managing their own stress (34%), identifying easy activities to do with their loved ones (34%), and finding time for themselves (32%) were the most often identified needs.

Caregiving in the U.S.: Executive Summary
National Alliance for Caregiving in collaboration with AARP
Funded by the MetLife Foundation
November 2009

From MetLife Quick Facts: http://ow.ly/1piSx

Grandparent Nation

Nearly one out of every four people in the U.S. is a grandparent. This number, 70 million, is more than the number of people in France, and is twice the population of California. Today’s American grandparents are active and energetic. The average age at which someone becomes a grandparent is 48, and many of them are running marathons or dating online.

Welcome to the Grandest Nation on Earth
Grandparents.com
http://ow.ly/1piSx

From MetLife Quick Facts: http://ow.ly/1piSx