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    <description>Carol Marak knows caregiving is difficult. She's helped her mom and dad. Learn ways to make your life easier when caring for an aging relative. Get expert advice and quality tips on issues that are tough to deal with! Listen now!</description>
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      <description><![CDATA[For people who don't want to pay outrageous traditional personal trainer fees but need encouragement and a fitness program to follow to get and stay in shape, listen to our Fitness by Phone trainer, Lori Michiel NASM, CPT Fifty Plus Fitness Serving Active …]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:34:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A former Alzheimer's Association consultant discovered that when caregivers called in to locate senior resources the bulk of her work wound up being providing emotional and spiritual support along the way. The issues that came up for family caregivers were very different for each person. It seemed like whatever their unresolved issues were -the family dynamics, feelings about things that happened in the past, beliefs and expectations they carried - THOSE were the things they needed to talk about most.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Adult children and family members worry about their senior family member; aging parent or relative and sometimes an elder friend. We worry about them and if they are safe at home. Are they eating properly? Have they fallen? Are they taking medications properly? The worry list grows! Sandra and Gary McElvaney are Realtors in Austin who guide us through a quick "layman's" assessment on how to know if aging seniors are safe in their homes and if not, what are available options?]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[It's hard to lose someone you love to death. It's surreal thinking you'll NEVER see the one you love again. So, how do you prepare for it? And how do you deal with it once they are gone... forever?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:09:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Now what? You haven't planned all that well for retirement.. BUT you have a big asset in your home. How can you continue living there AND use some of that money in it?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:50:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Caregivers give in to the other person's needs first. But who will care for you when you can't? If you give up on caring for your financial future, you'll only regret it AND feel resentment.]]></description>
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