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Some times helpful tips do not need explanation, facts and figures or supportive arguments. They just make sense on their own.
* Be a helper not a boss..
* Walk ahead going down stairs and behind going up stairs.
* When they can't hear you, change your pitch not just the volume.
* Take care of yourself.
* Empathize what an elder can do and avoid talking about what they can't do.
* Laugh.
* Ask for help.
* Medications are both savior and killer, be very, very careful.
* Alzheimer's patients should be agreed with, not corrected.
* Write down what the doctor tells you.
* Never transfer ownership of their money without consulting an attorney
* No skipping meals.
* Make conversation by asked about events from their younger life.
* Drink plenty of liquids.
* Install smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and change the batteries.
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