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		<title>You are alright, but are your parents?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Parents are good about minimizing or concealing the struggles they may be encountering as they age. If you live far away from the, it&#8217;s often difficult to determine if they are truly doing well, despite what they may say.
This is why I recommend visiting them for longer periods of time, in order to evaluate several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask Becci: What Is Personal Care Assistance?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many times families or potential clients will call us and want to know what personal care assistance is and what they can expect from a Family Staffing Solutions, Inc. caregiver. This is how I like to sum up what we provide to our clients and why:
When advancing age or illness limits an individual’s ability to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beccibookner.com/ask-becci-what-is-personal-care-assistance/795/</link>
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		<title>The Sky&#8217;s No Longer The Limit at 90</title>
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If you haven&#8217;t seen this footage yet, I encourage you to take a quick break and check it out.
For her 90th birthday, Bonnie Townsend of Port Charlotte, FL chose to celebrate the occasion by skydiving for the first time.
To me, these are the stories I like to see about aging. Ones that promote the natural [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beccibookner.com/the-skys-no-longer-the-limit-at-90/784/</link>
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		<title>Your Tool Kit: Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in my first post on putting together your &#8220;tool kit&#8221;, smart business owners are always looking for new ways to coddle customers and expand their business growth.
As a caregiver working for a company, privately working with a family, or as the adult child caregiver for a family member, my suggestion is repack [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beccibookner.com/your-tool-kit-part-2/766/</link>
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		<title>Ask Becci: Nursing Home Myth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the owner of a personal care assistance business, I&#8217;m continually surprised by this question I get: Aren’t most elderly people living in nursing homes?
Not only are most elderly people not living in nursing homes but the numbers of those who do live in a nursing home is actually declining.  In 2004, the number of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beccibookner.com/ask-becci-nursing-home-myth/769/</link>
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		<title>Did you say&#8230;a tool kit?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The one issue in offering advice about care for an older person is that no one except the people in that  family can know the dynamics, history and relationship between siblings and parents that make that family unit so absolutely unique. To say, “I understand” is to minimize that uniqueness. We can relate, but the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Osteoporosis concerns? Pump iron!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Osteoporosis and osteoarthritis occur in both sides of my family, which makes me prone to reviewing the latest preventative tips and treatments with more than just casual interest.
This family history is one reason I recently started the extreme workout routine P90X, as well as increased my noshing on calcium-rich foods like kale and collard greens.
Knowing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beccibookner.com/osteoporosis-concerns-pump-iron/726/</link>
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		<title>A &#8220;Cuckie&#8221; Friday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about you, but I am up to my eyeballs in cucumbers from  my garden. It&#8217;s fantastic!
Not only do I have my pickling cap on, but I also have pulled out  some of my favorite recipes that loved ones of all ages can enjoy.
I know I wrote about keeping an eye [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beccibookner.com/a-cuckie-friday-2/711/</link>
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		<title>Ask Becci: Does Insurance Cover Elder Care?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One question that comes up during initial discussions with potential personal care clients is regarding whether or not Family Staffing Solutions, Inc. services are covered by a health insurance policy or by Medicare.
While our services are not covered by either of those sources, there are a number of insurance products that do cover personal assistance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beccibookner.com/ask-becci-does-insurance-cover-elder-care/669/</link>
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		<title>Ensuring Independence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As many Americans celebrated our collective July 4th Independence Day this past Sunday, I started thinking about the various faces of independence.
Our forefathers wrote a declaration about it, to ensure due process was provided to all—at least that was their intent 234 years ago, but who knows what the heck is happening now, right?  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.beccibookner.com/ensuring-independence/649/</link>
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