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		<title>Tips for Staying Fit in Your Senior Years</title>
		<link>http://www.dearmaryellen.com/2012/05/tips-for-staying-fit-in-your-senior-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Bloggers&#8230; As you get older, you&#8217;ll probably start to find that things aren&#8217;t as easy as they once were. So you have to find routines that work for you. What your friend does with his/her regimen might not be for you; everyone is different. That said, healthy living and fitness are well within your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dementia and Your Family</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 01:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Maryellen&#8230; My mom has been showing signs of dementia recently. I&#8217;m worried that she won&#8217;t be as involved with her grandchildren the more her condition progresses. Do you have any thoughts? &#8211; Sara, White Plains, NY Dear Sara, Dementia is a serious condition and it can be a life-changing factor for your family. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Risk for Seniors in the Summer Months</title>
		<link>http://www.dearmaryellen.com/2012/04/risk-for-seniors-in-the-summer-months/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dearmaryellen.com/2012/04/risk-for-seniors-in-the-summer-months/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A message from Maryellen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caring for seniors in summer months]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Maryellen&#8230; I’m more curious about this than anything else. As you know, we just had a pretty mild winter, and I’ve heard predictions about it being a grueling summer. Shouldn’t folks be extra watchful of their elderly loved ones during the summer? &#8211; David, Greenlawn, NY Dear David, I’m so happy you’ve raised this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you, Maryellen</title>
		<link>http://www.dearmaryellen.com/2012/04/thank-you-maryellen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dearmaryellen.com/2012/04/thank-you-maryellen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A message to Maryellen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted living blog]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Creative Arts Therapist]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Taking Care of My Parents Webinar]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dearmaryellen.com/?p=487</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Maryellen, This is mainly a thank you note for sponsoring the Taking Care of My Parents Webinar last month. I am a Creative Arts Therapist who has enjoyed the privilege of creatively enhancing the quality of life of seniors for many years. I also have gone through many of the steps you described for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Article from The Mesothelioma Center.</title>
		<link>http://www.dearmaryellen.com/2012/04/an-article-from-the-mesothelioma-center/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dearmaryellen.com/2012/04/an-article-from-the-mesothelioma-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A message from Maryellen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asbestos]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dearmaryellen.com/?p=479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers&#8230; Here is some important information about a disease that inflicts Seniors and other populations that have been exposed to asbestos poisoning. This article was sent to me last week by Kelsey Rathbun from The Mesothelioma Center. The Importance of Mesothelioma Caregivers The role that caregivers play in the life of someone with mesothelioma [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activity Calendars at Different Communities</title>
		<link>http://www.dearmaryellen.com/2012/03/activity-calendars-at-different-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dearmaryellen.com/2012/03/activity-calendars-at-different-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A message to Maryellen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Maryellen&#8230; Hello. I was just wondering why some of The Bristal communities have more daily resident activities than others. -Lisa Dear Lisa, All Bristal activities are scheduled at the individual communities with resident input. Each community has monthly planning meetings to discuss and plan events. Please feel free to meet with the Executive Director [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musical Training Can Overcome Age-related Hearing Loss</title>
		<link>http://www.dearmaryellen.com/2012/03/musical-training-can-overcome-age-related-hearing-loss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dearmaryellen.com/2012/03/musical-training-can-overcome-age-related-hearing-loss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[age-related hearing loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elderly care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[itzhak pearlman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journal of neurobiology of aging]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[new study]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northwestern University]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dearmaryellen.com/?p=470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers: Hmmmm&#8230; did you know that lifelong musical training, particularly when continued late in life, can help overcome age-related hearing loss, according to an interesting new study? Are there any musicians or serious music aficionados out there? Have you heard about &#8220;developing an ear&#8221;? Well, here&#8217;s some good news. Listen up. Researchers at Northwestern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women feel pain more than men&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.dearmaryellen.com/2012/02/women-feel-pain-more-than-men/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dearmaryellen.com/2012/02/women-feel-pain-more-than-men/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A message from Maryellen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ankle injuries]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[diabetes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dearmaryellen.com/?p=466</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Maryellen&#8230; I&#8217;ve heard it said all my life that women tend to &#8220;feel&#8221; more than men. But does this also include pain? My 75-year-old mom complains about body pains all the time. Is this just age-related crankiness, or could she be somehow feeling more pain than my dad simply because she is a woman? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anorexia and growing old.</title>
		<link>http://www.dearmaryellen.com/2012/01/anorexia-and-growing-old/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dearmaryellen.com/2012/01/anorexia-and-growing-old/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A message from Maryellen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[age-related physiologic change]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thebristal.com/?p=463</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers, I would like to make you aware of a little known fact regarding one particularly dangerous risk associated with growing old: anorexia — or, more specifically, as it is known: &#8220;the anorexia of aging.&#8221; The fact that you are witnessing your aging mom or dad slimming down more than usual might simply be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diet and Strokes</title>
		<link>http://www.dearmaryellen.com/2012/01/diet-and-strokes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dearmaryellen.com/2012/01/diet-and-strokes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A message to Maryellen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high cholesterol]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thebristal.com/?p=459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Maryellen&#8230; My dad is in his mid-eighties, sharp as a tack. We don&#8217;t see him dealing with memory problems except the normal forgetfulness that comes with age. (Who isn&#8217;t these days, right?!) But before mom died, she suffered two strokes, and I was wondering if there were any diet changes dad can make to [...]]]></description>
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