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Understanding Dementia: A Family Guide

Family supporting an elderly parent, a guide to dementia care in Ghana

“Dad keeps asking the same question, even though I just answered it.” If you have said something like this, you are not alone. Dementia care in Ghana often begins with exactly this kind of quiet worry...

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How to Choose a Home Caregiver in Ghana: 9 Essential Steps

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How to Choose a Home Caregiver You Can Trust: A Step-by-Step Guide for Ghanaian Families Choosing a caregiver is not like hiring a driver or a housekeeper. You are inviting someone into your home, and...

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Stroke Care at Home: How to Care for a Surrvivor

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Caring for a Stroke Survivor at Home: What Families in Ghana Should Know A stroke can change a family’s life in minutes. One moment, your loved one is talking, walking and laughing. The next, sp...

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Post-Surgery Care at Home: Hospital Discharge Checklist

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Preparing Your Home for a Loved One Returning from Hospital: A Post-Surgery Care Guide for Families The day your loved one is discharged from hospital should feel like good news. Yet for many families...

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Signs your Parent May Need Help at Home

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Signs Your Parent May Need Help at Home: A Family Guide to Elderly Care at Home in Ghana Most of us remember our parents as the strong ones. They raised us, worked hard and held the family together. S...

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Loneliness in Aging Parents: The Quiet Epidemic Nobody Talks About

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Loneliness in Aging Parents: The Quiet Epidemic Nobody Talks About Why loneliness in aging parents hides so easily Loneliness in aging parents is far more common than most families realize, and it&#82...

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Home Care vs Hiring a Family Member: What’s Actually Better?

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A common, well-intentioned solution Many families default to asking a relative, a niece, a cousin, someone nearby, to step in as caregiver. It feels safer. It’s not always the better choice. Wha...

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What a Modern Elder Care System Actually Looks Like

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What a Modern Elder Care System Actually Looks Like Not a return to the compound house. A new structure, built for how families live now. Family & Culture. By Frank Buabeng, Founder, Honesty Home...

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5 Signs Your Aging Parent Needs More Than a Phone Call

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5 Signs Your Aging Parent Needs More Than a Phone Call How to tell when love from a distance isn’t enough anymore. Family & Culture. By Frank Buabeng, Founder, Honesty Home Care Why calls c...

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Rebuilding the Elder Care System for African Families

The compound house that raised us I keep thinking about the compound house my grandparents lived in. Three generations, one set of connected roofs, everybody underfoot. It wasn’t perfect, but it...