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...illness, they simply don't know what to do or where to turn to relieve the burden. Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D., gerontologist and author of Age Power, suggests that the most vital thing a caregiver can do is find a trusted adviser--"a person, not a pamphlet"--to help lead a family through the thickets of health care, financial and emotional questions. "Families should assume that they're grappling with a situation that will only get worse," he says, and they should do what they can to prepare themselves...
...course, the immediate goal of this experiment is an old one: get kids to watch MTV. Though only a percentage of the hoped-for viewership will play at once, the show will help MTV stay on top of trends like Internet use, which is essential to keeping the music channel relevant to kids. The format rewards loyalty; in a sweepstakes at the end of the season, webRIOT will give away a Ford Focus to one lucky online player. The more games you play, the better your chances...
Last Thursday I sat at Thanksgiving dinner with my extended family, buried in food and conversation and enjoying the soporific effect of the sweet potato-marshmallow casserole. With the kids at the card table, the elders sprinkled around the periphery, I couldn't help noticing that my generation had become the core of our large family. Try as we might to delay the growing-up process, by marrying and having children late, my sisters, cousins and I have finally graduated from the kids' table. While that has its advantages (uncontested second helpings of pie, for instance), it also confirms...
Even without professional help, family caregivers can give themselves a break by farming out some tasks. Kathy Paddock, a bookkeeper, assists 40 elderly clients and their families by helping them manage their household finances and insurance forms; she visits some of her clients in nursing homes and keeps in touch with their family members by phone. Paddock says she loves her work and has grown close to her clients and their families, "but no one should have to do this alone." Caregivers must also take care of their own personal, health and financial planning. As I couldn't help noticing...
...change in 10 years, as you know. But now that the millennium is actually upon us, examining these old prophecies can help drive home some fundamentals. Besides, it's fun. So before I get to the lessons, allow me a couple of shots at Wall Street's vision of the '90s, circa...