How Do You Know When It’s Time to Move Your Aging Parents?
This is the one question I hear most frequently from baby boomers caring for their aging parents, and I wish there was a “one size fits all” answer for it. All of our aging parents (or Golden Oldies as I prefer to call them) decline in various ways and at different rates, but here are [...]
3 Ways Family Caregivers Can Maximize Their Energy
I read a very interesting guest blog post last week by Mike Davenport on the Men with Pens blog. It wasn’t written for the eldercare industry, but his ideas are excellent tools for family caregivers to put into their bag of tricks and use regularly. Mike makes a distinction between time management vs. energy [...]
How to Remove Pets from an Aging Parent’s Home
A reader wrote this comment to a prior post here. Because her question is a challenge many families face while caring for their “Golden Oldies” (aka aging parents or relatives), I’ve gotten permission to publish it along with my answer below: . . . I need some advice. I fully believe that pets are beneficial [...]
Sorry Charlie Sheen, This is What #Winning Looks Like
I’m very proud and happy to announce that my article, “Daily Activities for Late Stage Alzheimer’s Disease Patients,” has been selected as the winning entry in The Great Alzheimer’s Blogging Competition run by The Disabled Shop Blog! These are the flattering comments the judge wrote about my post: An excellent blog – Linda identified a [...]
Daily Activities for Late Stage Alzheimer’s Disease Patients
[This post is an entry for the Alzheimer's Research Blogging Competition at The Disabled Blog Shop. The deadline to enter is March 31, 2011 so there's still time to get your entry in. Please read how to enter here. You can help raise awareness of this horrible disease plus raise money for a great cause. Let's [...]
Notice Decline in Your Aging Parents? Action Steps, Part 2
This is Part 2 in a series. Please click here for Part 1 for more action steps and suggestions. With the holidays and your family visits completed, if you noticed signs of physical or cognitive decline in your aging parents or other relatives, don’t panic! Here are excellent resources to turn to for help in [...]
Notice Decline in Your Aging Parents? Action Steps — Part 1
In a recent post I provided a checklist to use in assessing your aging parents’ daily living situations while spending time together during the holidays. If you noticed signs of decline in either their physical or cognitive abilities, what steps can adult children take next? Here are some do’s and don’ts. Don’t Feel Guilty Don’t [...]
Holidays with Your Aging Parents: Don’t Miss These Warning Signs
With the holidays rapidly approaching, many adult children will have extended visits with their aging parents (or Golden Oldies as I prefer to call them.) These visits provide an excellent opportunity to watch for signs of possible decline in your Golden Oldies’ physical and/or cognitive abilities. Below is a checklist to use when visiting your [...]
Do You Have Patience with Your Aging Parents?
Slow down, you move too fast. You got to make the morning last. Just kicking down the cobble stones. Looking for fun and feelin’ groovy. ~ Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel Lately I’m more aware than ever of how fast our society moves, and how we are living at an ever-accelerating pace. People want and [...]
When Aging Parents Can No Longer Care for their Pets
In a previous post I wrote about the many advantages senior citizens (or Golden Oldies as I prefer to call them) gain from pet ownership. My local paper published a story last week about two dogs currently up for adoption who were owned by an elderly gentleman. Reading it made me recognize another aspect of [...]
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