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5 Tips for Showing Compassion While Caring for Aging Parents
It can be frustrating caring for aging parents who refuse help. However, it’s important to approach the situation with…
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Health & Wellness
The Little-Known Effects of Parkinson’s Disease
When Dan Cotton regularly started seeing his brother sitting next to him in the passenger seat of his car,…
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Rehab & Therapy
Keeping Your Senior Loved One Engaged During Rehabilitation
If your senior loved one is recovering from illness or surgery and is in rehab, it’s important to keep…
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Respite Care
Preparing Your Loved One for Respite Care
Taking care of your senior loved one while balancing your own needs in life can be difficult and stressful.…
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Hospice Care
Is Hospice Care Right for You?
Just as in everyday living, the journey taken at the end of life is physical, emotional, social, and spiritual…
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Alzheimer’s & Dementia
Ways to Talk With a Parent About Dementia
Michele Foss refers to it as The Great Bacon Incident. She had gotten a call at her Baltimore home…
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Health & Wellness
Home Safety: Tips for a Senior-Friendly Bathroom
The most dangerous room in your house is probably the smallest room in your house. Statistics from the Centers…
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Caregiver Tips
When Family Members Disagree on a Senior Care Plan for Their Parent
It’s the discussion no one wants to have. Aging parents are showing signs of aging that indicate additional care…
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Caregiver Tips
Four Things Not to Say to an Isolated Older Adult
When MaryKay Kubota’s husband died unexpectedly at 49, she felt isolated. It was as if the world kept going…
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Care Management
Signs Your Loved One Needs In-Home Senior Care
Recognizing when a loved one needs in-home senior care can be a challenging process, especially if they appear to…
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Skilled Nursing
Seven Myths About Skilled Nursing Home Communities
Sixty years ago the purpose of nursing homes was to keep people safe and sound until they died. Today,…
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Caregiver Tips
Challenges of Being a Family Caregiver
On my occasional weekends away from home, I missed my view of the Hudson River, the varying shades and…
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Health & Wellness
How Seniors Can Avoid Relocation Stress Syndrome
Imagine you have lived in the same house for 40 years. You know every nook and cranny of the…
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