‘Tis the time for many of us to look ahead and plan annual goals so as to work, live, feel and/or look better. With diligence, these resolutions can bear fruit. Caregivers are certainly among those individuals who can greatly...
As we wrap up this last business day before the holidays, we wanted to send a gentle reminder to everyone who may be visiting a senior loved one over the holidays. If you go to visit them, please check to see...
We thought it was hard dealing with our children, right? First, those infamous toddlers that are learning about life and have minds of their own. They don't want to listen through the terrible twos. Then they hit school age,...
With our country’s rapidly aging population, the day may well come when you must provide (or help to provide) care for an aging parent/friend/partner. Regrettably, many potential caregivers completely disregard this fact and are caught unaware. I speak from...
It is difficult to recognize the warning signs that your aging loved ones may need extra care, as life becomes busy and family disperses. Visits and phone calls become less frequent, making it difficult to pin point any signals...
Are you a caregiver? How is your caregiving journey going? Do you feel you have enough support? Are you connecting with other caregivers? Or are you still not sure what you need to do?
At Seniors Lifestyle Magazine, we have previously...
When you get busy helping your aging parents or other elderly loved ones, make sure you take the time to help your kids understand what’s going on and how you can do things together moving ahead.
Here are five key...
The family meeting took place and it wasn’t at all what any of us expected.
Dad’s cognitive deficiencies are far more then we had thought. He will not recover from the physical constraints of the stroke.
So the question to us...where...
What can we learn from caring for aging parents or loved ones? I believe there are four factors we need to understand so we can better interact with them. The four key challenges to caring for aging parents are:
1. Time....
If one is a geriatrician, a good part of one’s practice is focused on individuals either living with dementia or concerned about having symptoms that might be dementia. It is often a frightening prospect, at times more so for...
