Older Adult Isolation Breeds the Walking Dead
For older adults isolation, living alone with little or no social contact, results in great physical and mental hazard. Older adults living alone often experience challenges in decision making, executive function and the ability to manage day to day because they have no one to talk with about everyday life, health issues or about managing their future. They [...]
Be Wary of Attorneys Who Seek to Compromise Your Ethics
One would think that all attorneys operate with a code of ethics – not always true. In the eldercare industry many attorneys advertise or promise “Medicaid planning services” that seek to protect monies, yet have hidden issues for unsuspecting older adults and their families. While it’s true, none of us hope to ever have to [...]
Caregiving Crises is Similar to the Experience of a Natural Disaster
Resilience is a quality successful caregivers possess. Even more interesting is the resilience of individuals who have survived natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The sequence of being resilient includes understanding of the hazard. In a caregiving situation this means understanding a health diagnosis and how progression might occur. There’s also a need [...]
How to Avoid Costly Mistakes When Choosing a Retirement Community
Are you an adult child who realizes it’s time for your parents to move to a care community but you’re not sure how to have the conversation? Join me March 26 or March 27, 2011 at The Caring Generation listener appreciation event: How to Avoid Costly Mistakes When Choosing a Retirement Community. I’ll share the [...]
Your Parent’s Attitude Toward Assisted Living Won’t Affect Their Adjustment
Are you an adult child knowing it’s time for your parents to consider a move to assisted living but you’re not sure how to have that conversation? An article in Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics indicates that “an older person’s mental readiness or denial of the need or likelihood of long term care placement [...]
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