Alzheimer disease touches us all While more than 5 million Americans have been diagnosed with various stages of Alzheimer’s, whether early-onset or advanced, projections are that millions more will be affected as the baby boomer generation ages. This most common of...
My next installment of What’s Out There for Seniors deals with various areas of assisted living. In the last issue I discussed the advantages of residential care homes as a relatively new form of assisted living. There are other choices of assisted living that you...
Finding a good fit in a retirement community is a concern for aging seniors and their families. The number of people seeking these lifestyles is rising as our population ages. For the past several years, many families have been unable to afford the move to a...
question of what’s out there is often asked by seniors and their families as they begin looking in the community for help with housing, in-home care and other assistance for themselves or their loved ones. Many times the daughter or son of a senior is the one who...
Aging brings with it changes in our health and/or mental capabilities. If you have an aging loved one, you can save your senior person and yourself a lot of stress and time by preparing now. Locate and organize important documents or at least place them in one...
Taking care of a sick or aging parent is not something you can train for; it’s usually on-the-job, seat-of-your-pants action and reaction. Because of ongoing improvements in medical care, the chances are much higher today that you’ll be helping in some way with elder...
Of course, we must. Along with knowledge, experience and, hopefully, joy, for most of us aging brings with it certain changes in our health and/or mental capabilities. We can do some things to stave off or at least lessen these changes by exercising both the body and...
Most families are not prepared to bring elderly parents into their homes for their waning years, as we have been fortunate to do with my parents. Some elderly folk live independently until their death. Some go to live with other family members, and some go to a...
I'm observing — and living — a developing trend: that of families merging. The reasons include an aging population too healthy for a nursing home, a sluggish economy and high unemployment rate, and the prevalence of divorce, remarriage and "blended" families. I will...
