ABC’s World News With Diane Sawyer is doing segments about aging and senior care this week, starting tonight. The series is called “Families on the Brink: What to do About Mom & Dad.”
The press release didn’t specify which topic will air when, but a segment about aging in place was listed third, so I assume it’s scheduled for Wednesday. It’s described this way:
THE MEANING OF HOME: For so many, home is their identity, but …Read more ›
Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn.
B. R. Hayden
Nothing rattles the range of human emotions so much as the death of someone you love. Beliefs about the afterlife aside, the finality of death is a blow that knocks the wind out of most and ushers in a period of struggle that can lead to a number …Read more ›
One of the newer senior-care ideas is the village model. Members of a community form their own sort of senior-care association, allowing seniors to age in place.
We’ve talked about this concept before, but elder-care consultant Carolyn Rosenblatt has some advice for people whose elderly parents don’t live in a village area yet. She says at her Forbes blog, Aging Parents:
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Helping seniors find activities they enjoy can lessen your caregiving burden and increase their happiness, suggests eldercare author Joy Loverde at EldercareABC.
Encouraging your aging parents to participate in simple activities may be just what they need to feel good again about life and creating meaning and purpose. Ultimately, the more involved our parents are with life, the less they will depend on us for physical fulfillment and emotional support.
To help them, start by asking …Read more ›
People with Alzheimer’s and those with mental retardation are making valuable connections in an adult day-care center in Iowa, reports the Sioux City Journal.
Last year, a day-care center run by Goodwill Industries and one run by the Big Sioux Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association merged, to some concern, says the article. People weren’t sure whether the plan would work. But Cindy Wilde, director of Goodwill Support Services, says it’s going well—including in unexpected ways.
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It seems like there’s a for Dummies book for everything. Did you know there’s even one for eldercare?
If you’re familiar with those books, you know they’re all about clarity. No jargon or hard-to-read phrasing. So it follows that on their website, they feature quick, to-the-point lists with tips for adult children of elderly parents. For example, there’s advice on how to reduce caregiver stress and how to get your elderly parent to accept help.
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If you’re considering having an elderly parent move in, Cindy Laverty has some tips. Above all, have a plan—financially and physically—she says in an interview with Patch.com.
A senior-care consultant and author of Caregiving: Eldercare Made Clear & Simple, Laverty has been through her share of elder-care challenges, she says. She cared for her father-in-law for six years, and her mother has been living with her and her husband for 13.
Just because you are a …Read more ›