Covering All Your Senior Family Member’s Care Needs
Posted in Care Management, Caregiving, Dementia and Memory Loss, Uncategorized, adult children on Feb 25th, 2010
Caring for another 24/7 and giving your all to one you love can be exhausting, frustrating and bring about “anger” in ways that surprise you, the family caregiver.
Asking yourself, “Was that me?”, after hearing yourself shout at someone who doesn’t understand due to a cognitive loss or dementia. Or, maybe you find yourself throwing something [...]
Posted in Age Related Issues, Care Management, End of Life, Uncategorized on Feb 16th, 2010
This was given by a 92 year old client to a Care Manager in the mid-west:
”Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.”
Posted in Alzheimer's, Care Management, Dementia and Memory Loss, Uncategorized on Feb 10th, 2010
Recently, at a class I was teaching, someone asked why her mother with Alzheimer’s dementia would not eat in the skilled nursing home she was in when at home she didn’t have a problem.
Often, in medical and residential facilities, they give the patient too many choices, a challenge for those with dementia. I told her [...]
Posted in Age Related Issues, Future Trends, Uncategorized on Feb 2nd, 2010
Can’t open the container? Heads up marketing, the Baby Boomers are coming!
As our population ages, with the over 50 crowd growing by 50% this decade, I am hoping that the manufactures of packaging take into consideration the product they are selling and whether or not their target population open it.
I purchased some body wash this past week [...]