Covering All Your Senior Family Member’s Care Needs
Posted in Age Related Issues, Alzheimer's, Care Management, Caregiving, adult children on Mar 16th, 2010
Often families try to do all the care themselves out of love or necessity – or maybe “control”. Whatever it is that causes you to be the only one caring for a dependent older adult – you need to know the importance of finding a balance and sharing the care.
Caregiver research shows that at least [...]
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, Future Trends, Uncategorized on Dec 29th, 2009
This new decade will bring many of the 76 million Baby Boomers who approach retirement, with the dreams and visisons of travel, volunteerism, and enjoying family redirected and derailed, to the reality of aging parents and their increasing dependency.
It is my recommendation that every pre-retirement class, workshop or planner cover, for the aging baby boomer [...]
Posted in Dementia and Memory Loss, Uncategorized on Sep 15th, 2009
I had another professional ask me if we had any personal assistants/caregivers at Eldercare that could golf. She has two men in her support group who love to golf – but because of their dementia they might slow down a serious group of golfers and their wives are not interested.
What a wonderful idea as an [...]