I was talking to the Mayor of a local city who is a Baby Boomer and a senior and she was saying she can’t take any of the wonderful classes offered at her local senior center because they are all during the day. Senior Centers take heed, the Baby Boomers will most probably work longer Read More
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Hospital Discharge Planner Values Care Managers
I had a call this month from a local hospital discharge planner complimenting us on our professional advocacy (Geriatric Care Management) for clients, our team spirit and wise counsel. She was also very impressed with our caregivers in the hospital setting – whom she said were kind, helpful and an asset to the client. We Read More
Choosing Home Care for a Loved One?
Do you choose a company by reputation or what the costs will be? Perhaps the most important qualifier for you is that the company is located close to your parent. If you choose the one with the lowest rate, is that what you get in quality? It certainly could be! There is an old phrase, Read More
Mother is in the Emergency Room and I’m a 1000 miles away!
Watch the video blog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbOpD9U-jNw What do you do when you hear that your mother has been hospitalized and you know she has dementia, even though it has not been diagnosed because your father wasn’t ready to hear the truth? Now, Dad is gone, and you have a situation than can go from bad to Read More
Finding Home Care for Someone with Alzheimer’s Disease
Not everyone can care for an individual who has memory impairment and doesn’t reside in the same reality as the rest of us due to cognitive changes brought on by an organic dementia. Even family members who have been to classes and seem to understand the process, get caught up in the old relationship. They Read More
Role Models in the News & Aging
We can look to women like Lena Horn or Betty White and admire them for their talents and gifts. We can also be encouraged by their spirit and, I would guess, their” fight” to be seen and respected for not just their talents, but who they were as women. Who were they? They were women Read More
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