…does your head spin trying to figure out who is visiting your parent after a hospitalization? Does Dad tell you that a therapist visited but you had no idea he even needed one? Does one therapist or nurse talk to the others about the needs of your parent? And, oh yes, how about updating you Read More
Gray Matters: The Challenges of an Aging Society
On June 2, 2011, Linda Fodrini-Johnson, MA, MFT, CMC, along with other experts on aging presented at the Walnut Creek Library in Walnut Creek, CA as part of the Library Foundation’s Live! Linda’s discussion includes the importance of communicating your values to your family and geriatric professionals to ensure you always live life your way, Read More
Mom is Appreciative and I Want to Cry!
After an entire afternoon of medical appointments and getting fitted for new glasses I am blown away and left in tears when Mom says, “I’m sorry this took so much of your day”. Yes, the doctor’s appointment took us longer than expected and then stopping for the new glasses took longer that I anticipated – Read More
Rest Home or Assisted Living Community?
When a medical provider was asking my mother about any changes in her vision she answered, “No, not since I have been in the Rest Home”. I was quick to respond, “Rest home? It is more like an ‘activity center’” and then she said, “Well, I don’t know about those activities”. What surprised me is Read More
Parents in Transitions & Medication Oops!
When a parent moves from one level of care to another there becomes an opportunity for medical errors – especially in medication dosage, strength or the discontinuation of an old medication. Just recently when my mother was hospitalized for a stroke and rehabilitation, she was discharged with all new orders. Since she would be moving Read More
Family Caregivers & Self-Care
Well, for the past 27 years, I have been “preaching” to family caregivers the importance of self-care and now I am experiencing first-hand how it does work. Clinically, I know it is important to have a balance in life and that we must find time to exercise, eat well and nurture relationships in order to Read More
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