The National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (NAPGCM) has a new name! As of May 1, 2015 they are now called the Aging Life Care Association™. Why a Name Change? Why Now? By 2012 it became clear that the term “care manager” and even “geriatric care manager” no longer adequately communicated Read More
Organizing a Family Meeting When Worried About Mom and Dad
By Anne Rosenthal, PhD, MFT, CMC Certified Professional Care Manager Is it time to call for a family meeting? Do you have siblings who you feel are not doing their share? Do you have a parent who is resistive to help? Do you feel burdened by your caregiving role and want to include others Read More
Planning for the End of Life: Who Would Want to Do That?
There is a lot of planning around birth and the welcoming of new little people into our world… but the other end of the life equation is little talked about. “Why?” we ask. Well, it isn’t fun to think about not being part of the life we love and the lives of those who have Read More
Alzheimer’s at Young Ages – “Still Alice”
Julianne Moore does an incredible job at playing the part of brilliant, 50-year-old college professor “Alice” who recognizes her own symptoms of a brain disorder – thinking, of course, that it must be a brain tumor. She was forgetting words and directions with more frequency; her normal thought process seemed just a little “out of Read More
Marriage Survival: 6 Tips for the Caregiving Spouse
Caring is a gift of love, obligation or default because there is no one to share the care. With family care often also comes exhaustion, frustration, anger, depression, or disappointment at the same time as loving concern. In our wedding vows, most of us promised to care for our partner in sickness and in health. Read More
NAPGCM Survey Finds a Growing and often Hidden Problem among the Elderly
Tucson, AZ (PRWEB) September 24, 2014 — Self-neglect among the elderly is a growing problem that commonly goes unreported, according to a new survey issued by the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (NAPGCM). Tragic cases like the ones in this article can be avoided. Having a loving, skilled caregiver take care of specific Read More
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