Many individuals, with different forms of dementia, ask from time to time or sometimes on every visit, “Are you taking me home now?” My advice has been most of the time to these family members to say, “When the doctor says you can leave” or “When the plumbing at your house is fixed”. And then Read More
When Our Parents Become Sexual Beings on Our Watch
Many jokes have been shared over the years regarding the idea of parents having sex. Everyone knows they must have but no one wants to think about it! And then one day there it is bigger than life! I spoke with a daughter recently who received a call from a facility stating that her father Read More
Mothers’ Gifts for all Seasons
I am posting this picture of my mother for all of you to know that the end of life can be filled with dignity. Yes, she is in the very last phase of her life and on hospice but she has quality, despite her deficits. Our mothers gave us life by birth or love and Read More
Taking Me Home?
I moved my mother to a small residential care home that gives great care, at the same time I was scheduled to take a week’s vacation. When I returned six days later, I went to see how she was doing and the first thing she said, “How did you know I was here?” I explained Read More
Emergency Response Systems Save Lives and Medicare Big Dollars
Needless trips to the ER are stressful to older adults and their families and take the time of emergency room medical providers. These needless trips will cost individuals, hospitals and Medicare thousands of dollars. My mother, who lives in Assisted Living, uses oxygen and can have episodes of forgetting how to adjust her oxygen and Read More
Advocacy vs. Complacency
Having just returned from Washington D.C., attending and presenting at The American Society on Aging Conference, I realized the importance of those of us aging, caring for frail family members and those with careers in the field of aging to stand up and be heard. We cannot afford the luxury of denial or being complacent. Read More
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