…Bill Cosby said, “I don’t have the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.” It is so hard to be successful at everything if you please everyone and forget to take care of yourself. If you just can’t say “no” because you truly don’t want to disappoint the Read More
E-Mail Made Easy for our Aging Parents
I am always surprised and pleased to see that technology is starting to become simple and easier for those who don’t want a computer. My mother is always asking me to research the side effects of a new medication on the Internet or to look for a recipe for all those apples and lemons in Read More
What Gives Your Life Meaning?
What Gives Your Life Meaning? This is one of the first questions I ask most of my clients in geriatric care management and in counseling. The reason for this question is to know what is important to you as an individual – what gives your life meaning, value and purpose. If I know this before Read More
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
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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