The Dementia Difference
“What Is Dementia Anyway?” After addressing a wonderful audience at a Community Based Presentation recently, a woman asked me: “What exactly is …
Topic: Aging Family Members
We refer to our elder years as the “Golden Years” but reality is, there is nothing that prepares us to care for or support an aging family member. Often times these are not the years that we all had planned for. Whether it’s dementia, Alzheimer’s or just plain old aging, here you will find up to date information that will not only help you the caregiver, but also your aging loved one. If you need a little more support visit our Forum where you can post questions and interact with other community members and our contributors.
Turn Regret into Deeper Self-Knowledge
All of us have felt embarrassed, uneasy and even some sense of shame about the way we handled ourselves in a particular situation or relationship. This sense …
The Many Faces of Grief, Part 3 Dying Without Regrets – The Family
My Mother: After my father suffered a moderate stroke, my mother stepped into her nine year role as his selfless caregiver. Along with compromising his …
The Many Faces of Grief, Part II
As I wrote in The Many faces of Grief in October, my husband Ted’s 54 yo son Don died, not completely unexpectedly, September 28, 2018. We were not shocked …
Affairs, Betrayals, Infidelities. Part One
These are all dirty words to the “victims” and not so healthy for the perpetrators. Please withhold judgment until you have read this and thought about it. …
The Many Faces of Grief
After my sister-in-law died suddenly, I grieved for my brother and his overwhelming pain. After my father died, I went shopping. After my brother died, I …
Have you Evolved Today?
Too many years of the rhythm of the school year and it is ingrained in me to see September as sort of an interim start of a new year, at least as far as most …
September is a Healthy Aging Month
The Healthy Aging Association® has spent the better part of two decades promoting September as Healthy Aging Month, and they have exactly the right idea on …
Moving Senior Parents: When is the Right Time to Speak to Mom and Dad About Relocating?
I was speaking with a friend recently named John, whose mother-in-law (we’ll call her “Ruth”) is going through a rough time. Her husband passed away a …
How to Adapt to Age Related Sensory Decline
Glasses and Hearing Aides and Walkers, oh My! Before I was 40 years old, I vowed if I ever needed reading glasses they would never hang on a lanyard around my …