Beware of in Home Care Theft
Tips to Keep Valuables and Identity Secure I’ve always felt the well-known expression “Buyer Beware” was an unfair but unfortunately accurate warning for …
Topic: Care Coordination
The Benefits of Exercise in Fighting Elderly Depression
One of the most common issues our honored elders struggle with is depression. Anyone at any age can become depressed, but depression among the elderly is more …
Home vs Facility Placement for Elders
There’s Really Only ONE Reason to Relocate Someone Many of us have or are wrestling with the care of our health compromised aging parents, physical and/or …
How to Care for Someone Who Does Not Want to Be Cared For
Health care is full of counterintuitive and often perplexing obstacles, and this is especially true when caring for an honored elder. Here is an example: what …
The Politics (and Economics) Of Real-World Elder Care
I read a stunning article last month, by Laura Katz Olson, author of The Politics of Medicaid. This is a woman who has been studying the field of elder care …
Is the Future of Elder Care Filled with…Robots?
PALM SPRINGS, CA: At the beginning of last month, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was being strapped into a Genworth R70i, and if that sounds like some sort of …
A Complete Guide for Selecting a Nursing Home
Selecting a nursing home for a loved one can be an emotionally wrenching and intimidating process. Touring facilities and wading through the marketing pitches …
4 Common Holiday Accidents & How Seniors Can Avoid Them
The holidays are a time of joy, togetherness and celebration… and also injuries. That’s right, all this festivity tends to result in a whole lot of …
Hospice and Palliative Care for Seniors: Relief When It Counts
There comes a time in the life of every person when what they need most is simply relief; for someone to take away the pain, the stress, and the burden. In the …
8 Key Steps to Planning Elder Care
I recently saw an interview with Maria Shriver and Rob Lowe talking about how he was blindsided by his aging parents’ care needs. As Ms. Shriver says, this …