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 …
How Going to the Hospital can Cause Dementia
We as a country have known for quite some time that people who go to the hospital, particularly to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), have a tendency to develop a …
Planning Ahead for Dementia/Alzheimer’s
If you knew you were going to develop Alzheimer’s, what would you really want your family to do? Browsing through video choices recently, I happened upon the …
How to Protect Yourself from an Abusive Senior Patient
I talked to a 68-year-old lady a few weeks ago. She was a full-time in-home caregiver for an 89-year-old who happened to be her mother-in-law, the mother of …
It’s Winter: Let’s Talk Hibernation with our Honored Elders
Growing old comes with a wide variety of changes in our bodies and brains, and those changes cause a number of predictable shifts in habits, traits, and …
The Holidays Brings an Opportunity to Discuss Family Matters
Discussing financial and estate planning with Mom and Dad during the Holidays might sound cold. Yet, I have read article after article that recommends that as …
This Christmas, Celebrate a “Less Valuable” Senior Loved One
American culture is not just capital-ist, it is capital-centric. Our highest regard is given to people who are millionaires and billionaires, or who are in …
Do You Excuse How An Older Person Treats You?
Sometimes, yes and other times not at all. The trouble many people have is deciding criteria for when to excuse an older person’s ways in interacting and …
Should Someone with Dementia Make Important Decisions?
Remember They Don’t Remember People living with dementia can and should make choices throughout their journey. Those in the later and more severe stages of …
Aging, Don’t Let Them Wait
My grandmother used to say, “Old age stinks.” She said it until she passed at 98. For her, there were no Golden Years. She just sat until her time came. We …