Tips for Preventing Falls and Broken Hips
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Mom fell often - as in at least once a week. She lived alone in her apartment for several years after Dad needed nursing home care. One reason Mom could remain alone was that I arrived bright and early every day at her home to help her shower, get...
Tips for Preventing Falls and Broken Hips
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
Mom fell often - as in at least once a week. She lived alone in her apartment for several years after Dad needed nursing home care. One reason Mom could remain alone was that I arrived bright and early every day at her home to help her shower, get...
Adult Day Care as a Transition
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The sound of silence can be deafening, especially when the silence enveloping you is in the home you have shared for decades with a beloved spouse. When an elderly spouse falls ill with dementia, the well spouse becomes the default caregiver. Ofte...
Quantity of Life or Quality of Life
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If someone asked you today, would you prefer a longer life but endure much pain, or a shorter life with less pain, would you have a quick answer?I didn't think so. Few of us do. We want to qualify our statements. That is what makes end-of-life dec...
Finding the Right Hospice
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My first personal connection with hospice care came as my parents, first my dad, then my mom, each entered a stage in their long journey toward death where regular care, even in a fine nursing home two blocks from my house, was not enough. They ha...
Is the nursing home over-medicating elder?
posted about 1 year ago | 1 comment
n the days before nursing homes were under so much regulation, many homes used heavy medication to “manage” residents. Elders who slept most of the day, as well as all night, didn’t require as much staff time. Therefore, many homes considered drug...
Pets add joy to lives of elders
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Dear Carol: My grandmother should be in assisted living, but she won’t move because of her ancient cat. I know she loves the cat, and I think the cat is good for her. Are there places that take pets along with the elderly? – Ben
Dear Ben: Numerou...
Dear Ben: Numerou...
Silver Advisors Offers Professional Consultations
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"Stages of Senior Care" Excellent Reference
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The book Stages of Senior Care: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Making the Best Decisions, came to me from two sources, one copy from our local Home Instead franchise and one copy from the national PR agency representing the book. Since I was swamped b...
Getting the Legal Work Done
posted about 1 year ago | 2 comments
Our culture does its best to evade death. Youth rules, and if someone gets sick there must be a cure. However, there is no cure for death from old age. The best doctor in the world will not stop the inevitable. We will all die.
Only in the last de...
Only in the last de...
