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Include Elders in Conversation
posted 2 days ago, updated 1 minute later by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
I know it can be hard. Your siblings are in town. You visit the nursing home with them so you can all be together with your mom who is living in a care center. The adult children are all jabbering, trying to catch up on each other's lives. Sure, y...
Dementia not always Alzheimer’s
posted 4 days ago by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
Dear Carol: My dad is having memory problems and he and Mom argue about whether he should have a checkup. He says nothing can be done, even if he has dementia. My grandmother had dementia, but not Alzheimer’s as far as I know. What is the differen...
Minding Our Elders and KindEthics Chat
posted 5 days ago, updated 1 minute later by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
Minding Our Elders and KindEthics will chat on blogtalk radio. Viki Kind is a personal healthcare strategist and a medical ethicist with a wonderful Web site at www.kindethics.com. She is also a radio host. Viki will be interviewing me Tuesday, Ja...
New Caregiving Magazine Launches This Week
posted 7 days ago by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
Health and Financial Decisions After Dementia
posted 9 days ago, updated 1 minute later by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
I see the question way too often: "How can I get Power Of Attorney for my dad? He's got advanced Alzheimer's disease and I need to make financial decisions for him. There will be health decisions as well. I can't get him to understand what needs t...
Poor Oral Health May Contribute to Dementia
posted 11 days ago by MindingOurElders | 1 comment
Dear Carol: My dad has always been dental phobic. He will go to the dentist to get help if he has pain, but that is all. Now, his cardiologist tells him he must get his teeth cleaned regularly. I thought that would motivate him, but it doesn’t. An...
The Importance of Ceremony During Life Stages
posted 12 days ago by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
Birth, graduations, marriage, anniversaries, death - important moments in our lives are often celebrated by some type of ceremony. In our middle to late years, we are often encouraged to plan the type of funeral we'd like, even pre-paying so our l...
Holidays Can Push Caregivers to the Max
posted 14 days ago by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
If one can believe the old Westerns, frontier women multitasked by rocking a cradle with their foot to quiet a squalling baby, while pounding out bread dough with her fists, bossing a full crew young kids and maybe dodging a few bullets. Oh, yeah,...
Trial & Heirs: How Famous Fortune Fights
posted 16 days ago by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
When I received a complimentary copy of Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights, I was skeptical. I'm not a tabloid fan and haven't paid much attention to celebrity fortune battles. I looked at the cover with amusement - catchy and colorful, I th...
Personal alarm could provide solution
posted 18 days ago by MindingOurElders | 0 comments
Dear Carol: My dad still lives in his own home and does quite well. However, I find myself continually worrying about him falling or something else happening. He says he doesn’t want to move to assisted living, but I want him safe. What do I do? –...
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