One of the toughest challenges many adult children face when their mother or father gets older is figuring out when it’s time to discuss elder care.
At some point in time, a person in their 70s, 80s, or 90s will have to face the hard reality: life is not as it once was.
If you have an elderly relative who has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s, you probably already understand how tremors can affect the person in significant ways.
Dementia, which includes Alzheimer’s, can pose incredible challenges, not just for the people diagnosed with this disease, but also their immediate loved ones.
Many people make New Year’s resolutions as a means to enact change in their life.
Depending on when you read this article, the New Year is either fast approaching or already here.
When your elderly mother is first moving to assisted living, she may be worried. She might be scared. She may even have that familiar homesick feeling most of us have experienced, usually in our younger years. Expect that. It doesn’t…
Allison was 73, widowed, living alone, and struggling. She had heard about assisted living plenty throughout her life, and for many years she thought about it in terms of other types of facility care. She had misconceptions about it, so…