When to Tell Your Parents: They Cannot Drive Any Longer!
Some of the baby boomers who also are “adult children” taking care of an aging parent face many challenges when taking care of this task. bringing awareness to our parents can be a challenging...
View ArticleCaetano Veloso on aging: at the age of 67, I feel at the “infancy of old age.”
For those, who like me, grew up listening to Caetano Veloso, seeing him getting older is just a reflection of our own aging and the multiple challenges and possibilities to unfold wellness, live well,...
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Living Well Independently: 7 Ways To Talk To Your Parents About Getting Help...
Shannon Martin and Alex Chamberlain affirm how difficult it can be to acknowledge the fact that your parent needs some help with day-to-day activities, let alone introducing to them the idea of hiring...
View ArticleTechnologies Help Adult Children Monitor Aging Parents
89% of Americans do not want to leave their homes when they age. Most of these people will be live alone and receive support from a variety of health and community-based providers, family caregivers....
View ArticleNew Devices Help Seniors Stay Longer in Their Own Homes.
An article supporting Living Well’s high-tech – high touch approach, was published by Health Day: News for Healthier Living on January 18 by Dennis Thompson. The article stresses the importance of...
View ArticleAn Age-Segregated Dream
Paula Span, in the New York Times “The New Old Age” section brings our attention to the phenomena of retirees leaving home to go to sunny Florida. A new film about a Florida retirement complex poses...
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Yet another reason to age in place
A good friend of mine who is a estate planner lawyer (Elizabeth Krivatsy) shared with me, this link via e-mail and call it “…Yet another reason to age in place…” The article refers to fatal cases in an...
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Technology To Stay at Home and Age in Place
(From HUFFPOST 23 Sep 2013) Dr. Ruth Bettelheim advocates for the use of new technology that would enable disabled people to live independently and elders to age in place. Dr. Bettelheim said,...
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Living at Home and Understanding Dementia Symptoms
Having a loved one diagnosed with dementia, including Alzheimer’s, is a very hard circumstance and can be very challenging. Most of the times you want to keep them living at home, and provide the home...
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Ways for Seniors to Improve Mental and Physical Health
Easy Ways for Seniors to Stay Healthy In a time where daily stress is almost a given, it’s important for us to take care of ourselves. Seniors, especially, need to find healthy ways to cope with stress...
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