It is no secret that caring for an elderly relative can be an extremely stressful process. If you are looking after a relative, it is impossible to detach yourself from your family role and at the same time either provide or supervise effective care.  As a result, you will have to deal with all of [...]

Hi everybody.  I found these great and simple exercises for seniors that will  increase flexibility, strength and balance.  Loss of those three or deminished capabilities can increase the possibility of a fall and that could lead to a hospital stay.  Do these only after you have talked to your doctor and have your caregiver assist [...]

The Sandwich Generation, those caught between their aging parents and young children, includes some 20 million Americans. In this emotionally charged account of family caregiving, filmmaker Julie Winokur and her husband, photojournalist Ed Kashi, expose their personal lives with unflinching candor. Winokur and Kashi uprooted their two children and their business in order to move [...]

Wonderfully informative short video by Dr. Lynette Cederquist on the effects of diet on dementia.  Take a look and leave a comment. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyqn0QUNIaI] [tweetbutton] [fb-share] Link to this post!

In many facilities that provide emotional and psychiatric care, “third object modality” therapies are standard forms of treatment. For example, wood shop, leather craft, pottery, art work, music, and even gardening. Yet, in our world of caring for the elderly in their homes, most of us probably don’t consider the positive effects of using these [...]

What’s the big deal here? Simply flush old meds done the toilet, right? Or, throw them out with the trash. Well, thankfully, we are slowly becoming a “green” world – one in which our environment is vitally important to us all, and, one that will require our participation to protect. So, how do we dispose [...]

We all have experienced the apparent frustration of talking with a senior about some issue related to that person needing to relinquish some form of their independence, (for example, speaking with your dad about giving up his car keys).   Yet, if we look deep enough into such a dialogue between father and son over the [...]

We have all experienced pain: a broken finger, strep-throat, ingrown toe nail, or even a bad headache.   The bad news with those examples of acute pain is – they hurt.   The good news is that those types of pain do go away, and usually rather quickly. But what about the other kind of pain: chronic [...]

Helping Your Elder Parents through Family Meetings It is important to understand, as the author Rose Broyles (Chief Editor and Webmaster for Caring for Mom and Dad) stated in her article Elder Care Issues – Having a Family Meeting, “First rule of thumb, don’t expect to have ANYTHING solved with 1, 2 or 200 meetings. [...]

Very few people relish the idea of getting older. The losses one must deal with are certainly difficult: our bodies become less physically able to handle activities we once never even gave a second thought to performing (i.e., running up and down stairs); our minds seem to slow down; more and more of our friends [...]