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What if…?
“I wish I had met you a few months ago.” I hear some variation of this phrase weekly from people I meet through both networking and personal events. The comment comes from people who have experienced...
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CaregiverLife Radio – Understanding Home Health
Click here to join me tomorrow morning from 10-11am (CST) for CaregiverLife Radio Topic: Understanding Home Health Guest: Janine M. Smith, RN Janine is the President and the owner of Elder Bridge, Inc....
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Guest Blog: Five Fun Hobbies For Seniors
There’s nothing like a new hobby to fill your life with some much-needed change from the everyday groundhog day routine we sometimes get stuck in. I personally think the work/play balance in our...
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Aging and Hearing Loss – Guest Post by Gary Hill
Age related hearing loss is a natural and gradual demise in hearing ability that affects individuals from as early as in their mid 40s, but far more common in the over 65s. If you care for an elderly...
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Guest Blog: The Most Dangerous Room in the House
For those of us providing in home care for an elderly loved one, safety is fairly constantly on our minds. We know that even a small fall, a fall that would be laughed off by a younger person can be …...
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Having a Heat Wave
Summertime tips for Caregivers Seniors are especially at risk in high heat situations. Large stretches of the USA are experiencing extreme temperatures. Here are some summer heat tips for helping...
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Random Stop Syndrome
While at a conference in Las Vegas, I experience a phenomenon I refer to as “Random Stop Syndrome”. While walking through the casinos people would come to a sudden and complete stop for no apparent...
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Mental Me – Mental You
Here are some helpful Mental Health tips from my book Along Comes Grandpa Have a signed Health Care Power of Attorney (POA) form. (Always have a copy accessible to you (home, car, purse, family...
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Honoring Our Aging Veterans – Veterans Affairs (VA) benefit
Veterans and Veteran’s Widows May Qualify for this Little-Known Benefit to Help Pay the Cost of Assisted Living or In-Home Health Care. For many veterans the rising cost of assisted living or home...
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Support for End-of-Life
“People I know who have gone on hospice only lived 2 weeks”. This was what my step-mother said when we discussed hospice as a care option after the cancer in her lungs had increased in size during her...
View ArticleSepsis Awareness – Did Patty Duke have to die?
Oscar-winning actress Patty Duke, star of “The Patty Duke Show” and the Broadway play and film “The Miracle Worker,” died of sepsis from a ruptured intestine on Tuesday. The question I have is “did...
View ArticleTop Health Threat to Seniors: Depression
Depression is NOT an inevitable part of aging. Changes that accompany later life—retirement, the death of loved ones, increased isolation, medical problems—can sometimes lead to depression. Depression...
View Article6 Things Every Caregiver Caring for Seniors with Vision Problems Must Know
As a caregiver, there are a lot of different things you need to keep in check to make sure you are taking care of your seniors in the best way possible. Eye and vision related problems are not only...
View ArticleWhat’s the Plan?
In light of the recent natural disasters, I realized that the subject matter of evacuation is not a topic touched on in my blogging tenure. For people living in the south who are more frequently...
View ArticleHaving a Heat Wave
Summertime tips for Caregivers Seniors are especially at risk in high heat situations. Large stretches of the USA are experiencing extreme temperatures. Here are some summer heat tips for helping...
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