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Does aging damage our brains? Many of us, including family caregivers in the throes of caring for aging loved ones, hold a belief that the natural consequence of aging is a decline in our mental function. After all, don’t our brains age the way our bodies do? Our face gets wrinkly, why not our brains? It … Read more
Falls are dangerous and scary for our senior loved ones. As family caregivers we want to do anything we can to prevent falls because we know that the consequences can be severe. One in three seniors will fall this year. Many of those won’t be serious but too many will be life-changing. Falls are the leading cause … Read more
Many family caregivers unfortunately know the names and faces of the people in the emergency room of the local hospital pretty well. Maybe too well. Why might this be? Because they are visiting the emergency rooms (ER or ED) and hospital wings with their senior loved ones much more frequently than they want. According to … Read more
One of our last great frontiers of knowledge, the human brain, is being explored like never before. Research into the brain is leading to many insights into how our brains work, what can damage them, what leads to cognitive function decline including Alzhiemer’s and other dementias and how to prevent damage to our vital brain cells. … Read more
There are many medical conditions that can lead to difficulty with the ability to feed oneself. Often family caregivers find they have to step in and do much of the feeding when their senior loved one is incapable of feeding themselves due to their disease. Of course we just have to help them. They can’t … Read more
Let’s celebrate knowing how you want your end of life to be and participating in Hospice and Palliative Care services available to us all when the time comes during National Hospice and Palliative Care Month. Don’t know what Hospice and Palliative Care means? Think hospice hastens death? Think people are drugged when they are on … Read more
Who wants to get older, have gray hair (what hair we have, anyway), need to rely on glasses or visit a doctor every week? No one really wants to experience the negatives that can happen as we age, but when your senior has a positive outlook about their aging status there can be benefits. Most … Read more
It seems that every new day brings a new research study telling us to do something, such as “eat special superfoods” or not to do something, as in “don’t eat special superfoods.” It is really hard to know what is real and what isn’t, what could help our seniors or harm them. We have heard for years not … Read more
Once again we’re preparing for families to come together over the holiday season. We long to see how our seniors are doing, especially those who are far away from us and living independently. Are they ok? Have they been eating well? Is the house in good repair? Are they paying all the bills on time? Have … Read more
