I am considering starting a sister blog to this one tentatively entitled Caregiver Confessions. Here is the idea. I push a lot of one way information to my audience around what I call educated aging – physical, emotional and financial. And I know that caregiving is an important issue that...
Archives: April 2012
Son Tries to Evict 98-year-old Mom From House
Mary KantorowskiCourtesy NBC From the Associated Press Peter Kantorowski wanted his 98-year-old mother Mary to move into a nursing home or live with him. She wouldn’t go; she didn’t want to leave her home of nearly 60åÊyears. Finally, Kantorowski went to court and served his mother with an eviction notice...
Tips for Older Travelers
Follow these tips for safe travels.@Willie Maldonado, Getty Images The New York Times travel section recently posted tips for older travelers. I’ll share here but then share the tips my wife hand wrote for her parents, 81 and 84, when traveling from Charlotte to Arizona. Booking Make as many requests...
Bingo Benefits You Never Realized (VIDEO)
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Bingo Benefits You Never Realized
@Greg Ceo Bingo! Who knew the benefits? Researchers have found that high-contrast, large bingo cards boost thinking and playing skills for people with cognitive difficulties and visual perception problems produced by Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). Their findings published in the journal Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition show that...
The Shocking Truth About Death! (VIDEO)
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The Shocking Truth About Death!
In a recent New York Times article entitled Posting to Mourn a Û÷FriendÛª writer Ian Lovett wrote about how Facebook and Twitter Posts have contributed to a phenomenon of public mourning. The article notes that: “For much of the 20th century, this type of public mourning, even for loved ones,...
Find a Parkinson’s Disease Exercise Expert Near You
The PWR (Parkinsons Wellness Recovery) Project is a designed to develop and expand access to a national network of Parkinson Disease (PD) exercise experts and community-based centers that provide early intervention and continuous access to research-based exercise approaches that target the unique physical, emotional, and cognitive challenges for individuals living...
9% of 60+ Live Below Poverty and Missing Out on Benefits (VIDEO)
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