Author Archives: anthony
Being Grateful – It’s an Every Day Thing – Smilecast 27
Being Grateful Every night before I go to sleep, I reflect on three things i am grateful for that day and then i pray. It has become a pretty engrained routine and encourage you to try it. Being grateful keeps us humble. And it helps us remember how good we...
SIMPLE PHYSICAL THERAPY EXERCISES TO IMPROVE MOBILITY
Improve Mobility with These Exercises Infographic to help you improve mobility provided by Sonoma Home Health. This illustrated list of physical therapy exercises may be able to help improve range of motion for seniors and those who are recovering from an illness or injury. Note: Please do not attempt...
Aging Info Radio – 65 is the new 40 – Smilecast 55
65 is the new 40 This podcast is taken from a radio show I was a guest on in Chicago. It coincided with a TV show that was on at the time called Forever Young, a reality-based show that had older adults rooming with younger adults for many weeks. The...
Paying for Care – Smilecast 26
Paying for Care Paying for care. There are a lot of misconceptions. Let’s clear them up in the episode. People mistakenly think Medicare will somehow pay for your long term needs. It does in limited circumstances. Other than that you are on your own. Deplete your money and go on...
Traveling with Seniors, Charlotte Today
Traveling with Seniors With summer here it’s time to make vacation plans. When it comes to traveling with seniors, a little extra planning is necessary to assure that caregivers and seniors alike enjoy the vacation. I cover the following from my Charlotte Today segment: How can we know whether a senior...
How to Tell Family About a Dementia Diagnosis – Smilecast 54
How to Tell Family About a Dementia Diagnosis When someone has just learned that they have a dementia diagnosis, how do you go about telling family members? How do you educate them about the disease? What activities can you engage in? We cover this in this Smilecast. It is from...
One Day at a Time – Smilecast 25 – The Aging Experience
One Day at a Time As a caregiver in order to turn your mindset from caregiving as burdens to caregiving as opportunity, you have to take one day at a time. We all have the same number of hours and when we enter a day with positive intention, we can...