Long-Distance Caregiving Under Covid There are many challenges to being a long-distance caregiving. Covid-19 has made it harder. Occasional visits that you used to have may have disappeared. So, what if friends and neighbors are now your primary eyes and ears? How do you assure that these relationships help to...
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Moving Mom or Dad Out of Senior Care – Charlotte Today – 11/19/20
Moving Mom or Dad Out of Senior Care With Covid-19 impacting long-term care communities, there has been an upward trend of taking mom or dad out of senior living and into the homes of their children. Likewise, people considering these places are now considering other options. Many skilled nursing homes have...
Moving Mom or Dad Out of Senior Care – Charlotte Today – 11/19/20
Moving Mom or Dad Out of Senior Care With Covid-19 impacting long-term care communities, there has been an upward trend of taking mom or dad out of senior living and into the homes of their children. Likewise, people considering these places are now considering other options. Many skilled nursing homes have...
Getting Along with Your Adult Children – Charlotte Today – 10/26/20
Getting Along with Your Adult Children – Podcast The pandemic has changed how grandparents and grandchildren relate. And some grandparents became live-in grandparents because of quarantine. But what if there is tension between you and your kids? How do you make the best of relationships with your adult children so...
Getting Along with Your Adult Children – Charlotte Today – 10/26/20
Getting Along with Your Adult Children The pandemic has changed how grandparents and grandchildren relate. And some grandparents became live-in grandparents because of quarantine. But what if there is tension between you and your kids? How do you make the best of relationships with your adult children so that you...
Being a Grandparent During a Pandemic – Charlotte Today – 09/24/20
Being a Grandparent During a Pandemic – Podcast GrandkidsMatter conducted a survey of grandparenting during the pandemic. Forty two percent of grandparents said their relationship stayed the same; 31 percent said it became stronger; while 27 percent reported that it became weaker. Is there a playbook for grandparenting during a...
Being a Grandparent During a Pandemic – Charlotte Today – 09/24/20
Being a Grandparent During a Pandemic GrandkidsMatter conducted a survey of grandparenting during the pandemic. Forty two percent of grandparents said their relationship stayed the same; 31 percent said it became stronger; while 27 percent reported that it became weaker. Is there a playbook for grandparenting during a pandemic? We...
Elderspeak – Podcast – Charlotte Today – 06/30/20
Elderspeak – Contributing to the Decline Narrative The Corona pandemic has exposed hidden prejudices and a cultural bias of ageism. Part of that discussion is “Elderspeak.” It occurs when an older adult is spoken to by health care workers, service personnel, neighbors, or even family members as if he or...
Elderspeak – Charlotte Today – 06/30/20
Elderspeak – Contributing to the Decline Narrative The Corona pandemic has exposed hidden prejudices and a cultural bias of ageism. Part of that discussion is “Elderspeak.” It occurs when an older adult is spoken to by health care workers, service personnel, neighbors, or even family members as if he or...
Caregiving During the Pandemic – Podcast – Charlotte Today – 04/22/20
Caregiving During a Pandemic – Podcast Charlotte Today The Coronavirus has literally made every family member a long-distance caregiver. And, as a colleague pointed out, “the number of unpaid caregivers has gone from 1-in-5 Americans, to anyone who cares for someone at risk for Covid-19.” So, to use the well-worn...