Caring for your aging parents'
How to be the best adult child to aging parents
Parents are taught how to raise their children and youngsters are instructed to treat their elders with respect. Yet, when the roles of the generations get reversed many adult children are uncertain about how to relate [...]
Cultivate the connection between grandparents and grandchildren
During the Holidays family members, young and old, gather to share the festivities. Many delight in the joy of intergenerational interactions. Seniors are enamored by the young children’s joy, delight in the maturing grandchildren’s accomplishments and [...]
Make a difference in the life of your aging parent
The life of adult children is complicated enough. Having the responsibility of caring for elderly parents leaves many Boomers bewildered about how to best attend to their elders’ needs. Perhaps the most daunting of the many [...]
For caregivers of a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most dreaded medical conditions for the older population. It is an irreversible, progressive brain disease that slowly erodes memory, cognitive and executive skills and functioning abilities. It is profoundly [...]
Help your partner with aging problems by monitoring changes
One of the most dreaded conditions of aging is Alzheimer’s disease. Many middle-aged individuals joke about their memory and function failures as a way to alleviate their anxiety about these changes. They may also do so [...]
Caring for elderly parents a challenge for boomers
If you are a baby boomer, you are likely to be among the thirteen million other adults who are involved in caring for their elderly parent/s or in laws. You are probably active in providing practical [...]
Caregiving – the challenge of compassion
A caregiver, is defined by The Family Caregiver Alliance, as “anyone who provides assistance to someone else who is, in some degree, incapacitated and needs help: a husband who has suffered a stroke; a wife with [...]
The challenge of caring for your elderly parents
Caring for an elderly parent is an energetically and emotionally taxing experience. As the senior’s physical and mental abilities decline, emotional neediness and dependency increases. The new relationship is perplexing, as nature has reversed the roles: [...]
