Elderly Issues

Reduce Age-Related Health Problems Unless you're a very lucky individual, you've doubtless experienced some health problems at various points in your life. Childhood illnesses, colds, flus and headaches are relatively minor health problems which are typically of short duration. As we age, the incidence of health problems tends to creep up in both number and severity. When you're young, it's easy

Caring For The Elderely Requires Special Skills In the days when the nuclear and extended family was the American way of life, the oldest members of the family were cared for by family members when they became unable to care for themselves. Today, families may be spread out all over the country. Careers may demand a move to a city thousands of miles away to make a better life for the children. There are many reasons for the virtual

Independent Living Centers I am a baby boomer. As a result I am facing the same situation as many other Americans my age, how to deal with an aging parent. My mother is getting older and now that my father passed away she is struggling to keep up the large family home. We are concerned about her safety in the home because of the steps and the remote rural setting. After several months of talking to her she has finally agreed to look at an

Senior Care Services When my grandmother had a stroke twenty years ago, we were not sure if she would live or die. She lived, and for that I am grateful, but I often wonder if she is happy. She was never the same after her stroke, and much of the woman we knew went away with that event. She was something of herself for a while, but she just seemed to fade away. She still communicates, and can walk with the aid of a walker, but her vigor was

Dementia Support Groups There are many things that can happen to our grandparents and our parents that leave us feeling frustrated, and many of these things take them further away from us as time goes on. My grandmother has a form of dementia, though I think that term is a little misleading. We think of dementia as something that makes someone crazy, but in reality, it simply means that the memories go, and they may not