An aging and increasingly infirm parent can be a challenging reality to face. It can be a difficult issue to confront and acknowledge – that the woman you used to depend upon is no longer independent; either physically or practically. At this point, an assisted living...
Your parents worked so hard to give you a comfortable, happy life growing up. They are the two people that cared for you and anticipated all your needs more than anyone else in your life. To think about these two capable, loving, caring people being unable to care...
You may have noticed something like this: your elderly mother, who would never be seen in public anything less than impeccably groomed, doesn’t bother to get her hair and nails done anymore. Maybe your loved one seems to forget things more than they used to, or maybe...
Focusing on Increasing Wellness in Assisted Living If we were to ask the question – has medical science increased the human life span – the answer would be an unequivocal yes! People do in fact life much longer than they used to just decades ago. However, if were to...
When you hear the word ‘malnutrition’ you tend to think about starving kids in sub-Saharan Africa or famine in a third-world nation. You don’t think about malnutrition in connection with your own loved one. It is difficult to envision an older adult from a prosperous...
Remember how you bought and filled that smart little pill organizer with all the separate little boxes in it with the names of the week and the morning, afternoon, evening and night doses for dad? And how you often checked that many of those little boxes were still...
You probably have mixed feelings about moving mom/dad into assisted living. While you know they will be happier, safer and less lonely, it is also difficult to accept that this once vital person, brimming with energy and verve, now seems to need help. You probably...
If you’re used to thinking of your parent or other loved one as always being on top of things; a capable person that you and others have always relied upon, the idea of them growing old and infirm may be a little difficult to confront. The fact however is that...
Change is hard. We humans are hardwired to value familiarity while resisting any major change. Remember how scary it was for you to move away for higher studies? So, suggesting a change as big as moving out of one’s home to one or both parents is bound to be met...
Are you concerned about placing your loved one in a nursing home or assisted living facility during COVID-19? In the past, the biggest concerns were the amount of staffing, quality of the food, and the overall condition and cleanliness of the facility. The COVID-19...
