My Mother Doesn’t Know Me The saddest thing for an adult is to feel that the care of a parent is emotionally pointless. Of course, they know the parent must be cared for when dementia has diminished capacity to manage life safely. “My mother doesn’t even know me,” they’ll say. “Dad doesn’t even know my [...]

The 10 Needs of a Bedridden Person with Alzheimer’s Anyone who is bedridden and suffers from Alzheimer’s has 10 vital needs that must be met by his or her caregiver to ensure they remain as healthy as possible: 1. Prevention of skin decay and pressure sores: Bedridden patients must be re-positioned regularly to prevent bedsores [...]

Caregiving Tips for Boomers: 5 Tips for Decreasing the Cost of Caring for Elderly Parents Over 30 million Baby Boomers provide countless hours of assistance to elderly parents at no charge. It is estimated that, using average hourly wages, the total amount of this uncompensated care is comparable to the entire Medicare budget. For the [...]

Managing Caregiver Guilt: 5 Tips To Manage Guilt So Guilt Serves You, Not Imprisons You Guilt is a common feeling in the landscape of care giving. Guilt can propel you to be the best you can be …or it can immobilize you. For caregivers, painful feelings — such as guilt, sadness and anger — are [...]

Elderly Drivers – How to Help Your Aging Parent Understand When it is No Longer Safe to Drive Elderly drivers can be a real problem to themselves and others on the road. As we age one of the hardest things to do is give up our independence. When it is time to stop driving, that [...]