Don’t Rock the Rocking Chair! While surfing the web in pursuit new and innovative ways to assist the elderly, I perchance came upon a startling reality. Our seniors are not as tech savvy as we would like to believe. In fact, according to some stats I was looking at, about 80% of Boomers are online [...]

Spending Time With Your Family at the Nursing Home Once your family member has taken up residence in a nursing home, it is very important to keep the other people in your family involved with him or her. One of the difficulties with this is that younger children don’t necessarily feel that going to a [...]

Are You Setting the Bar Too High in Your Sandwich Generation Life? No one is perfect… that’s why pencils have erasers. ~Author Unknown Do you feel that whenever you accomplish something for your kids and/or senior parents that it isn’t quite good enough? Are you so over scheduled with your kids’ and parents’ responsibilities that [...]

When Your Parent Becomes Like A Child Again One of the more difficult life events a person can experience is the long-term illness of a family member. A person can respond negatively to this experience or use it as an opportunity for growth. In 2001, my family was forced to place my father in a [...]

Burnout and lack of support can lead to elder abuse Recently, a news headline focused the public’s attention to the distressing case of a Toronto man being accused of keeping his elderly mother in an unheated garage. The report had many groups calling for action – saying it’s time for elder abuse to be given [...]