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The Go-To Grandparent Being a grandparent is a special bond in the family — when it works. When it doesn’t work, oh dear! I’ve learned a lot from being Life Story writing coach for elders. I’ve done this for years and, boy, do I know why your grand kids run for the hills when you [...]
Caring For Our Aging Family – The Good, The Bad and The Pine Tree Out Back By the time most of us reach our forties and have finally come to terms with our own emerging aches and pains, many of us are faced with an even larger dose of reality – our aging parents. This [...]
The Dryer Ate Your Underwear! Q: My mom is in the early stages of dementia and she is also incontinent we have tried to get her to stop wearing her underpants and have her start wearing pull-up diapers, she throws the Depends out the door and puts her underpants on. Of coarse we have a [...]
Life Changes Happen in the Blink of an Eye While living alone, my Mother had a stroke in 2007. I immediately flew to be with her. It was evident, even in a phone conversation, that she desperately needed help. Life choices would need to be made. The following days were filled with doctor appointments and [...]
Sight Is in the Eye of the Beholder I still remember the sound of her rocking chair. ‘Squeak, rock, squeak, rock.’ Grandma wouldn’t let Grandpa fix that squeak. She said it meant she was content. She would reach her hands into her little velvet purse and feel around for the little candies she had for [...]
Living With In-Laws – Coping With Elder Care Being the youngest child of a family, as is the case for both my wife and I, it is surprising how often the youngest becomes the caretaker of aging parents. At first, aging parents express a natural desire for ongoing autonomy. Phrases like “We/I will die in [...]
Seven Reasons Why Seniors Want to Stay Home I think that, as a group, seniors are some of the most surveyed folks out there. Being in the senior home care business I am more acutely aware of the surveys then the normal person and like to see how the results of those surveys match up [...]
