Here is a cautionary story about how a medication that should not have been subscribed led to the death a vibrant 88 year old woman. Always ask your primary doctor about the current and new prescriptions that you or a love one is taking or might be asked to take. Aging affects how medications can ca

“Home care” encompasses a wide array of services provided by aides, therapists, and nurses in home for a loved one or you. You might only briefly need home care to:  • Recover from an injury or a hospitalization  • Supplement services from assisted living or retirement communities  • Remain healthy

Caring for an older parent or relative can be one of the most rewarding and challenging things we do in our lives. While early preparation can help, adjusting to older loved ones’ physical and mental changes can be stressful. Take these four steps to make sure your loved one has what they need to

Scams, theft and fraud with seniors' money is a growing problem. Now the Wall Street Journal reports that banks in our country calculated a 12% increase in financial elder abuse just in the last year. Why do the thieves pick on grandma or grandpa so much? It looks so ugly to take advantage of an e

NCOA's Falls Free® Initiative is holding its annual photo contest! Send in your high-quality photos of older adults participating in falls prevention programs or activities. The winners will receive Amazon gift cards. Entires are due Oct. 26. Remember that Falls Prevention Awareness Day is Sept. 22!

by Lawerence Ford Being a dedicated caregiver might be a daily duty for you in caring for a loved one, but with the New Year you should consider a resolution for taking care of yourself. You might know that 41% of Americans make New Year’s resolutions annually. But did you know that out of those,

Ira W. Yellen is founder and managing director of the Aging In Place Essential Toolkit™. His lifetime related to family caregiving responsibilities has provided him a wealth of information and ideas that has led to the creation of this product. This is his story. We will die and will also be a car

Studies show that those with moderate or greater hearing loss can experience an almost five to eight times greater risk for falls, four to eight times greater risk for dementia and twice the risk for depression (over three times for women). We are still learning more about why these conditions are l

Baylor College of Medicine Homa Shalchi, Baylor College of Medicine People all around the world are encouraged to stay home to contain the spread of coronavirus, and experts have especially urged older adults, who are at a higher risk of complications from the virus, to stay inside to protect them

The following article is from the Visiting Nurse Service of New York "If you’re a working caregiver, you may have experienced Family Responsibility Discrimination (FRD). FRD arises when employers take adverse action against employees who have caregiving responsibilities at home, whether for childre

by Carolyn Rosenblatt Forbes Online Contributor Retirement Like it or not, many adult children take on the role of caregiver for an aging parent one way or another. Some manage the books and finances. Some render physical care. Some run errands, check on the parent and keep things going as their lo

A while ago, my wife and I decided to move back to India to care for my aging parents. These blogs (link) contain my continuing musings on the topic of contemporary elder care in India. • Life lessons on relocating to India: Six lessons from a six year old - About a year ago, I was at the crossroa

By Judith Graham | June 15, 2017 Kaiser Health News The 84-year-old man who had suffered a mini-stroke was insistent as he spoke to a social worker about being discharged from the hospital: He didn’t want anyone coming into his home, and he didn’t think he needed any help. So the social worker ca

Through no choice of my own, I became the primary caregiver of my elderly, chronically ill mother following the 2013 death of my father in a neighboring state. Within weeks, I realized that my mother hadn’t been apart from my father for 60+ years; clearly, major changes had to be made. For many r

1. Create a Secure Home Have a safety assessment done. Hire a carpenter to install rails; ramps or other items that help your loved one maintain their balance. Remove anything on the floor they can trip or get caught up on. 2. Install Monitoring Systems There are many home monitoring options out

From The National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Division of Viral Diseases and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1. Find Local Information Know where to find local information on COVID-19 and local trends of COVID-19 cases. 2. Know the signs and symptoms of COVI

Carolyn Rosenblatt Carolyn has written The Boomer's Guide to Aging Parents, which is available in print, digital and audiobook formats. She blogs weekly at Forbes.com and at AgingParents.com, where she discusses news items and issues pertaining to aging, healthy aging, the care of elders and the

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By Aging Parents.com Can you think of anything that makes a person more desperate than being in pain? You can’t stand it. Maybe you’ll fall for anything that promises to end your pain. My mother-in-law, Alice, now in her 90’s, was feeling like that. She had chronic knee pain that was getting worse

At a dinner party, a friend told me that she and her sister were making the four hour round trip from Hartford to Stamford Connecticut and back twice a week to check in on their 93-year-old mother in her home. Over the past year, their mom had several minor falls and left an electric stove burne