By Jody GastfriendVice President of Senior Care, Care.com and authorJuly 31, 2018 Credit: Adobe Stock (Excerpted from My Parent’s Keeper: The Guilt, Grief, Guesswork, and Unexpected Gifts of Caregiving by Jody Gastfriend. Copyright ©... read more →
Credit: Adobe Stock When psychologist Barry Jacobs saw that his aging mother’s mental faculties were weakening and confronted her about it, the two of them began to argue. Despite being... read more →
Delirium often affects hospitalized seniors People with delirium often have terrifying hallucinations, delusions, and are unable to think or focus. In older hospital patients, delirium is often misdiagnosed as dementia. If... read more →
A new book has legal, financial and psychological advice for families By Kenneth O. Doyle and Larry K. HoukAugust 6, 2018 Credit: Adobe Stock Editor’s note: This is an excerpt (with... read more →
New research shows that being a caregiver has benefits By Melanie HaikenFrom Caring.com August 10, 2018 Credit: Adobe Stock Part of the TRANSFORMING LIFE AS WE AGE SPECIAL REPORT (Editor’s note: This post originally... read more →
Kerry Sherin American House, an independent and assisted living community in Michigan, recently brought virtual reality to seniors at their Riverview location, just south of Detroit, by partnering with nationwide... read more →
By Barbara Knickerbocker BeskindJanuary 25, 2016 Editor’s note: This article is part of Next Avenue’s 2015 Influencers in Aging project honoring 50 people changing how we age and think about aging. As an occupational... read more →
The idea is not as crazy as it may seem, given the aging of the population By Steve OutingOctober 4, 2017 Credit: Courtesy of Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and AutomationThe... read more →
The balance between safety and privacy is a delicate one By Jeanette BeebeJune 22, 2018 Credit: Adobe Stock Part of the TRANSFORMING LIFE AS WE AGE SPECIAL REPORT At some point during... read more →
By Julie PfitzingerSenior Editor for FeaturesMay 22, 2018 Credit: Adobe Stock Over the course of 30 years, Steve Leder has counseled hundreds of people facing all varieties of pain and suffering: death, injury,... read more →