Elder Care

Why More Boomers Are Living Alone

Anthonia Akitunde | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Social Security, Senior Housing, Homecare, Living Alone, Home Health Aide, Caregiver, Elder Care, Aging Alone, Medicare, Eldercare, Eric Klinenberg, Caregiving, Fifty News

When mom or dad has a harder time getting around their homes, one begins to make plans: “Should she move in with us? Maybe we should look into nursi...

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3 Zen Ways to Nurture the Very Sick

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Hospice, Dementia, Caregiving, End of Life, Zen Hospice Project, Food, Elder Care, Eating, Caregiver, Alzheimer's, Compassion, Zen, Mindfulness, Mindful Care, Dying, Healthy Living News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

Food is one of the last few pleasures left when illness leaves one laying in bed in a small room with little else available in terms of sensory gratification. Food is also an important part of caregiving.

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WATCH: Elderly Man In Nursing Home Reacts To Hearing Music From His Era

Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Elderly, Music and Elderly, Aging, Elder Care, Video, Music Therapy, Music, Black Voices News

Music's therapeutic benefits have been well documented, but a new film called "Alive Inside" set out to examine just how therapeutic it can be in one ...

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Will New DSM-5 Diagnosis End 'Dementia' Stigma?

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Stigma, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia, Mci, Health Labels, Elder Care, Alzheimer's, Lewy Body Dementia, Major Neurocognitive Disorder, Frontotemporal Dementia, Mncd, Dsm-5, Mental Health, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

"Dementia" is a loaded word, one that carries with it the baggage of hundreds of years of gross associations and misunderstanding of the reality of the person living with the illness.

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Gov. Cuomo Should Not Jettison the "Spousal Refusal" Allowance in State's Medicaid Program

Elizabeth Marquardt | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Elder Care, Medicaid, Spousal Refusal, New York Medicaid, NY Budget Cuts, New York News
Elizabeth Marquardt

Getting rid of the "spousal refusal" allowance will heartlessly force elderly New Yorkers to consider divorce in order to qualify their sick spouses for the care they need.

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As Helping Hands for Elders, Home Care Workers Push for Respect

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Elder Care, Aging Health Care, Health Workers, Home Care Workers, Elderly Care Workers, Elder Care Workers, Politics News
Michelle Chen

For millions of aging households, a home care worker is the only person who provides the day-to-day assistance and emotional interaction they need to function. Yet, typically, that worker is neglected herself -- by the government.

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The Elder Care Blues: Waking Up Dead

Janice Taylor | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Anxiety, The Elder Care Blues, Cataract Surgery, Panic Attacks, Janice Taylor, Death and Dying, Panic Disorder, Elder-Care, Geriatrics, Caregiving, Healthy Living News
Janice Taylor

I do my best to keep things in perspective, acknowledging that Harriet is not in pain, that we are not talking about a major illness here -- no heart problems, no cancer, so much to be grateful for at 95. But even this -- a simple cataract operation -- is unbelievably stressful and complicated.

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The Elder Care Blues: Waking Up 'Down'

Janice Taylor | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Hypagogia, Hypnotic Sleep, Care Giver, Hypnagogic, Janice Taylor, Mindfulness, Geriatrics, Elder Care, Hypnopompic, The Elder Care Blues, Hypnotherapy, Sleep, Healthy Living News
Janice Taylor

Many of the thoughts that float before me belong to my mother. I tentatively hand them back to her, further creating a space for me to explore my thoughts and my feelings.

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Chasing Childhood

Robin Gorman Newman | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Raising a Son, Aging, Elder Care, Childhood, Later in Life Motherhood, Family, Parents News
Robin Gorman Newman

Children are so great at living in the moment. I don't blame him. There's something to be said for holding on to the innocence and pure joy of childhood playtime.

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Taking Care Of Your Aging Parents

Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Aging Parents, Caregiving, Friendships, Elder Care, Parents, Girlfriends, Video, Women News

Watch the girls and I discuss taking care of aging parents - how to help and when to let go. Do we touch on any issues that reflect an experience you'...

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Caring For Parents & Kids? You're The Sandwich Generation

AP | By ALICIA CHANG | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Elderly Parents, Alzheimer's Caregiving, Elder Care, Sandwich Generation Boomer, Care for Elderly Parents, Evelyn Volk, Sandwich Generation, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- The sun was barely up when Evelyn Volk, bleary-eyed with toothbrush in hand, tossed a pile of clothes into the washing machine, the fir...

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3 Questions to Ask About Assisted Living Memory Care Communities

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Memory Care, Dementia, Alzheimer's, Older Adults, Elder Care, Memory Loss, Assisted Living, Dementia Care, Caregiving, Caregivers, Healthy Living News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

Finding an assisted living community for a loved one with dementia can be a daunting process. I have been on both sides of the fence.

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Becoming Our Parent's Parents

Maddisen K. Krown | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Elderly Parents, Parenting Parents, Caring for Aging Parents, Aging Parents, Elder Care, Assisted Living, Fifty News
Maddisen K. Krown

For Thanksgiving this year, I went home to Connecticut to be with my family. The main theme for this week-long trip went way beyond the one day of festivities. I was primarily there to assist my ailing elder parents.

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Obama Plan Would Expand Key Worker Protections

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Video, Home Health Care Workers Wages, Home Health Care Workers, Labor Laws, Wage Laws, Elder Care, Home Health Care, Health Care, Minimum Wage Laws, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Workers in the home health care industry – one of the country's fastest growing professions – would be guaranteed minim...

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Home for the Holidays

Leann Reynolds | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Holidays, Caregiving, Senior Care, Family Caregiving, Safety, Elder Care, Caregiver, In Home Care, Family Caregiver, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News
Leann Reynolds

Families can use the holidays as a time to reconnect and make time to talk about how to handle circumstances for elderly or ailing loved ones they only see once a year.

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When To Stop: A Contract For Older Driver's And Their Families

Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Elderly, Driving Contract, Parenting Parents, Family Driving Agreement, Keeping US Safe, Health Post50, Elder Care, Safe Driving, Fifty News

If you've ever raised a teen driver, you're probably aware of those informal contracts often recommended for children and their parents that detail fa...

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When Your 94- and 85-Year-Old In-Laws Come to Stay

Barbara Dehn | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Elderly, Elder Care, Caregiving, Senior Citizens, Senior Care, Family Caregiver, Fifty News
Barbara Dehn

I knew that in order to help my 94- and 85-year-old in-laws, Felix and Edna, who were both in wheelchairs get through the TSA security line in the Albany airport in under 3 hours, I'd have to get my stuff in the grey bins in a nanosecond and then I could concentrate on helping them.

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A New, 'Green' Housing Alternative For Mom And Dad

Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Elderly, Video, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Nursing Home Abuse, Retirement, Nursing Homes, Elder Care, 1987 Nursing Home Reform Act, Nursing Home, Fifty News

According to a recent poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health, 82 percent of retirees and 78 percent o...

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Survey Finds Significant Lack of Confidence In Healthcare System

Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Aging, Senior Living, Revera, Senior Care, Canada Health Care, Health Care Services, Health Post50, Elder Care, Survey, Jeffrey Lozon, Health Care, Leger Marketing, Canada, Fifty News

The outlook of growing older in the current economic climate continues to look bleak, as the struggles of boomers' elderly parents only provide a gloo...

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What To Do When Your Once-Abusive Parent Grows Dependent On You

The New York Times | Paula Span | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Aging Parents, Aging, Child Abuse, Parent-Child Relationships, New Old Age, Paula Span, Elder Care, Parenting, Parents, Fifty News

Maybe this incident tells you all you need to know. Wendy was 9 or 10, sitting in a Massachusetts restaurant with her mother and grandmother, and yawn...

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Curtis M. Wong

First LGBT Senior Center Planned For New York

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Sage, LGBT Center, Mayor Bloomberg, Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders, Innovative Senior Center, New York Mayor, LGBT Rights, Elder Care, Senior Center, LGBT Seniors, New York Mayor Bloomberg, Fifty News

New York City will soon be home to the nation’s first full-time center for elderly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents, which is schedu...

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The Moneyball Approach to Health Care

James R. Knickman | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Moneyball, Health Information Technology, Health Care, Health, Quality Improvement, Health Care Quality, Elder Care, US Health Care, New York News
James R. Knickman

I'm always surprised that some people still buy into the myth that America has the greatest health system in the world. We spend so much money on health care, but those dollars have not translated to good health.

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Worrying about Mom's Worries

Deborah Plummer | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Aging Parents, Care of Aging Parents, Taking-Care-of-Aging-Parents, Elder-Parents, Elderly, Elder Care, Bv-Life, Black Voices News
Deborah Plummer

Having my aging mother living with me affords a certain level of assurance, as well as heightens my anxiety to levels that I have not previously known.

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My Parents Are Driving Me Crazy!

Kathy Barthel | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Elderly Parents, Elder Care, Elderly Care, Seniors, Senior Care, Comfort Life, Parenting Parents, Parenting post50, Fifty News
Kathy Barthel

Your parents have always been the adults. They raised you. They dealt with illnesses, job losses and money issues. They did it all. Now you've become their caregiver.

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Wake Up, Corporate America! We Need Eldercare Benefits

Alexis Abramson, Ph.D. | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Caregiving, Aging Benefits, Eldercare Benefit Packages, Eldercare Benefits, Elderly Care, Elder Care, Eldercare Companies, Elderly Americans, Eldercare, Caregivers, Fifty News
Alexis Abramson, Ph.D.

Eldercare in the workplace, although still largely unaddressed, has become one of the fastest growing work-family employee challenges to emerge in the past decade.

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