Elderly Parents

Long Distance Caretaking: Assisting Elderly Parents From Afar

AP | By MATT SEDENSKY | Posted 03.27.2012

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Kristy Bryner worries her 80-year-old mom might slip and fall when she picks up the newspaper, or that she'll get in an accid...

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My Sassy Mom: 81 And The Essence of Awesomeness

Bonni Brodnick | Posted 03.27.2012

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With punch and panache, Mom inspires us all. She is a lesson on how to live your life to the max: at full-speed. Even if it's with a walker to get from West 65th Street to the museum on West 79th.

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

AP | By ALICIA CHANG | Posted 01.01.2012

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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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Becoming Our Parent's Parents

Maddisen K. Krown | Posted 02.17.2012

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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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My Elderly Parents' Reluctant Technological Evolution

Mary K. Moore | Posted 01.08.2012

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They are the few, the proud, the tech hold-outs, happy to exist on a steady information diet of whatever is in the local newspaper and anything on television produced by Dick Wolf.

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My Parents Are Driving Me Crazy!

Kathy Barthel | Posted 11.29.2011

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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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Choosing My Parents

Susan Orlins | Posted 10.16.2011

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Whenever I would leave them, my dad would say, "Oh, Sooze, it's such a short visit." He wouldn't say more, because that's the way he was. He never wanted to impose on his children.

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Road Warrior Roy

Claire Fordham | Posted 09.12.2011

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My father, 82-year-old Royston Fordham with dodgy knees, diabetes and a pacemaker, is flying from England to California this coming weekend. Then he w...

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5 Essential Questions To Ask Your Senior Parents

Irvin G. Schorsch III | Posted 08.07.2011

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It's one of those awkward conversations that no one looks forward to. Discussing mortality or disability is not something anyone likes to do over lunch.

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15 Ways To Stay Sane While Caring For An Elderly Parent

John Shore | Posted 11.17.2011

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One of the most emotionally complex and difficult things a person can experience is taking care of an elderly parent.

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Three Precious Gifts: Awareness, Forgiveness, Gratitude

Anne Naylor | Posted 11.17.2011

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What are you most grateful for in your life, right now? What are the gifts of awakening you have experienced?

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Coping With Unexpected Challenges From My Elderly Parents

Anne Naylor | Posted 11.17.2011

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We thought Dad was doing errands on Wednesday afternoons... when in fact, my 91-year-old father was visiting a girlfriend in the village.

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Driving Miss Mado (or Five Days on the Road With My 87-Year-Old Mother)

Andrea R. Vaucher | Posted 05.25.2011

Road trips with elderly parents must provide a high comfort quotient, starting with a well-appointed sedan and, if possible, luxury hotels. No matter how tired my mother was, when we checked into a gorgeous place, she beamed from ear to ear.

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Caregiver Stress: The Other Side of the JetBlue Freak Out

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 11.17.2011

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JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater gave us a meme we couldn't get enough of. Now that the jokes have been exhausted, it's time to focus on an issu...

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7 Tips for Talking About Health and Money With Elderly Parents

Judith Johnson | Posted 11.17.2011

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Adult children and their elderly parents need to talk about the parents' medical, financial and legal affairs. At some point the responsibility will fall upon the children to ensure the quality of the parents' care.

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Elderly Care: Children to Your Children: Baby Boomers Face Burdening Their Kids

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Middle class baby boomers face the prospect of becoming old, enfeebled and a financial and emotional burden on their patience-challenged children.

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