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Category Archives: The Middle Ages
Your Aging Parents: Reframing your Focus to Find the Bright Side of Caretaking
The job of caretaking your aging parents is one that is bittersweet. Aging is rarely kind to any living being, bringing with it a host of ailments, both emotional and physical; and yet, learning to refocus the grief or fear … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, agingparents, assistedliving, caregivers, caregiving, eldercare, middleagesblog, seniorcare, seniors
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Your Aging Parents: 8 Simple Brain Exercises to Improve Memory or Slow Down Its Loss
We all know that physical exercise is important to our bodies’ wellbeing, but did you know that cognitive stimulation is equally important to the health of our brains? Experts say that the brain can be strengthened through targeted exercise, just … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, agingparents, brainboosters, cognition, eldercare, elderly, exercise, health, safety, sandwichgeneration, seniorcare, seniors, wellness
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Strange Behavior in Your Aging Parent: It May Not be What You Think
As I have written here in the past, common medical conditions can manifest quite differently in the elderly than they do among the general population. Whereas an ongoing headache and fever after a cold of flu would indicate a likely … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, agingparents, caregivers, caregiving, communication, eldercare, elderly, FaceTime, health, medication, safety
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How to Save Money on Your Aging Parents’ Prescription Costs
It’s no secret that while the costs of prescription medications continue to skyrocket, the majority of our incomes are not rising accordingly. This is especially true for the elderly. How can you help your aging parents stay healthy when many … Continue reading
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Tagged discounts
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Your Aging Parents: Ignoring the Situation Won’t Make it go Away
When I last heard from Lacey, she was having a crummy holiday season. She’d spent Christmas Eve in an airport, catching an exorbitantly-priced, last-minute, cross-country flight home to be with her ailing, aging parents, both in the same hospital but … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, aging in place, Assisted Living, caretaking, Communication, health and wellness, The Middle Ages
Tagged caregivers, caregiving, eldercare, safety, sandwichgeneration, seniorcare
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Make a Phone Call, Make a Difference
How often do you call your aging parents? (Pause for uncomfortable silence…) I completely understand. I have been there myself. Now, In this digital age especially, it can feel as though your days are not your own: work seems to … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Communication, health and wellness, News and Press, The Middle Ages
Tagged aging, communication, depression, isolation, sandwichgeneration
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Virtual Chatting with Your Aging Parents: How Skype and FaceTime Could Benefit Your Entire Family
It’s something you probably do regularly in your business or personal life (either with colleagues, friends, or both), and yet you’ve likely never even considered making it a part of your ongoing routine with your aging parents. The “it” … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Communication, health and wellness, The Middle Ages
Tagged caregiving, FaceTime, Google+, sandwichgeneration, Skype, virtualchat, welfare
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Surprise! Paying an Unannounced Visit to Your Aging Parent and Caregiver
Have you ever dropped in unannounced, just to check on your aging parent and his or her caregiver? If not, you should. There is so much more to true daily caregiving beyond just feeding, dressing and medicating a patient. Environment … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, agingparents, assistedliving, caregivers, caregiving, eldercare, elderly, eldersafety, residentialliving, safety, sandwichgeneration, seniorcare, welfare
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Your Aging Parents and Medications: Putting Systems in Place Makes Everyone’s Day go Better
If you are an adult caregiver for your aging parent(s) and you have your own family, job and chores that you need to work around, then you are well aware of the stresses of being a member of today’s sandwich … Continue reading
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Tagged agingparents, eldercare, elderly, health, medication, pharmaceuticals, prescriptions, residentialliving, Rx, safety, sandwichgeneration, wellness
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Having “The Talk” With Your Aging Parents: Pick up the phone and do it today
Last week I checked in with a friend from whom I’d heard neither hide nor hair in months. “I was worried,” I told him. My friend went on to explain to me that he and his wife were feeling … Continue reading
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Tagged agingparents, end-of-life, sandwiched, sandwichgeneration
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