Category Archives: The Middle Ages

The Middle Ages: a guide to life with older parents.

A Lovely Match: Senior Pets and Senior Citizens

Want to know a major health risk for the elderly? Loneliness. Loneliness leads to health problems that manifest in every physical way, not to mention the fact that feelings of aloneness can, over time, take away anyone’s desire to stay … Continue reading

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Look Before You Click

  February 28, 2016 For as many times as I’ve discussed malware and phishing scams here on this blog, even I almost fell for one of these computer-hacking scams just the other day. There I was, hurriedly working through my … Continue reading

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How to Help Keep your Aging Parent(s) Nourished

  Nourishment. It’s something most of us take for granted, in terms of our ability to get to a grocery store or farmer’s market at leisure, as well as our ability to pay for the food that keeps our bodies … Continue reading

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Transitioning into Residential Living

  After months of back-breaking work, you’ve finally got your elderly parents out of the family home and settled into their new assisted care residence; yet something’s still nagging at you… Ah, yes. That would be your dad, who is … Continue reading

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The Four Most Unexpected Behavioral Changes in the Elderly – Is this Normal? Part IV (Final)

  In parts I, II, and III of this series, we’ve explored changes in hygiene, anger, and paranoia as three of the most unanticipated changes in behavior that you may have noticed beginning to occur in your own aging parent. … Continue reading

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Unexpected Behavioral Changes in The Elderly – (Is This Normal?) Part III

Part III In Parts I and II of my series on unexpected behavioral changes in your aging parent, we’ve discussed the ins and outs of both changes in personal hygiene and increasing agitation. Today we’re going to be looking into … Continue reading

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Is This Normal? Part II

Unexpected Changes in the Elderly: (Is this Normal?) Part II In my last post we discussed the neglectful changes in hygienic practice that one all-too-often may notice in his or her aging parent(s), the possible reasons behind these changes, and … Continue reading

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The Four Most Unexpected Behavioral Changes in the Elderly – (“Is this normal?”)

Part I September 24, 2015 We hear it all the time: “What is ‘normal?’”—a reminder that there’s a broad range of what’s considered to be acceptable and unacceptable behaviorally and that we shouldn’t compare ourselves to others. As a professional … Continue reading

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Getting Through the First (fill in the blank) Without Mom or Dad

I caught up with a long-time client last week. After losing her mom this year she’s having a difficult time coming to grips with how to handle the fast-approaching holiday season. She has suffered an immense amount of loss in … Continue reading

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Working Late

In my town there lives a gentleman named Gus, who lives a life of partial retirement. While his age entitles him to Social Security and Medicare benefits, he also rises at 5:00 a.m. daily in order to be ready for … Continue reading

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