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Tag Archives: agingparents
Why Your Aging Parents Need a Voice-Activated Home Speaker
While voice-activated smart speakers (Amazon’s Alexa-enabled Echo and Google Home) were not created specifically with senior citizens in mind, these fairly inexpensive gizmos are a futuristic dream come true for any member of the sandwich generation who is caring for … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, aging in place, Communication, health and wellness, medication
Tagged aging, agingparents, alexa, echo, eldercare, elderly, Google+, seniors, tech, technology
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Are You a Caretaker? Make Your Life Seem Calmer in Less Than 30 Minutes a Day
By now we all understand why the term “sandwich generation” was coined. It’s an apt description of living life as the main caregiver for two generations, one above and one below. This person is sandwiched in-between his or her two … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, agingparents, caregivers, caregiving, eldercare, elderly, health, meditation, safety, sandwichgeneration, self-care, seniorcare, wellness
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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
Posted in Aging, Assisted Living, health and wellness, The Middle Ages
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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Show Mom and Dad How Much You Care … With a Package!
There’s nothing quite as thrilling as receiving a package in the mail. Even if you already know what’s inside, there’s still that sense of exhilaration as you race to cut open the packaging and get inside the wrapping as quickly … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, agingparents, assistedliving, carepackages, diet, eldercare, elderly, sandwichgeneration, seniorcare
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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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Tagged aging, agingparents, assistedliving, elderly, guilt, residentialliving, sandwichgeneration
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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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Tagged aging, agingparents, elderly, paranoia, sandwichgeneration
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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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Tagged aging, agingparents, sandwichgeneration
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