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Your Aging Parents: Tips for Staying Well (at Home) in a Changing Climate

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Debbie Held

Note of disclaimer: Coronavirus is an ever-evolving world health situation and I am not a physician. My advice is based on the most current research from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of … Continue reading →

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Your Aging Parents: What to do when You’ve Got Nothing to Talk About

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Debbie Held

How often do you speak with your aging parent(s)? Now, I’m not referring to those quickie phone calls in which you make sure that Mom’s caretaker has been showing up and that her groceries are being delivered. What I want … Continue reading →

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Your Aging Parents and Technology: Taking Away Their Electronic Devices

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Debbie Held

Being a caretaker or decision maker for your elderly parents means having to make difficult choices, all in the name of safety—your parents,’ and those around them. Taking away their car keys is one such example; but have you ever … Continue reading →

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Caring for Your Aging Parents: How to Decrease Your Feelings of Isolation

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Debbie Held

One of the most difficult and stressful jobs you’re ever likely to face is one for which you don’t get paid. This work can be so all encompassing as to wreak havoc on your paying employment, as well as on … Continue reading →

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Your Aging Parents: Reframing your Focus to Find the Bright Side of Caretaking

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Debbie Held

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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Your Aging Parent and Serious Medical Conditions: 6 Life Management Strategies

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Debbie Held

Aging is challenging all on its own, but it’s that much more complicated when a serious illness is added to the mix. As the adult child and main caregiver of an elderly parent who is facing a serious medical diagnosis … Continue reading →

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Suicide in The Elderly: Risk Factors and Warning Signs

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Debbie Held

The recent suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain—both people whose lives seemed full and rich in every sense of the word, have helped to open the topic of suicide up for discussion across dinner tables all over the world. … Continue reading →

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Strange Behavior in Your Aging Parent: It May Not be What You Think

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Debbie Held

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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Your Aging Parents: Ignoring the Situation Won’t Make it go Away

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Debbie Held

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 →

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Virtual Chatting with Your Aging Parents: How Skype and FaceTime Could Benefit Your Entire Family

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Debbie Held

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 →

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