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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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Suicide Among the Elderly: Signs of Danger

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Debbie Held

In life’s sometimes painful progression, we, as adult children, expect to outlive our parents. This is the circle of life. One day, natural causes or an ongoing illness will lay claim to our elderly parents. Yet there’s something we don’t … 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 Parents: 8 Simple Brain Exercises to Improve Memory or Slow Down Its Loss

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Debbie Held

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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Keeping Your Aging Parents Safe from Internet Predators: 3 Tips for Savvy, Safe Sales Transactions

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Debbie Held

Chances are you’ve spoken to your children about the subject of “stranger danger” and you continue to do so. They know to avoid strangers in real life as well as on the web and wouldn’t think about opening the front … Continue reading →

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Why Your Aging Parents Need a Voice-Activated Home Speaker

Posted on July 30, 2017 by Debbie Held

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 →

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