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Category: Advocacy
- Elizabeth Hughes and The Story of Insulin
- Programs Offered by Caregiving Experts Improve Caregiver Confidence and the Ability to Manage Daily Challenges and Care Needs
- Media and Press
- Senior Law Day 2015: Community Advocacy Makes a Difference
- Caregiving Battles: Sibling Relationships
- Helping Those Who Refuse Your Help
- Elizabeth Hughes and The Story of Insulin
- Advocate, Interpreter or Intermediary?
- Medications and the Mature Adult
- Admitting What You Don’t Know
- Caregiving Advocacy: Becoming The Squeaky Wheel
- The Helpful Neighbor: How Did I Get Involved?
- Pamela D. Wilson Sitemap
- State of Washington Legislation to Regulate Eldercare Businesses
- When Traditional Medicine Fails – You Can Cure What Ails You
- Are We Eating Ourselves to Death?
- Urgent care centers a good option when you dont feel well
- Using Meetup.com a great source for support groups
- Holiday’s can lead to increased stress – why?
- Prioritize needs between physicians competing for a solution
- Shortage in general practicioners potenial health care problem
- Grass roots advocacy the best advocacy for you
- Always more to learn especially with grass roots advocacy
- Little education about Medicare and long term care insurance
- Financial exploitation of the elderly a real problem
- Logging on for a second opinion
- The difference between Long Term Care Insurance and Long Term Disability
- Do you have the life insurance you need for your spouse?
- Miscommunications with assisted living and skilled nursing a challenge
- Medical errors far to common
- How much does a FREE referral service really cost?
- When home caregivers might take advantage of a client
- Your advocacy still important after placing a parent in a nursing home
- Plan ahead for working with hospital discharge planners
- Having long term care insurance could help with a good nights sleep
- Exercie now or do it in rehabilitation after surgery
- Working with a Geriatrician as you age
- Prepare ahead of time when visiting your physician
- Ask questions of your physician when advocating for yourself
- Access to information is key to self advocacy
- Educating yourself on life and health insurance critical
- Become your own healthcare advocate
Category: After Caregiving
- Brain Scans for Warriors
- Brain Scans for Warriors
- Promoting Happily Ever After
- Caregiver Stress and Burden: Becoming Your Own Worst Enemy
- Rebuilding Life One Day at a Time
- Tips to Staying Physically Active
- Purpose In Later Life
Category: Aging Issues & Solutions
- Caregiving Blog: Effects of Being a Caregiver
- Caregiving Blog: Subjects Caregivers Avoid
- Caregiving Blog: Dealing With Getting Older
- Optimism and a Positive Outlook When Living With Chronic Disease
- Tattooed and Pierced: The Millennial Generation in Your Workplace
- Caregiving and Caregiver Support: Lifelong Learning “That Which Does Not Kill Us Makes Us Stronger”
- Caregiving Blog: Participation in Social Groups Delays Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitive Decline
- Caregiving Blog: 10 Tips for Seniors to Create a Positive Attitude Toward Aging and Health
- The Corporate Conundrum: The Unexpected Effects of Chronic Disease and Family Caregiving
- Caregiving, Family, and The Holidays
- Memory Loss and the Benefits of Care Communities
- Achieving Sudden Death (Versus a Long and Miserable Life)
- Dementia and Prescription Drugs
- Aging: Something To Look Forward To – The Positive Phases of Engagement in Later Life – Family
- Aging: Something To Look Forward To – The Positive Phases of Engagement in Later Life
- Optimism and a Positive Outlook When Living With Chronic Disease
- How Are You Caring For Yourself?
- Recognizing the Frightening Behaviors of Delirium
- Aging and Genealogy
- The Value of Life
- Become an Organ Donor
- Care Communities: The Right Choice
- Resenting Your Loved One
- Women End Their Lives in Nursing Homes
Category: Care Communities and Housing
- Caregiving Blog: What Assisted Living & Care Communities Don’t Tell Families
- Moving a Loved One to a Retirement Community
- Neighborhoods Over the Course of Life and Across Generations
- Assisted Living: Spousal Relationships and Social Challenges
- Assisted Living: Spousal Relationships and Social Challenges
- Alzheimer’s Disease Resident to Resident Violence
- Assisted Living: Responding to Change and Instability
- Is Dementia a Risk Factor for Neglect?
- Culture Change and Person Centered Care: The Challenges of Implementation
- Sexual Expression in Nursing Homes and Care Communities
- Neighborhoods Over the Course of Life and Across Generations
- Teamwork: Sales vs. Service
- Moving a Loved One to a Retirement Community
- The Realities of Family Caregiving
- Do Older Adults in Assisted Living Experience More Physical Decline
- Caregiving: The Vanishing Act
- Long Term Care Neglects Morning Resident Care
- Making the Wrong Decision When Choosing a Retirement Community
- Parental Attitudes Toward Assisted Living Communities
- Care Community Staff Requires Oversight
- Nursing Homes as an Option
Category: Care in the Home
- Caregiving Blog: Family Caregivers Providing More Care
- Caregiving With Love: My Parents Want To Move In With Me
- Coping With Caring for Elderly Parents: Should Aging Parents Move In?
- What It Means To Be A 24-7 Family Caregiver For An Aging Parent or Spouse
- Things You Need to Know about Planning for End of Life Care Decisions
- How America’s Health Care System Impacts Senior Care & How to Make Things Better
- In-Home Care Agencies Face Challenges Keeping Seniors at Home
- Care in the Home Category Professional
- Care in the Home Category
- Combatting Elder Abuse
Category: Caregiver Burden and Guilt
- Caregiving Blog: The Duty to Caregive; How to Manage Caregiver Burnout When You Hate What Caregiving is Doing to Your Life
- Back to Life After a Heart Crises
- Identifying Self Abuse and Neglect
- Caregiving Blog: Roles and Responsibilities
- The Politics of Caregiving: How to Avoid Creating Enemies
- The Politics of Caregiving: How to Avoid Creating Enemies
- “Don’t Bother,” Challenges of the Invisible Caregivers
- “Don’t Bother,” Challenges of the Invisible Caregivers
- The Caregiving Trap Caregiver Burden
- The Caregiving Trap Caregiver Burden
- Caregiver Burden: Back to Caregiving Mondays
- Caregiving: A Voluntary Trap?
- Back to Life After a Heart Crises
- Identifying Self Abuse and Neglect
- Into the Looking Glass
- Caregiver Burnout Results from A Desire for Control
- The Love and Hate of Caregiving Relationships
- The Up and Down Emotional Rollercoaster
- Psychological Stress Linked to Love – Hate Relationships of Caregivers
- Caregiver Stress and Burden: Becoming Your Own Worst Nightmare
- Moving Mom or Dad to a Nursing Home
- No Relief In Sight
Category: Caregiver Radio Programs Caregiver Stress & Burnout
- Why Being A Caregiver Is So Exhausting – Sept 25, 2019
- What to Do When Work And Caregiving Collide – Sept 18, 2019
- How to Make Life Changing Decisions – Sept 4, 2019
- Surviving the Emotional Rollercoaster – Aug 14, 2019
- My Parent is So Stubborn – July 31, 2019
- Top 10 Caregiving Mistakes – July 17, 2019
Category: Caregiver Radio Programs Caregiving Relationships
- Dysfunctional Family: The Challenges of Being a Caregiver – Nov 20, 2019
- Dealing With Negative Elderly Parents – Oct 9, 2019
- Caring for Aging Parents: A Checklist – Sept 11, 2019
Category: Caregiver Radio Programs Chronic Illness
- Why Is Patient Education & Engagement So Important? – Nov 13, 2019
- Signs of Dementia Checklist – Oct 2, 2019
- Managing Work-Life Balance For Working Caregivers – Aug 28, 2019
- Why Caregiving Takes More than Love – How to Keep Your Heart Healthy – Aug 21, 2019
- What’s Really Making You Sick? – Aug 7, 2019
Category: Caregiver Radio Programs Financial Issues
- Costs of Caring for Elderly Parents – Nov 6, 2019
- What Is Assisted Living? – Oct 30, 2019
Category: Caregiver Radio Programs Health & Medicine
- Is Healthcare Forgetting the Elderly? – Oct 16, 2019 Now Airing on Dec 11, 2019
Category: Caregiver Radio Programs Uncommon Wisdom
- The Sandwich Generation: Caring for Aging Parents and Children – Oct 23, 2019
- Introducing The Caring Generation Radio Program
Category: Caregiver Support
- Caregiving Blog: Caregiving TV Now on Roku TV
- Caregiving Blog: Caregiver Resources and Help For Caregivers And Aging Adults
- 10 Reasons Why Caring for Aging Parents Can Feel Overwhelming
- Benefits of Artificial Nutrition
- Afghanistan: The Privilege of Education
- Caregiving Blog: Caregiving Burnout
- Caregiving Blog: Caregiver Support For Adult Children With Aging Parents
- Healthcare Worker Burnout
- On-Line Support Groups for Caregivers and Care Receivers Offers Relief from Crises and Lower Stress and Anxiety
- Caregiving Blog: Patient Neglect
- Adult Day Care: Reducing Stress for Caregivers and Behaviors of Care Recipients
- Adult Day Care: Reducing Stress for Caregivers and Behaviors of Care Recipients
- Caregiving: 10 Tips to Advocate for Good Care in an Imperfect and Sometimes Insensitive Care “System”
- Caregiving: 10 Tips to Advocate for Good Care in an Imperfect and Sometimes Insensitive Care “System”
- Afghanistan: The Privilege of Education
- Benefits of Artificial Nutrition
- Emotionally Drained and Unable to Sleep
- The Selfless Caregiver
- Caring for the Caregiver
- Until Death Do Us Part – The Duty of Spouses as Caregivers
- Tips to Manage Caregiver Overwhelm
- Are You an Overwhelmed Caregiver?
- The Gift of Time
- Caregiving: Defining Relationships, Setting Boundaries and Managing Change
- Who Is Caregiving Really About?
- Stressed Caregivers Need Time Away
Category: Caregiving
- Caregiver Stress and Burnout: Five Reasons Caregiving Can Make You Crazy
- The Duty of Families to Caregive
- Overbearing or Caring Caregiver?
- Caregiving Blog: 10 Tips for Responding Positively to Unexpected Caregiving Changes
- Caregiving: Care Planning To Address the Abby Normal
- Caregiving: Managing Family Caregiver Dysfunction
- Creating a Longer To Do List: Adding the Role of Caregiving to an Already Stress-Filled Life
- Caregiving: Adult Children Intimidated by Parents Who Need Care
- The Benefits of Resilience in Caregiving and In Life
- Caregiving Demands: The Never Ending “To Do” List
- Caregiving: Generational Issues Challenge Discussions
- Caregiver Overwhelm in Decision Making
- Caregiving Decisions: When No Choice is Ideal
- New Online Caregiving Resource for Family Caregivers and Professionals
- The Duty of Families to Caregive
- Professional Caregivers: Customer Service Matters
- Caregiving: When Parents Need 24 Hour Care
- Care Without Instructions
- When No Family is Available
- A Celebration of Mothers and Women
Category: Caregiving
- Caregiving Blog: Caring for Elderly Parents
- Parental Relationships, Sibling Rivalry, and Fear of Asking for Help
- Caregiver Isolation
- Paradigms in Caregiving
- Don’t Argue with Medicaid
- Adult Day Centers May Prevent or Delay Community Placement
- Battling Lack of Insight – Denying the Need for Care
- Frustrated Children Lack Insight
- Are There Worse Things Than Death?
- Kicking Your Parents Out of Their House
- Assisted Living Versus Nursing Homes Which Do You Need?
- Our Emotional Bond With Pets
- I Don’t Do Funerals
- Dementia Progressive and Irreversible
- You Know Your Family Member Better..Than Most Physicians
- Mental Health Issues Require Special Skills
- The Right Mover for the Right Move
- Delaying Decisions
- Choosing the Right Care Community
- Should AARP be involved in health insurance?
- Children at a Distance
- Lack of a Long Term Plan
- Problematic Issues with Memory Loss
- Securing Your Loved One
- Is Your Dying Loved one Starving?
- Do You Spend More on Healthcare for Your Pet Than for Yourself?
- What’s Your Caregiver Level of Pain?
- Healthcare Reform
- Taking Away the Car Keys
- Needing Care or Leaving an Inheritance
- Urinary Tract Infections Result in Confusion and Delusions
- Schizophrenia in Different Forms Challenges Caregivers
- Physicians Don’t Want to Talk About End of Life Care
- Medication Risks Greater After Age 65
- When Until Death Do Us Part No Longer Means Anything
- Moving Your Parents Once — Not Twice – Part 2
- Moving Your Parents Once — Not Twice – Part 1
- When Relationship Difficulties Prevent Care Planning – Part 2
- When Relationship Difficulties Prevent Care Planning – Part 1
- Visiting a Loved One in a Nursing Home
- National Patient Advocate Meeting in Washington D.C.
- Frustration of Dealing With Banks When You Are The Power of Attorney
- Dealing with Social Security
- Moving a Parent to Assisted Living
- 10 Tips to Understand and Prepare for Alzheimer’s Care
- Cognitive Evaluations
- Parenting Your Parents Radio Website
- Long Term Care Planning
- Participating in healthcare reform by advocating for removal of pre-existing conditions
- Attorney believing to work in the best interest of a client resulting in elder abuse and neglect
- Free tip sheet on managing in home caregivers for older adults
- Many spouses feel burdened with the care of another spouse but wouldn’t have it any other way
- Children who ignore the needs of their parents fall into the category of elder abuse as neglectors
- The benefits of long term care insurance to avoid nursing home placement
- Not having a power of attorney is a poor choice, make your legal plans today
- People are crazy. This briefly describes caregiving situations; if you can’t laugh you won’t survive
- Afraid of talking to your parents about end of life concerns?
- Moving from nursing home to assisted living
- Talking to your parents
- Too Many Doctors?
- Elder Abuse
- Medical History
- Noticing that Your Neighbor Needs Help
- Issues with Your Physician?
- When It’s Time for Assisted Living
- Community Education
- Who Do I Appoint?
- Taking Your Parents to the Doctor
- Advocating for Individuals Who Have No Family
- Danger of Not Preparing for Legalities of Long Term Care
- Difficulty Talking To Your Parents?
- Hospice Doesn’t Mean No Treatment
- When Organization Slips
- Well Meaning Helpers Are Not Always the Best Choice
- A Little Bit of Love
- Economic Times Result in Difficult Decisions
- Sometimes It’s Just Not Worth The Effort
- Medicaid Loopholes
- Revoking Power of Attorney for Your Child
- Angry Parents Damage Family Relationships with Children
- Family Members With Motives
- Help Managing the Monthly Budget
- What’s More Important? Stuff or Quality of Life
- Memory Loss is A Cruel Disease
- Insurance Costs
- Poor Judgment
- Will Your Stubbornness Drive Friends Away?
- Untie the Apron Strings
- Unreasonable Parents
- Being a Friend to Your Friend
- Living in Community with Others
- Ignoring the Little Things
- More Caregiver Guilt
- When Children Come to Visit
- Visiting Parents During the Holidays
- Who Asked Your Opinion?
- Lost Relationships
- Life Shifts
- Choosing a Handyman
- Responsibilities of Daughter and Son-In-Law
- What’s a Family Meeting?
- Failing Eyesight and Maintaining Independence
- The Responsibility of Being Alone
- Buyer Beware When Hiring a Home Care Company
- Sharing With Your Friends
- Being the Helpful Neighbor
- Offering Help
- Girlfriends Are Better
- Avoid the Risk of Lapse by Automating Health Insurance Payments
- Tired of Feeling Tired? Try Holistic Health
- America’s Elderly Suffering From Abuse
- Rehab is an Important Component of Returning Home Independently
- Availability of Family Caregivers Faces Future Shortage
- Communities of Care
- Not Thirsty? This Does Not Mean You Are Properly Hydrated
- Conducting Business with Social Security on Behalf of Your Parent
- One Good Turn
- Disabilities May Cause Vulnerabilities
- The Considerations of Reality and Practicality
- When Beauty is More than Skin Deep
- Acknowledging the Need for Help
- Moving Your Parent When You’re Unsure
- Family at a Distance
- Don’t Let Anger Ruin Family Relationships
- When the Situation Seems Questionable – Ask Questions, It May Save a Life
- Staying in Touch
- Moving Made Easy
- Is It Time for Guardianship or Conservatorship?
- Older Adults Need Your Time
- Having Your Identity Stolen
- Adult Protective Services Can Help
- Helping With Finances
- Dealing With Memory Loss
- Making Decisions for Your Parents
- Cleaning Clutter
- Pets and Responsibility
- Changing Old Habits
- Giving Advice
- Improving Sleep Quality
- Legal Issues of Parents with Memory Loss?
- Your Family Member is at Risk but Won’t Cooperate
- Not as Steady on Your Feet?
- Are You Becoming Like Your Parents?
- Internet Scams Target Vulnerable Older Adults
- When a High Degree of Guilt Masks Better Judgment
- Exasperated Providing Care for Your Parents?
- Amassing the Wisdom to Know Better
- Financial Exploitation and Abuse
- Unscrupulous Contractors Target Older Adults
- Averting Tragedy Through Unusual Measures
- Going Beyond the Normal Boundaries of Care
- Valuing Life
- Bringing Up the Idea of Help Before It’s Really Needed
- Protecting Yourself From an Assisted Living “Salesperson”
- Researching Daycare Options for A Family Member or Friend
- Working With Your Physician to Manage Depression, Dementia and Behaviors
- Matching Your Family Member to Members of An Assisted Living Facility
- Setting Expectations With Your Parents
- Hospice care in nursing homes
- Help your parents to receive the care they need
- A report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century
- Depression is the most common emotional disorder among older adults
- Increased body weight impacts the environment
- Is it too late to change the obesity epidemic?
- Returning to assisted living from hospital can lead to other declines
- Losing control of care possible when entering nursing home
- The number of nurses to patients in nursing homes determines quality of care
- Does a 5 star rating for nursing homes actually mean anything?
- Professional caregivers hands tied sometimes by the system
- What is Palliative care?
- The care of some providers lack ability outside their expertise
- Health care issues during the holidays
- Sometimes caring for others is simply giving of your time.
- Dedication of spouses an inspiration
- Guilt? Caregivers Experience It Daily
- Seniors giving up driving may cause feelings of isolation
- Better care can lead to being active in your ninteys
- Caregivers indecisive at times with life changing decisions
- What to do if your doctor is late to your appointment
- When the system leaves you behind
- Health at the top of the list for new years resolutions
- Common stressors during the holidays
- Lab tests and results should be released to you
- The National Patient Advocate Foundation helps those in need
- Overburdened Medicaid system hard to guarantee
- Too embarrassed to exercise
- Providing special care for special needs people
- Geriatric population are more susceptible to delirium
- Flu shots – good for you?
- Seniors concerned about taking pain medications
- Caregiving – Persistence
- Helping someone greive the loss of a spouse after sixty years
- Physicians find it difficult to discuss palliative and end of life care
- Giving up a dream home for something practical a tough choice
- Moving to an assisted living community could be the right choice
- Lont term independence better than dependence
- Removing yourself from a dependent loved one
- When guardinaship or convervatorship are a good idea
- Help from the National Arthritis Foundations
- Rocky Mountain Stroke Association is a very helpful association
- Important information from the American Parkinson Disease Association
- Meeting with a pain management specialist can help
- Pets can get left behind when a parent moves to a higher level of care
- How important is stress reduction?
- When is it a good time to change your health care insurance?
- Compatible physicians and deer in the garden
- When healthcare issues arise many look to family members for support
- Thinking about finances for the long term hard to do
- When too much cargiving makes a loved one helpless
- The Uneducated and Overwhelmed Caregiver
- Maintaining your independance key benefit of long term care insurance
- Burial or cremation? – how to decide
- Voluntary insurance programs available for pets
- Forethought in long term care planning a loving act
- Does your to do list include something fun?
- Making exercise a regular habit
- Surviving spouses can feel guilt
- Our life habits could make it difficult for others later
- Even if running out of money for elderly care there can be hope
- Losing a child or a pet not an easy thing
- Holding grudges until the end
- Guilt sometimes a challenge when caring for our parents
- An ill parent may need a childs intervention
- Better to visit a nursing home to see if it’s a good fit
- Caring for stubborn and unreasonable family members difficult
- Frustrated enough caring for someone that you want to give up?
- More attention required from specilized physicians as we age
- Obesity in elderly leads to physical fraility
- Examples from nature of kindness
- Couples married but living separate lives
- Caring for family members can interfere with friendships
- Testing for Vitamin D levels good idea to maintain bone density
- Probiotics supplement can help health problems
- Employee benefits costs reason some don’t get hired
- Voluntary insurance more common with employers
- Most accidents occur at home with aging adults
- Driving restrictions for an aging parent
- Your parent diagnosed with dementia – what are your fears?
- See an older adult neglecting simple daily tasks
- Minding someone elses business not always a good idea
- Long term care ombudsman serves to protect the consumer
- A care navigator can help you advocate for yourself in a nursing home
- Children of family member in nursing home must be squeaky wheel
- Planning ahead could prevent divorce due to health issues
- Diagnosis of debilitating disease at early age difficult
- New marriage and diagnosis of Alzheimers
- Walking away from sick spouse an option?
- Is there a young person inside that older persons body?
- Making bread and family recipes
- Aging can effect the use of your hands
- What to do when you get put on hold again with your medical provider
- Are you a caregiver who is frustrated?
- Suggesting paid help for caring for older adult
- Solutions to medical conditions not responsibility of care facility
- Care facility a “nice” word for nursing home
- Medication issues major cause of emergency room visits for older adults
- Reading your medical chart is highly recommended
- Wisdom from physician is not just about medical advice
- Needy parents sometimes a challenge
- Parents caring for older adult children
- Making a promise of caring for parent can be hard to keep
- Build a foundation to do what you love
- The family garden and a mothers caregiving nature
- Talking about practicalities of growing old and health problems difficult
- Use your blessings to encourage someone less fortunate
- Act of kindness can make a spectacular day
- When is taking sides a good idea?
- Making others happy – is it possible?
- Belief can make a difference in your day
- Few financial planners talk about realties of healthcare
- Women caregivers at a disadvantage in the workforce
- Take a break from the stress of family relationships
- Changing sibling relationships effects parental caregiving
- Navigating change in parent – child relationships
- Losing a sister still a motivator today
- Friday night football with dad and appreciating the little things
- Children from the same family have different perspectives
- Being present in the moment key to enjoying it
- Engery wasted on worry
- Seeing past the impression of old age to view the truth
- Number of children available to care for parents declining
- Holding onto the past keeps it alive
- Support groups good when caring for a loved one
- Caring for someone else can effect your health
- Caring for pets a responsibility
- Caring for others even when they arent sick
- Caring for a loved one is making bad employees
- Number of older Americans increasing
- Children planning ahead for their parents with long term care insurance
- Including your parents in financial planning
- When your parents financial plan doesnt work
- Caring for a parent in their eightys can be stressful
- Maintaining friendships in retirement
- Caring for yourself with music
- Using your car radio as educational tool
- Giving up constant news coverage changes outlook
- Belief with action can make it a great day
- Paying for long term care – who is responsible?
- Consumers becoming responsible for long term care
- Being overweight can lead to other problems
- Afraid to talk about death?
- Ft Logan military memorial service
- Hospice care for pancreatic cancer sufferer
- When caring for an aging loved one and asking about life expectancy
- Hospice care for your pet
- Starting hospice care sooner rather than later
- Ask the difficult questions about health early
- When to call a care navigator to advocate on your parents behalf
- Finding a care navigator for your loved one in Colorado
- Social connections and aging
- When your mother can no longer drive
- Devices that will assist you in staying home longer
- Caring for yourself while you care for a sick loved one
- Housing crisis and the elderly
- Parents leaving something behind for their children
- Simple living and growing old
- What could we do without to make our lives better?
- When is downsizing your home a good idea
- Your home – a help to you or a problem
- What would you do if time and money didnt matter?
- Education programs for the City of Lakewood CO Senior Voluneer Program
- Working with a certified senior advisor
- Choices in medicare plans
- Convert your company life insurance policy
- Accidental death and dismemberment supplemental insurance
- Has your life insurance agent explained everything to you
- Getting life and health insurance information can be difficult
- Will there be enough to last your retirment
- Anemia in older adults
- Joining a loved one on their medical appointments
- Geriatric physicians for older adults
- Leg strength and physical activity predictors of mobility in older adults
- Care navigation a benefit in a healthcare crisis
- Diagnosed with memory loss – now what do you think?
- Advances in medicine provide better end of life care
- Exercise effective even at nintey
- Hearing loss associated with depression and other maladys
- Cardiac rehab thereapy helpful after bypass surgery
- Reverse mortgages for aging seniors an option
- List of current medications useful as we age
- Energize yourself everyday
- Aging is positive and houses arent blue
- How long is your resolution list?
- Self-sufficiency and nature
- Doing something nice for a loved one today
- Holding a grudge when facing terminal illness
- Parents teach valuable habits when we are young
- Changing unhealthy habits can be hard
- Spiritual communities lead to longer life
- Nursing homes not what they used to be
- Making your move before you are too old
- Maintain your own health records a good idea
- Medicaid an option for long term care of a parent
- Prepare to live to be one hundred
- Your children caring for you – did you teach them well?
- Retiring women face higher levels of poverty than men
- Caregiving can be financially taxing
- Depression linked to bone loss in aging women
- Fear of screening tests results
- When a pet is your best friend
- Caregivers need a get-a-way too
- where can you find health information on the web?
- Should you have a guardianship for your father when your mother dies?
- Control your habits before its too late
- Better to avoid talking about a cognitive impairment?
- Fear of hospitals could cost you everything
- Demntia support groups provide education friendships
- Frustration for caregivers
- Delay disease by regular exercise
- Heart disease under diagnosed in women
- Mom a great example what a caregiver should be
- Taking calcium to prevent future falls
- Time to change your medicare supplement insurance
- Do something nice for a family member caregiver
- Take the time to do something special for yourself
Category: Caregiving From A Distance
- Promises Made
- Promises Made
- One Phone Call A Week
- Pleasantly Ignorant about Your Health
- Caregiving From a Distance
- Managing the Checkbook for a Parent
- Checking on Family During the Holidays
- Pitfalls of Misrepresenting Information or Lying to Parents Who Need Care
- Are You Afraid Of Your Parents?
Category: Caring for Me
- Caregiving Blog: The Upside of Caring for Aging Parents
- Caregiving Blog: Caregiver Burnout Plus Compassion Fatigue
- How to Let Go of Caregiving Anger and Resentment
- Caregiving Blog: Better Caregiving Support Delivers Better than Average Care
- Caregiving Blog: 5 Secrets to Achieving Caregiving Bliss
- Caring for Me Category Professional
- Alzheimer’s and Dementia Prevention: Ageless Wisdom
- Caregiver Stress Levels Relate to Caring for Aging Parents
- Caregiving: Self-Esteem and the Importance of Standing Up for Yourself
Category: Costs of Care
- Importance of Vaccinations and Immunizations
- Medicaid and Financial Abuse
- Financial and Wealth Planning: Building Your Expertise by Developing a Strategy for Life Planning that Includes Aging and Costs of Care
- Medicaid and Financial Abuse
- Importance of Vaccinations and Immunizations
- The Limits of Expertise
- The Cost of Waiting to Purchase Long Term Care Insurance
- Long Term Care Planning – It’s Never Too Early but It Can Be too Late
- The Realities of Medicaid
- Home Care Versus Assisted Living How Much is Too Much
- Consumers Skimping on Health Care Due to Economic Woes
- Angry about Medicaid? It’s Time to Face Reality
- Procrastination is Expensive
- Caregiving Controversy: The Hidden Costs of FREE Services
- Your Interest or the Best Interest of Your Parent?
Category: Dangers of Ignorance
- The Story of the Lone Cow
- Caregiving: Fear of Making the Wrong Decision
- Caregiving: Does Anyone Care?
- Top 10 Caregiving Mistakes
- Top 10 Caregiving Mistakes
- Death Prescribed: When Physicians Don’t Always Know Best
- Older Adults Viewed as Disposable by Medical Providers
- Chronic Disease, Physical Strength and Old Age (Family)
- Chronic Disease, Physical Strength and Old Age
- The Story of the Lone Cow
- Failure to Ask
- Cardiac Rehab is Underutilized
- Hip Fractures Kill – The Benefits of Rehab
- 5 Star Quality Ratings for Nursing Homes Highly Questionable
- Intimidated by the System: Don’t Be
- Older Adult Isolation
- Temple Grandin Speaks
Category: Denial and Refusal of Care
- Navigating the 12 Stages of Life: Interview
- Why Loved Ones Refuse Care
- Why Loved Ones Refuse Care
- Caregiving: Becoming an Asset versus an Ass(umption) (Family)
- Caregiving: Becoming an Asset versus an Ass(umption)
- Self-Neglect Results from Alzheimer’s or Chronic Disease
- Bathing: Eliminating Fear and Turning Refusals into Agreement
- Bathing: Turning Refusal into Appreciation
- Navigating the 12 Stages of Life: Interview
- The Risks of an Innocent Answer
- Are You in Poor Health?
- What Was I Thinking?
- Having Another Birthday? It’s Time to Consider Long Term Care Insurance
- Denial is Fear in Disguise
- Caregiving: Getting Unstuck
- The Lone Cow
Category: Difficult Discussions
- Being A Caregiver for Aging Parents Without Freaking Out
- Tired of Being A Caregiver? How to Avoid A Meltdown
- Caregiving Blog: The Two Things Caregivers Fear the Most Result
- What to Do When Work and Caregiving Collide
- What Does Guardianship of An Elderly Parent Mean?
- Five Things to Do When Caregiving Becomes Too Much
- When to Get Power of Attorney for Elderly Parents
Category: Doctors
- Too Few Physicians
Category: Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Coping with And Managing Caregiver Burnout
- When Caregiver Burnout Results in Neglect
- The Psychology of Hoarding
- Financial Exploitation of the Elderly: Can You Do the Math?
- Financial Exploitation of the Elderly: Can You Do the Math?
- The Psychology of Hoarding
- Reporting a Co-Worker
- A Duty to Report Crimes Against the Elderly
- Collector or Hoarder
- Elder Abuse: Domestic Violence Doesn’t End with Aging
- Combatting Elder Abuse
- Entitled Friends and Acquaintances
- Elder Abuse is a Family Issue
Category: Employment, Work and Life Balance
- Caregiving Blog: Work-Life Balance for Working Caregivers
- How to Survive Caregiving for Aging Parents
- 2009 Country Doctor of the Year
- 10 Warning Signs of Crossing Professional Boundaries: When Family Caregiver Stress Pulls at the Heartstrings of Care Professionals
- Work Life and the Unexpected Effects of Chronic Disease and Family Caregiving
- Professional Caregiver Health Declines: A Badge of Honor?
- 2009 Country Doctor of the Year
- Taking Your Clients Home
- Women Caregivers More Likely to Live in Poverty
- Which Way From Here
- 10 Tips to Caring for Yourself While Caregiving for a Loved One
- The Joy of Giving Back
- Shaquille O’Neal Tennis Shoes vs. The Value of Education
Category: End of Life
- Truths about End of Life
- Pallative Care Risks of CPR Dr Michael Gordon Interview
- Medical Prognosis: Physician, Caregiver, and Older Adult Communication
- Pallative Care Risks of CPR Dr Michael Gordon Interview
- Truths about End of Life
- Barriers to Hospice Referrals by Nursing Home Staff
- Taking End of Life into Your Own Hands
- Hospice is a Scary Word
- Fear Arrived When Death Disappeared into Hospitals
- Care at End of Life – The Story of John D and the Angels
- Last Moments- You Never Know When …
- Celebrating the Last Years of Life
- What Do You Know About Dying?
Category: Family Relationships & Conflict
- Caregiving Blog: What to Do With Stubborn Elderly Parents
- Caregiving Blog: Becoming A Caregiver for An Aging Parent
- Starters for Difficult Conversations
- Caregiving Blog: 6 Tips to Initiating Caregiving Discussions With Aging Parents
- Caregiving Gaps Confirm that Family Caregivers May Benefit from Support
- Caregiving Blog: 5 Tips For Caring for Aging Parents and Avoiding Family Conflict
- Caregiving Relationships: My Parent is Stubborn
- Caregiving: The Benefits of Involving Children in Family Relationships
- Caregiving and Cancer: Practical Planning and Daily Considerations
- Imperfect Family Relationships: Moving Ahead
- Not Getting What You Want
- Imperfect Family Relationships: Moving Ahead
- Parent – Child Caregiving Relationships
- Starters for Difficult Conversations
- Empathize and Redirect
- 10 Tips to Working Through Emotionally Challenging Caregiving Situations
- Less Than Perfect Family Relationships
- Family Dynamics of Caregiving
- Caregiving in This Season of Thanksgiving
- Caregiver Regret
- Communication and Perspectives
- Should a Son Provide Personal Care for His Mother?
- Family Disagreements About Care
Category: Financial & Wealth Planning
- When Costs of Care Are Too Much
- When There’s Not Enough Money To Pay For Care
- Financial & Wealth Planning Category
- Trends in Senior Living Communities
Category: Health and Chronic Disease
- Caregiving Blog: What Is the Role of a Caregiver
- Finding the Fountain of Youth: Caloric Restriction to Extend Human Lifespan
- Caregiving Blog: Chronic Disease Risks and Making Good Choices
- Caregiving Blog: Activities of Daily Living Signs of Decline in Aging Adults
- Sedentary Behavior: A Million Excuses That Result In Older Adults Leaving Home
- Warning: Get Smart and Live Longer
- Warning: Get Smart and Live Longer
- What happens when the caregiver is diagnosed with cancer?
- Caregiving and Cancer: Practical Planning and Daily Considerations
- Medical Care for Homebound Older Adults: The Pros and Cons
- Managing Urinary Tract Infections Martha Klay Interview
- Urinary Incontinence and Urinary Tract Infections: Prevention and Risks
- Does Cognitive Impairment Result in Physical Decline for Care Recipients and Their Caregivers?
- Oral Health Risk, Chronic Disease and Re-Hospitalization
- Finding the Fountain of Youth: Caloric Restriction to Extend Human Lifespan
- Investigating Holistic Health
- Chronic Disease: The Risks of High Blood Pressure
- Give Yourself the Gift of Health
- Rid Yourself of Stress, High Blood Pressure and Sleep Better
- Being Overweight Results in Serious Health Conditions
- Is The Environment Killing You?
- Millions Spent on Unnecessary Medical Procedures
- Stop Small Health Indicators Before They Become Major Issues
- Chronic Disease Management and Healthcare
Category: Healthcare Providers
- Caregiving Blog: Making Patient Engagement & Education A Reality
- The History of Dialysis
- Dirt and Disease: Polio before FDR
- The Medical Profession as Lifesavers
- Caregivers and Aging Adults: Are You a Difficult Patient?
- Healthcare: Supporting Older Adults with Health and Financial Literacy
- Will the Elderly & Disabled Benefit or Suffer from the Recent Department of Labor Homecare Ruling?
- Professional Relationships: Maintaining the Zone of Helpfulness
- Hospital Readmissions: Success of Electronic Health Record Follow-Ups
- Professional Caregiving: Expanding Your World
- Medical Appointments: Making Effective Use of Your Doctor’s Time
- The Medical Profession as Lifesavers
- Dirt and Disease: Polio before FDR
- The History of Dialysis
- Care Advocates Support Communication
- Not Enough to Go Around
- Out of Sight Out of Mind – Professional Boundaries and Ethics
- Patient Responsibility to Stop Hospital Readmissions
- The Benefits of Care Coordination
- Caregiving is an Attitude
- A Failure to Follow Procedure
- The Challenges of Being a Difficult Patient
- The Value of Specialists
- What is a Geriatrician?
- Staying Healthy By Avoiding the Doctor – The Art of Living to 100
- Do Medical Quality Measures Result in Greater Harm than Good
- In Home Caregivers: Staying Out of the Hospital
- Protecting Yourself from Medical Errors
Category: Hospitals
- Dementia Patients Dumped from Hospital Emergency Rooms
- Emergency Room Visits Many Times Are Unnecessary
Category: Impact of Aging Populations
- Ronald Reagan Movie Star to President
- Caregiving: Offering Support Without Expectation
- Mental Coping Tips to Use on Days When You Find it Difficult to Care
- Dementia, Aging and Driving: Managing Risks of Older Adult Drivers
- Ronald Reagan Movie Star to President
- Aging Fearlessly
- Five Ways to Avoid Having to Financially Support Aging Parents
- Things Don’t Always Turn Out the Way We Expect
- How Generational Caregiving Affects Our Finances and Retirement
- Education: It’s a Privilege
- Preserving Dignity in Caregiving Relationships
- The Millennial Generation
- World War II Veterans Stories Better Than History Books
Category: Insurance and Medicare
- Medicare Doesn’t Pay
- If You Like Your Insurance You Can Keep It
- How Will Health Care Reform Change Your Life?
- Health Care Reform Little by Little
Category: Legal & Estate Planning
- Can Guardianship Be Shared Among Family Members?
- Caregiving Blog: Power of Attorney & The Caregiving Family Backup Plan
- Presidential Temples: How Memorials and Libraries Shape Public Memory
- Older Adults: BVFTD Behavioral Variant Frontal Temporal Dementia or Schizophrenia?
- Alzheimer’s GPS Device: Safety Measure or Privacy Invasion?
- Elder Law and Probate Attorneys: Fiduciary Representation When Health Professionals Caring for Older Adults Cross Boundaries
- Caregiving Blog: Estate Planning and The Responsibility of Being Named Medical Power of Attorney
- Estate Planning, Elder Law, Probate, and Mental Capacity
- Professional Guardianship Standards Series Two: Service Providers, Service Plan Development, and Monitoring
- Presidential Temples: How Memorials and Libraries Shape Public Memory
- What Are You Waiting For?
- Right or Wrong?
- Protecting Your Virtual Life
- Preparing for the Unexpected
- Health Risks of a Rigid Mind
- Ethical Considerations of Paying Family to Caregive
- High Caregiver Stress Increases the Difficulties of Working with Clients
- State Gets Tough on Referrals for Elder Care
- Medicaid: Can You Really Trust Your Family?
- Bank Ignorance Results in Power of Attorney Issues
Category: Marital Relationships
- The Well Spouse
- Alzheimer’s Disease: in Memoriam Marriage
- The Well Spouse
- Nostalgia: A Natural Anti-Depressant
- Caregiver versus Playmate
- Living Longer The Paradox of Health and Retirement
- Medicaid Protecting Assets Through Divorce
Category: Memory Loss & Alzheimer’s
- Brain Health
- Memory Loss Screening and Diagnosis
- Healthcare Bias Against Care for Older Adults with Dementia
- Dementia: 50% of Older Adults Not Diagnosed by Physicians
- Dementia and Delirium: Activities to Support Daily Abilities and Reduce the Likelihood of Requiring a Greater Level of Care
- Dementia and Delirium: Activities to Support Daily Abilities and Reduce the Likelihood of Requiring a Greater Level of Care
- Impact of Dementia on the Caregiver: The 3 “R’s” of Support (Family)
- Impact of Dementia on the Caregiver: The 3 “R’s” of Support
- Retirement: When You Slow Down, You Die
- Memory Loss: My Parent is Forgetful – Is it Serious?
- Memory Loss: My Parent is Forgetful – Is it Serious?
- Controversial Diagnosis: Alcohol Related Dementia
- Controversial Diagnosis: Alcohol Related Dementia
- Parkinson’s Disease & Related Dementias: The Lost Skills of Communication & Swallowing
- Parkinson’s Disease & Related Dementias: The Lost Skills of Communication & Swallowing
- Poor Care? Malnutrition, Dehydration, Falling, and Pressure Ulcers
- Alzheimer’s Medications: Benefits Versus Risks (Family)
- Alzheimer’s Disease and The Transformational Power of Music
- Caring for Difficult Clients: A Case Study in Behavioral Modification by Care Partners
- Brain Health
- How are Your Skills?
- The Pitfalls and Dangers of Moderate Cognitive Impairment
- Signs of Memory Loss and the Value of Diagnosis
- Missing the Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease
- Controversial Benefits of Microchip Implants for Alzheimer’s Wanderers
- Time to Give Up the Car Keys?
- Cognitive Issues Frustrating for Family Members
Category: Memory Loss and Impairment
- Caregiving – Out of Control
- Caregivers – Leave the Past Behind Along With Your Expectations
- Changes in Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Category: Planning and Prevention
- Caregiving Takes More Than Love: How to Take Care of Parents
- Caregiver Skills Checklist: What Skills Does It Take To Care For Elderly Parents?
- Five Things You Must Know About Geriatric Health and Care Management
- Infectious Diseases
- Retirement: When You Slow Down You Decline and Die
- Avoiding Nursing Home Placement: Practical Tips to Support Older Adults to Remain in Their Home
- Infectious Diseases
- Baby Boomers Creating the Next Financial Crises
- Effects of Persistent Pain
- Don’t Neglect your Feet – They’re the Only Pair You Have
- Making Plans for Aging Parents
- Caregiving Crises and Resiliency
- Memory Loss? It’s Time for Education and a Plan
Category: Professional Caregivers
- Caregiving Agency Checklist
- The Hidden Risks of Using Care Agencies
- Michael Jackson and Ethics: The Thin Line Between Professionalism and Friendship
- Too Busy To Care
Category: Research
- The Artificial Heart
- Challenge 21 and Water for People
- Are Successful Aging and Anti-Aging Competing Ideas? (Family)
- Challenge 21 and Water for People
- The Artificial Heart
- The 2010 Compassionate Access Act
- Is Access to Investigational Drugs a Privilege or a Right?
- Benefits of Intergenerational Relationships
- Is Genetic Testing For You?
Category: Tales of the Caring Generation
- Tales of The Caring Generation: Pearl’s First Grandchild
- George and Me
- Loretta Cookies and the Flag
- Rachel Likes Surprises
- Rachel Likes Surprises
- Loretta Cookies and the Flag
- George and Me
- Tales of The Caring Generation: Pearl’s First Grandchild
- The Baby
Category: Technology
- Protecting Your Virtual Life
Category: Tip Sheets and Checklists
- When You Want What You Want – Interview
- Climbing the Highest Mountain – Interview
- Caregiving Blog: Older Adult Hip Fractures, Death Rates, and Home Safety Tips
- Caregiving Blog: 10 Tips to Manage In Home Caregivers
- Caregiving Blog: Aging Adults Get the Results You Want From a 15-Minute Medical Appointment
- 10 Tips to Make Life Meaningful
- Climbing the Highest Mountain – Interview
- When You Want What You Want – Interview
- 10 Surprises Associated With Aging
- 10 Tips to Help you Love, Live and Appreciate Life
- 10 Tips to Finding Humor and Support in Caregiving
- 10 Tips to Balancing Caregiving for Women
Category: Uncategorized
- Caregiving Blog: Male Caregivers Deny Feeling Stressed & Angry
- Pamela D. Wilson, The Care Navigator, Presents at Denver Senior Law Day
- The Caregiving Trap Kindle $0.99 Promotion
- Seniors for Sale
- Physicians With Poor Bedside Manner
Category: Uncommon Wisdom
- International Moment: Water
- Pay It Forward and Help Others
- Why is Caregiving So Exhausting Even When You Love Your Parents?
- Caregiving Blog: I’m So Tired of Being a Caregiver
- Why is Caregiving a Struggle? Five Secrets to Reducing Loneliness and Negative Attitudes
- Bullying: The Under-Reported Threat in the Healthcare System
- Caregiving Chaos: Adults Who Don’t Plan for Care
- Older Adults Placed at Healthcare Risks by Hospitals Seeking to Avoid Financial Readmissions Penalties
- Healthcare Collaboration Improves Care for Aging Adults
- Assistive Technology—Would You Pay? (Family)
- International Moment: Water
- Pay It Forward and Help Others
- Alternative Therapies
- Project Lifesaver Promotes Rescue of Individuals

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