Talking with an aging parent about their life transition and care planning. 7 Tips for Planning the Senior Journey.
When parents don’t realize they need help or won’t admit they need help it can be a real struggle. Some aging seniors see the signs that point to trouble and respond…
September is World Alzheimer’s Month – What You Need to Know.
September is World Alzheimer’s month and it is important. Alzheimer’s impacts millions of individuals globally and is the most prevalent form of dementia, with numbers escalating at an alarming rate….
When Parental Care Becomes Family Feud
Familial infighting is nothing new. We experience it as a child, vying for the last piece of cake or the biggest slice of pizza. We compete with siblings for the…
Smart Tech for Healthy Aging – 2022 lineup
Living longer, better, and with more independence? Yes please! Innovations in technology and health solutions are allowing humans to do just that. Whether seniors are facing chronic illness, dementia, or…
Senior Vaccinations: The long and short of it for 65 and over
Vaccines have been front-of-mind of late with covid-19 variants and booster shots raising questions. The conversation around vaccines is a good one to have, across all the recommended immunizations, especially…
Is Your Parents’ Home Safe?
By Rebekah Alcalde Is your parents’ home safe to live in? It may seem like a simple question, but it’s actually quite complicated. There are many factors that indicate if…
Residential Assisted Living – What You Need to Know
In Baltimore there are 3 types of assisted living and memory care facilities: continuous care retirement communities (12 of them), assisted living communities (40), and residential assisted living (613 RALs). …
Healthy Tips for Older Women
With Mother’s Day next month, it’s time to start thinking about women, particularly about women’s health. Today, aging successfully is in focus more than ever, and it’s become apparent that…
Elders and Abuse
When someone hears terms like neglect, exploitation, physical abuse, mental/emotional abuse, sexual abuse, abandonment, they probably don’t connect them to the seniors in their life. Our elders have always been…
Taking the Keys Away from you Aging Parents
Have mom or dad come dangerously close to getting into an accident recently? If so, it may be time to have another one of those “talks.” Though it’s never fun…
The Silver Tsunami and what it means for Assistive Living, LTC and Home Health. Goals, Trends, Quality of Life
Over the next 3 decades, the number of people over 65 will double, from 40 million to over 80 million. And those over 85 years old will be the largest…
Aging Well In America
Longevity, or living a long life, is what we strive for as we age. Healthy, active, longevity. And there are solid guidelines available to help us to get there. No…