Being a caregiver can be lonely. Over time, friends and family may start to fade away or your involvement with your elder can become...
Is it Time for Help? Knowing When Your Aging Loved One Can’t Go it Alone Anymore
The holiday season is typically the time when families and friends visit aging loved ones more than during the year. Frequently, this is also...
Planning for Disaster: Evacuation Tips for Aging Adults
No matter how much planning one does before a natural disaster—be it a hurricane, tornado, earthquake, fire, or flood—its arrival can often feel like...
Caring for a Spouse – Navigating the Aging Journey Together
At some point along the path of life, we step into the path of being a caregiver; we expected this as we became parents...
Trip Tips for Older Travelers with Health Considerations
Trip Tips for Older Travelers with Health Considerations By Amanda Lewis, BA, CMC, Certified Care Manager, Aging Wisdom, LLC Summer is a wonderful time...
Aging Well: Lifestyle Choices Enhance Brain Health
Courtesy Frye Art Museum. Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit. By Keri Pollock Lifestyle choices are some of the most effective and easiest ways to enhance brain...
Creative Planning: Life Insurance Policy Can Help Pay for Care
By Lisa Rehburg Healthcare and long term care expenses can be significant as we age. An article in the May edition of The CPA...
Caring for the Caregiver: Emotional Support After a Loved One’s Dementia Diagnosis
By Linda Fodrini-Johnson, MA, MFT, CMC When a parent or spouse can no longer do what they did yesterday, it becomes another transition for...
Nurturing the Nurturer: The Use of Doll Therapy for Older Adults
By Miriam Zucker, LMSW, ACSW, C-ASWCM As Aging Life Care Professionals®, when we are asked to assist with securing placement in a nursing home,...
The Most Surprising Secret to Aging Well: Social Engagement
The Most Surprising Secret to Aging Well: Social Engagement by Jullie Gray, MSW, LICSW, CMC Ask anyone for their top advice about living a...