Aging Life Care Managers are creative in answering the call for care. Just as the COVID-19 crisis began gripping the nation, a very determined...
Social Isolation Due to COVID-19
//// by: Kizzy Chambers //// The pandemic of COVID-19 has increased concerns about older adults’ cognition among many family members. Most of us understand...
Using Live-In Care To Lower The Risk of COVID Exposure
//// By: David Petroski //// Did you hear the news that “…80% of infections are mild or asymptomatic.” No, that quote is not...
ALCA Members and Corporate Partners – Better Together During a Global Pandemic
//// By Nancy Avitabile //// New York City, NY //// New York City slowly began shutting down around March 6. Some intrepid individuals continued...
A Different Kind of Mother’s Day
//// By: Tanya Schwartz, LCSWR //// “Please tell the caregivers that we won’t need them this Mother’s Day weekend” “What do you think my...
Covid19: Till Death Do Us Part and No Sooner-An Aging Life Care Manager Advocating for A Simple Wish
By: Bridget Ritossa //// During the first week of April I spent 48-hours working a case given to me by an elder lawyer. A...
Looking out for the emotionally vulnerable in the COVID world
By: Bunni Dybnis, MA, LMFT, CMC Our lives have changed dramatically as COVID-19 becomes the focus of most everything. The news, warnings, restrictions, instructions,...
The Art of Listening: Achieving Successful Communication
By: Miriam Zucker, LMSW, ACSW, C-ASWC As Aging Life Care Specialists(r), we are called upon to provide an assortment of services. The needs are...
Addressing the Mental Health Concerns of Seniors in the Corona-virus World
by: Bunni Dybnis, MA, LMFT, CMC COVID-19 has dramatically changed our world. The news, warnings, restrictions, instructions, double messages, shortages, politics, financial implications are...
Caring for Aging Parents during a Pandemic? Professional Support is Available!
by: Linda Fodrini-Johnson Millions of families, and my own family, are under great pressure during this unprecedented time in our nation’s history. We had...