MediaPost Publications Automobiles: Next Aging-In-Place Frontier. This piece is a compliment to my blog post "King of the Road." Not the song 🙂
Category: Aging Parents
The Drama of Aging and Caregiving, on YouTube – NYTimes.com
The Drama of Aging and Caregiving, on YouTube - NYTimes.com. Interesting view- about a topic that is becoming more important for so many of us. Related articles The Drama of Aging and Caregiving, on YouTube (newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com)
Caring for your elderly parents – how to give back their time and care
Caring for your elderly parents – how to give back their time and care.
I’m Baaaaaccckkkk…
I feel like a poltergeist these days, drifting in and out of several places at once. It's been a few weeks since I've posted anything. Between Jeremy and I being handyman- impaired and having to paint my daughter's bedroom before school gets too far underway, to getting her (and us) ready for Junior High, to …
Memories Should Not Be Made of This
The beautifully written post Missed Memories moves me to write something deep from within my heart. My mother just turned 88 this past July 4th, and like iscribblings said about her grandmother in the post below, we always celebrate my mother's birthday like it's a holiday- because, well it is. But that was not the case …
Memories are Not Made of This
Things are always happening around us and to us. We feel our hearts race when we encounter a surprise (like getting an extra large chocolate chip in your ice cream), and we hold onto those memories for quick lifts during dull days.
I just wish I could remember more happy little surprises as the days roll on and the years speed by. I had read somewhere that our notion of time flying as we grow older is due to our brain’s already well-stocked memory. So, as we go along our day to day lives, nothing has quite the same sparkle as when we were younger – nothing surprises us anymore.
The advice, of course, was to create and experience new sensations so that time “slows” and our brains stay active.
My brain needs a good kick to remember details (that’s why I blog, scrapbook and journal). It’s not like I…
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Are your Aging Parents or Elderly Clients Depressed?
Are your Aging Parents or Elderly Clients Depressed?. This article is fascinating and something for all of us who have aging parents. Keeping active is key. Related articles Treating Depression in the Elderly (everydayhealth.com) Benefits of Geriatric Massage Therapy (massageenvy.com) The Elderly in Convalescent Homes: the forgotten generation (insidesantosguardiola.wordpress.com) Role Reversal: Cohabitating with an Elderly …
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