Wandering and wondering go hand-in-hand when your parent is older and suffers from dementia. You wonder if they’re safe from moment to moment because older people with dementia tend to, well . . . wander. Silver Alert is a system that can help in the case of a missing older person or one who has […]
If your loved one has dementia, you’ve probably seen how anxious they become, especially during the later afternoons and evenings. Sundowning is a term used to explain how dementia patients become nervous and anxious once the sun starts going down. Some very crafty ladies in Canada and the United Kingdom found a way to help […]
Health issues get more complicated the older we get and it’s especially true when you’re talking about the flu season. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) strongly encourages people 65 and older to get their flu shots each and every year. The CDC estimates up to 70 percent of all hospitalizations due to […]
We’re all a little self-centered until we become the caregiver to an older loved one. Suddenly we have so much to think about, to do and to plan for, that everything else goes straight to the back burner. Life changes dramatically. We no longer have time for friends, to attend events we’d usually never miss […]
Our elders are fiercely independent — that’s a fact. Poll after poll finds that nearly all older adults want to stay in their homes until the very end. So many factors threaten their ability to continue living independently. No one truly anticipates getting dementia, becoming immobile or fighting a life-threatening disease, but the older we […]