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Booking Airline Flights for an Elderly Loved One Needing Assistance or Special Accommodations
Updated February 2026 Airline travel can be frustrating for everyone, but it is particularly difficult for seniors who have limited mobility and other special needs. It was especially “unfriendly flying” during Covid-19 and the travel disruptions brought on by historic weather conditions. The guide below explores the flying challenges faced by disabled and senior travelers […]
Beat the Blues: How to Help an Elderly Loved One Through the Holidays… and Beyond
My understanding is that there’s a lot of questions out there as to how to handle the holidays with their older loved ones, particularly ones who have suffered recent losses. Perhaps it’s your loved ones’ first time away from home (because they’ve recently been placed in a long term care facility), or, perhaps if this […]
Safety First: Making Sense of Tech Solutions for Senior Safety
Updated September 2025 Do you worry that your aging mother may fall and hurt herself with no one is there to help her? Or maybe that your elderly father will wander off and no one knows where he went? Worry no longer. Technology has come to the rescue. With today’s technology, falls can be detected […]
How Does Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Work?
Medicare Part D was signed into law in December 2003 by President George W. Bush, and retirees began to sign up for these Medicare-approved private prescription drug plans in 2006. Part D gave retirees the option to purchase prescription drug coverage through Medicare. Since then, 51 million people have enrolled in prescription drug plans. Enrollment […]
5 Questions to Kickstart a Discussion About Retirement with Your Spouse
The Power of Reminiscence in Helping Older Adults with Depression
One of the things I’ve heard said (and I often jokingly say myself) is that having children is a convenient excuse for getting to have a second childhood, to relive one’s youth. This was most definitely a phenomenon that came true at a Halloween Eve party several years back. I had been invited to my […]
Need Tech Support? Call in the Grandkids! The Real Benefits of Technology for Aging Parents
If your aging parents are a bit leery about using today’s technology, call in the grandchildren. Even the youngest ones seem to intuit how to use smart phones and tablets, search for and download apps, and have mastered the Internet. And they no doubt can show their grandparents how to use a fitness tracker or […]
The Benefits of Older Workers Undeniable Yet Many Still Fear Ageism
Updated September 2025 According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about two-thirds of people between the ages of 55 and 64 participated in the American labor force in 2024, while almost one-in-five people over the age of 65 did so. Excluding a couple of pandemic years, the percentage of the labor force that is 65 […]
Seniors Beware! Is It Social Security or Is It a Scam?
Elderly Social Security recipients are easy prey for scammers, as headlines remind regularly. Whether through a sweet-talking individual who claims to be from the Social Security Administration or the response to an authentic-looking email that looks like it is from the Social Security Administration, once a scammer gets the beneficiary’s information, the trouble begins. With […]
Managing Problematic Behavior in Dementia Through the Power of Pleasant Events
Updated November 2025 In a previous post, I spoke about behavior management problems in dementia (also known as ‘behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia,’ or BPSD for short) and talked about both the underlying causes of behavior management issues, and the problems posed by relying on medication management. I also said that I would spend […]