The fact that adult children typically step in when a crisis erupts means that all of the parties involved have made or will make mistakes. Mistakes begin because so many adults fail to complete end of life/legacy plans — specifically a Durable Power of Attorney (DPOA) and health care power of attorney. A 2020 report […]
We’re all so connected to smart phones and computers, but do we connect very often in quiet moments where we remember those awesome memories of our past? In our youth, we think more of the future than the past. In our later years, we have a lot more yesterdays than tomorrows and the yesterdays can […]
By the time we reach our mid-forties — maybe even younger than that — we may think we have figured out the most nutritious, healthiest meal plan. We have lost weight. We are bursting with energy. We may have even read several how-to-eat-healthy books and healthy-eating magazines. After all, we think, I have cut out […]
There’s just something about spring after a long winter that seems to make life new. The plants wake up and the birds return to our gardens. Fresh veggies and fruits come into season for us to enjoy. We can get outside and shake off those wintertime cobwebs. It’s the perfect time to embrace the great […]
Mother shocked us when she announced that she planned to move and live abroad. The occasion was her 70th birthday, so the whole family was there. No one knew what to say, so she continued. She had been considering this move ever since she retired several years ago and she had narrowed her choices to […]
I remember when I was young, hearing my momma try to talk to my granny. She had to talk really loud and repeat almost everything she said. Regardless, my granny was always thrilled to get a phone call from one of her kids or grandkids. Even today, phones are so important to older people. Getting […]
Bill Thomas was working as a geriatrician in a nursing home in the early 1990s, examining an elderly resident there and treating her for a recurrent skin rash when she changed his thinking and his life by grasping the sleeve of his white coat and telling him what really ailed her: “Doctor, I am so […]
Geriatrician Bill Thomas, who dubs himself a Nursing Home Abolitionist, is no stranger to attempting to rebuild nursing homes from the inside out. As founder of The Eden Alternative, he has helped nudge the hidebound institutional nursing home culture to a model incorporating plants, animals, and children into the daily lives of residents — along […]