Blog | Directions in Aging

The Anatomy of an Appetite: Aging and Our Relationship to Food

by Miriam Zucker | Mar 14, 2019

Many of life’s events involve food. From the grandest of celebrations to the smallest of gatherings, there is always a place for food. As an Aging Life Care Professional®, I recall a wonderful get together this care manager had organized to celebrate a...

Living a Heart-Healthy Life…With a Scoop of Ice Cream

by Miriam Zucker | Feb 28, 2019

Although American Heart Month is about to end, heart disease among adult seniors shows no signs of letting up. In fact, it is the number one cause of death in older adults and has been for the last two decades.According to Dr. Jeannette Yuen, a...

Can an Adult Senior Remain at Home? …That is the Question

by Miriam Zucker | Jan 22, 2019

Close to 90% of adult seniors, have expressed a desire to remain in their homes for as long as possible.

From Hospital to Home: Post Hospital Syndrome

by Miriam Zucker | Nov 1, 2018

Recently I addressed the Post-Acute Care Continuum in White Plains, New York. An organization whose goal is to educate and share best practices in post-acute care and care transitions. I was asked to speak about how geriatric care managers can help to...

A Flower and a Shower: Caring for Someone with Dementia

by Miriam Zucker | Sep 4, 2018

From a practical point of view, a shower for a person with Alzheimer’s Disease can sometimes take on an entirely different aura.

A Doctor’s Simple Request

by Miriam Zucker | Jul 5, 2018

In the last weeks of Helene’s life, she entered Calvary, a hospital devoted to end of life care or as Calvary likes to say, “where life continues.” A short distance from her home in Pelham, New York and my office in New Rochelle, as her geriatric care...

Our Parents: Their Resistance our Frustration

by Miriam Zucker | May 4, 2018

This Aging Life Care consultant is giving you a test: The question: Why do your adult parents love to say “No” to their adult children? Because they like to be in the driver’s seat, even thou they may no longer be driving. Because they like things just the...