Making Your Bed and Other Strategies for Lessening Caregiver Stress
Covid-19 has thrust many of us into new or expanding caregiving roles. Medication management, arranging doctors’ appointments virtual and otherwise, making sure a senior is eating more than tea and crackers, and doing our best to ensure our elders feel connected in a world where quarantine and isolation have been the keywords of these last nine months.
Putting Pen to Paper in the Time of COVID-19
Quoting Phyllis Theroux, a writer based in California: “to write a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart.” In these times of COVID-19, where going anywhere is done with an abundance of caution or not at all, a note not only moves the heart but let’s those we care about know they are remembered.
The Art of Listening: Achieving Successful Communication
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Social Distancing-Social Engagement in the Age of Covid-19: What We Can Do
I live in New Rochelle, New York, a city whose fame is rooted in the Petrie’s of The Dick Van Dyke show. That image of a suburban family living on a quiet tree-lined street changed dramatically on March 10. New Rochelle became the first COVID-19 containment area in the United States.
New Help in Choosing a Nursing Home
Selecting a nursing home here in Westchester County, or beyond, is filled with a myriad of emotions. Sometimes the decision is made easier by the fact that the complexity of care needed can only be met in a nursing home.
End of Life Decisions: A Broken Promise
Anne, my client of nearly five years, confided in me with weekly regularity that she wanted to die. She knew she was losing her memory and was humiliated by what was happening.
ADL’s and IADL’s: The Alphabet of Assessing an Adult Senior
Where does this geriatric care manager start when a family is eager to help an aging parent?
Nurturing the Nurturer: The Use of Doll Therapy for Older Adults
Doll therapy is just what it says. It is providing a person with a doll, that she/he can hold, cuddle, talk to, even dress and undress. The latter helping with finger dexterity and hand eye co-ordination. The doll can give a person a sense of comfort and purpose with the goal being redirecting the anxiety and bringing a parent to a sense of calm and contentment.
The Anatomy of an Appetite: Aging and Our Relationship to Food
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
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...
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