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