There is a growing list of living options for seniors: assisted living, continuing-care communities, nursing homes, home health care, independent living and rehabilitation centers. Each situation requires a thoughtful examination of individual circumstances. This section will guide you on the options.
Elders and Sex: Who Gets to Decide What is Proper? With people living longer in assisted living, more romances among elders are blossuming. Just what does the home allow these folks to do?
Is It Right to Convince Mom and Dad to Move Close to the Kids? What happens when Mom and Dad live far away from their children, and then one of the elders gets ill or one dies and the other is left alone? Should they move closer to family? The decision is never easy.
Adult Day Care – or Day Services – Can Fill a Gap for Caregivers Although day services have been a well-kept secret for years, these respite services are a blessing for caregivers.
Mom's Moving In? How to Adapt Your Home for Your Live-In Loved One Have a live-in mother or father? Check out these products that can help make life easier.
Aging at Home with Intentional Communities "Intentional communities" enable the elderly to stay at home longer, with full access to assisted living services.
I live 3,000 miles away from my father and he needs live-in help, but I’m worried about elder abuse since I can’t be there to monitor the caregivers. What can I do to protect my father and feel more comfortable with hiring caregivers? I would hire a geriatric care manager who lives very close to your father, and can be your onging eyes and ears in your absence.
How can I get my elderly parents to consent to move to Assisted Living? Convincing elders to move from the comfort of the home they've known for many years and downsize into an assisted living situation can be one of the toughest hurdles for families to accomplish. If you haven't discussed it nor made plans for the transition, here are some things you should do. Read Jacqueline's full answer.
What’s the value of Adult Day Care and how can I convince a resistant elder to attend? While caring for my elderly parents, I was advised to get them enrolled in a local Adult Day Care program to give them a life outside of bed all day “just waiting to die,” as my father would say. A year later (and at my wit’s end) I decided it was worth a try after I went for a tour of the center nearby.
Medical IDs with important information on medical conditions, drug allergies, and more.
An affordable Medical Alert System with no monitoring fees.
Nutricious meals, formulated for seniors, can be sent to the elderly person's home.
by Linda Schlenker
As an Occupational Therapist, the author is dedicated to working with seniors in nursing homes, hospitals, hospice care and in their own homes since 1989. She wrote this book in response to the helplessness and frustration she felt watching the results of our health care system deteriorating over the last 15 years. Aging in America will help seniors and those who love and serve them make more knowledgeable decisions regarding future health care choices.
By Barbara Smith
This book is the story of the author's mother as she succumbs to Alzheimer's disease over an eight year period. Readers will learn about therapeutic techniques, adaptations and behavioral interventions to promote function and quality of life. Extensive resources and medical, legal and care-giving information provide survival tools. The target audience is friends and family of an Alzheimer's disease victim and readers who enjoy a compelling memoir.
Advice on how to deal with live-in mother
I don't know how to help
trying to avoid nursing home for mother
Needing to vent
Nursing homes pick and choose their patients!!
A certain area of the brain slowly degenerates, leading to a lack of dopamine, which can result in Parkinson's disease. Read the doctor's full answer.
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