Elder Care Cafe

Welcome back! WOW! as my grandson frequently says. In the busyness of our life this month, I forgot to celebrate Elder Care Cafe’s 2nd birthday. How could I forget such an important milestone after last year’s fabulous party. Elder Care Cafe officially opened for business on August 3, 2008 and we have come a long [...]

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Trying to manage the care of your aging parents can be difficult in the best of circumstances. When you live many miles away, it becomes much more problematic to keep an eye on how they are doing. At some point in time, you will probably decide you need to see for yourself just what your [...]

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In today’s society, many adult children live quite a number of miles from their aging parents. When you live miles away from a parent who has a debilitating disease such as dementia or Alzheimer’s, the ability to care for your parent becomes much more complicated. You may have concerns about their nutrition, safety, and overall [...]

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Many caregivers involved in elder care are relatives of the aging senior. In most cases, they are caring for their family member out of love and compassion. By definition, caring is to feel a special interest or concern about someone or something. It takes a special person to care for someone else’s needs, especially on a daily [...]

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A diagnosis of diabetes impacts a person’s life in many ways. My father was diagnosed with diabetes in 1990 and found he needed to make a number of changes in his life. Looking back over the last few years prior to his diagnosis we found that he had started to develop diabetes, but we didn’t [...]

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Wednesday, May 26 was the 17th Annual National Senior Health & Fitness Day, a day that is dedicated to the health and fitness of America’s seniors. The day is part of the Older Americans Month celebrated every May. As we honor our seniors and celebrate those who are healthy and fit, it reminds us that [...]

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Unfortunately, I have struggled with osteoporosis for many years. After a couple of decades of bowling, more than one painful fall to my knees, and just plain lack of attention and care to my body, my knees are hurting. Doing lunges and squats while weight-lifting did not help either. Whenever I run across an article about [...]

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When I realized I was getting close to my 300th post on this site, I started thinking about words such as milestone and landmark. First I thought this post was a milestone, but, according to the dictionary milestones mark a distance between two points. Writing this many entries might be considered a milestone, but then I [...]

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Recent studies performed in the United Kingdom reveal elderly people require less sleep than do younger generations. How long a person sleeps at night is okay as long as he or she does not feel sleep deprived during the day.  The study also found that sleeping various (length) hours was okay as long as the person was not napping during the [...]

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There are many issues before us as we move into what the authors call the best half of our life. There are wills to write, plans to make as we consider what we will want or need if we become incapacitated, choices to consider as we age and possibly need to move into nursing homes [...]

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There are a number of considerations to take into account when looking for a nursing home. The best time to look for a nursing home is before you need it. Some people suggest adults over the age of twenty-one should be aware of the available options in their area in case of an emergency, such [...]

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When families are looking for a nursing home for a loved one, their choices are quite often limited and they do not always know the quality of care their loved one will receive until it is too late. Now, there is a rating system that has been developed to assist families during this difficult emotional time.

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As our parents age, many of us find ourselves having to cope with our parents declining health. Not only do we need to help them deal with a growing number of health issues, but also make such decisions as whether they should stay in their own home, move in with a family  member, or relocate to an assisted [...]

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God has given me a precious gift since we moved into our new home – the gift of Peace. Both Dad and I are feeling it, and are very much aware that we are living in a space filled with peace. As the new year descends upon us, I am preparing to write my goals [...]

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Every year since the early 1990s I have written down my goals for the coming year. Some years I have had great success by diligently following my goals, while other years life seemed to take its own course and the goals fell by the wayside. Unfortunately, that was the case in 2009. In one of [...]

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