Elder Care Cafe

Blog Action Day is a special day once a year that is set aside to remind people of the hunger and famine issues around the world. Although there are many organizations involved, including such groups as Save the Children and GreenPeace, what has really propelled Blog Action Day are the Bloggers around the world. There are [...]

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 Anyone who reads the newspaper or listens to news broadcasts understands the sometimes rampant crime that can occur in our neighborhoods. Senior safety is of the utmost importance to our aging Americans so that we can help keep them out of harm’s way, especially those who live alone. There is always a nagging thought in [...]

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According to statistics, accidents are the major cause of most health problems and can even cause the death of our aging seniors. As we age our bodies begin to fail us and our limbs are no longer strong and supple.  The simple act of tripping over some object that has been carelessly left on the [...]

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Recently someone sent me an email asking if I would link to their site. When someone asks me that I always check out the site to see if it is something I would want to promote. In this case, she was honest about the fact that it was a website directed specifically to seniors who [...]

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We are offering a guest post today that I think is timely, especially after our recent successful move from Texas to Michigan. The attention to detail especially makes this a great article for anyone who plans on traveling with a senior citizen anytime soon. Written by Teena Celis - read more about who she is at [...]

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Growing old does not mean that we have to stop living and wait to die, on the contrary it means that we can continue to live life to the fullest. Many seniors experience their body slowing down, feeling tired earlier than they used to, and a growing number of aches and pains. After all, that [...]

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Many people are susceptible to phone scams whether they live alone or not – especially seniors. In fact, anyone who answers a telephone can get caught up in a conversation that could cost them money and embarrassment. Phone solicitation is not just a problem for senior citizens.  But the elderly are especially vulnerable because they [...]

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As most of us are aware, about the time we reach the age of 40 our bodies have already started to experience all sorts of problems. By the time we are senior citizens, we can only long for the body we had several decades ago. However, no matter where we are at physically, there are [...]

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Not everyone can handle being a caregiver, especially when they realize it’s not about them. Caregivers must, of necessity, focus on the one they are caring for. Depending on the circumstances, they may have very little time for themselves. If you are considering becoming the care giver for either or both of your parents, there are [...]

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As a blogger and webmaster of a site that specializes in any topic, it is sometimes good to go outside to hear what others have to say on your topic. We at Elder Care Cafe like to share this platform with those who have direct knowledge of most any aspect of elder care and aging.  [...]

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Well, looks like we took an unplanned one week vacation. Sure didn’t mean for that to happen. Guess reaching five hundred posts was more traumatic than we thought. Anyway, we had quite a week with care giving duties, cable and Internet outages, and a much needed vacation. Sometimes the problem with taking time off as a caregiver, unexpected [...]

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Just before I moved in with my father in the fall of 2006, my sister told me to beware of Dad’s lies. I was shocked! Although he and I had never had a very good relationship due to numerous issues during my childhood, I had never known him to lie. After eleven years of living [...]

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As of yesterday’s entry, I now have 500 posts on this website. We started in August of 2008 through the Blog Mastermind program brilliantly created by Yaro Starak. This was the first stand-alone website I ever had after creating two Blogger blogs – the first on elder care. Although this site was built for me [...]

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No matter how long you have been caring for an elderly loved one your caregiver stint will someday come to an end. Whether you want to retain the memories of those days will often depend on who you are caring for and what relationship the two of you have. For example, in my case I [...]

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Caring for the elderly is difficult no matter how self-reliant they are. The emotional and physical stress of being responsible for another person tends to pull the caregiver down whether they realize it or not. Suddenly one day the caregiver realizes how exhausted he or she feels, how time seems to have slipped away, and [...]

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