Elder Care Cafe

While feeding, bathing, and dressing your loved one may play an important role in performing care giving duties, there are other responsibilities that a caregiver may also need to include. Not only will you take care of their physical and emotional needs, but you may also become their primary caregiver and need to handle their [...]

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Retirement is a word that can instill a variety of feelings in a person ranging from fear to pleasurable expectations among others. I know I was more than ready to quit the nine to five regimens. In my case it happened to be 7 to 3:30, but it still made for a long day at [...]

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Years ago we envisioned our golden years to be full of relaxation and stress free living; at least most of us did. Who in the world would want financial woes, family problems, or emotional upheavals to plague them as they entered their senior years? Most seniors look forward to living a life that allows them [...]

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This week I received a timely email from David Adelman of Reel Tributes to let us know that his website is one of the sponsors of the Your Favorite Memory contest.  The Your Favorite Memory contest encourages people to share their stories about their loved one with Alzheimer’s or, if not to0 late, documenting the memories [...]

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One thing about hanging out on social media sites is that you get to see all kinds of things, both good and bad. While I am a member of a number of such sites, Facebook is my favorite for a couple of reasons. First off, many family members and long time friends are on Facebook. [...]

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Have you ever experienced the name of a long-time friend or relative on the tip of your tongue, but you couldn’t remember it for the life of you? Have you struggled with remembering the simplest things such as your phone number or address – the one you have had for the past twenty years? If [...]

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Although the knowledge that we live in a crime ridden and unsafe world is not too difficult to understand, few of us heed warnings about keeping our homes safe. This stems from a common belief it will not happen to us! Seniors are at a higher risk because quite a few of them live alone [...]

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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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A growing number of aging seniors are now entering the online world. Unfortunately, there are predators waiting for any one of them to become their next victim. There are a number of ways you can protect your loved one from hackers and other seedy individuals who would want to cause them harm. Here are a [...]

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A recent article pointed out that there are more grandparents raising grandchildren then ever before. Because of the struggling economy and elimination of many mainstream jobs, a growing number of parents have found that the middle-class of today is much less well off than that of their parents generation. In fact, many of the newest [...]

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Growing frail and old does not necessarily mean the loss of your independence. In this post we cover some of the simple modifications that can be done to keep the elderly safe in their own homes. Most of us have grandparents or parents who are seniors and we should take responsibility for their safety and [...]

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Winter for most people means a host of activities from snowball fights, skiing, sledding and a whole lot more. However, as we age the cold is not so kind to us and we will have to take precautions to keep ourselves safe. The fact is winter can be a very dangerous time for us seniors. [...]

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In today’s economic times, many seniors are finding it more difficult to pay their bills than ever before. Those who have been able to continue working until retirement age have hopefully saved enough to help sustain them through their later years, but those who have lost their jobs in their forties and fifties, and have [...]

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Researchers have found that having a pet often helps people feel better both emotionally and physically.  While many people have never heard of pet therapy, also called animal-assisted therapy, those who work with children, seniors, and the chronically ill, know how well having a pet around helps lift the person’s spirit. Pet therapy has been [...]

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As we found out with my mother, driving safety issues is one of the most sensitive topics among seniors, especially when the aging process interferes with the person’s ability to drive safely.  Mom did all the driving because of Dad’s poor eyesight and as she started losing ground due to dementia, the rest of us [...]

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