I’ve always thought I was pretty intuitive. I’m not a controlling person and can be patient to my own detriment. Why am I telling you what a great person I am? Because, after reading HOW TO SAY IT To Seniors: Closing the Communication Gap with Our Elders, I realize that I could have done some things better, as far as my elder caregiving was... Read more
One thing I preach about, but have yet to practice, is making a living will. I did it once, but then life events made it null and void, and I've yet to do a new one. I intend to do it soon, however, and I think I'll go with the "Five Wishes" document available on www.agingwithdignity.org for the format. I may move on to an attorney, but... Read more
One exciting new option for elder care that I’m seeing more of, at least in my neck of the woods of North Dakota, is licensed homes. These homes care for only a handful (three to five) of otherwise healthy Alzheimer’s patients and are a very good solution for some elders who get anxious in larger settings, such as tradional nursing... Read more
I still smile when I think of my neighbor Joe and how hard I worked to get him to wear his emergency medical alert necklace. Personal alarm or help systems are worn as a piece of jewelry and have a button that a person can push when he or she needs help. This act sends a signal to a transmitter in the home or facility, and that transmitter in... Read more
The Secret Gift: Growth in Times of Loss, by Barbara A. Bernard, is elegant in its simplicity. From the cover design to the symbolic fireweed – a plant symbolizing renewal through death – which is used as art throughout, The Secret Gift stresses the beauty of the cycle of life and death. Within four day’s time, Bernard’s... Read more
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