It’s time to consider placing a loved one in a care facility when safety is in question and the ability to perform Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s) is severely impaired: getting in or out of bed or a chair, using the toilet, bathing or showering, dressing and eating. When fears that an elderly person may leave the stove on, get lost, fall down stairs or get hurt in any way, and family helpers or in-home caregivers are not an option–it is time to act.
Planned Move: Start the discussion...
At a recent conference on aging and disability, I visited with one very excited nursing home employee, and I was all ears. She was... Read more »
I am hearing from more people lately who are struggling with how to sort through their parents' many years of stuff so they can move them... Read more »
While I was growing up, I'd hear, occasionally, about someone having to go to a "rest home" or an "old folk's home." As the decades slipped... Read more »
Elder Abuse is an expanding serious problem affecting hundreds of thousands of elderly people in the United States. And since the abuse... Read more »
Seeking a Meaningful and Purposeful Life Most of us seek a meaningful and purposeful life. For many people with dementia however, care... Read more »
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