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Generations Share Photos and Family History
Regardless of current relationships, families’ histories are rooted in their common past. It’s a powerful commonality emotionally, in a good way. Or at least it was for us, as six cousins–ages 50′s to...
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Autumn Ideas to Energize Aging Parents– A Focus on the 5 Senses:Taste
How often do we indulge ourselves with something that appeals to our taste buds when we’re feeling down? It brings a temporary lift and energizes us, doesn’t it? Tasty food seems to temper the...
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Aging Parents: Lifting and Energizing Spirits With Gifts Appealing to the Eye
Vision Enjoying the View in Central Park Being able to see–and watch. What pleasure! Accompanied by hearing, touch, smell, and taste, vision completes the 5 senses. Uplifting, energizing things to look...
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Halloween Treats (No Tricks) for Aging Parents, Grandparents—Us too!
Halloween decorations are becoming as widespread as the colorful trappings associated with the December holiday season. They’re very different than the orange, carved, candle-lit pumpkins–and perhaps...
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Help Aging Parents: Storms and Pending Disasters
NYC 57th & 6th: Storm Victim of Sandy–Crane No Longer Atop Bldg. The dire Sandy hurricane/tropical storm warnings in the NY Metropolitan area couldn’t be missed. Media people and Mayor Bloomberg et...
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Specific Thanksgiving Gifts Help Parents and Grandparents Age Well
When I think Thanksgiving, I think Family Togetherness and the many opportunities–gifts actually– to engage, stimulate, connect, enhance self-worth and share love Three gifts, incorporating the above...
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Mobility-Challenged Aging Parents: From Rehab Center to Home for Thanksgiving...
The Ingredients to Make it Happen Our Thanksgiving celebration, like that of many, brings together family members and one or two very close friends and their families. We span generations. This year...
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Aging Grandparents and A Grand Grandson
A SILLY QUESTION: ARE GRAND CHILDREN GOOD MEDICINE? He sat next to me on the plane today. Was late boarding. Turns out he was standby, had missed 2 earlier flights–needed to get back to the east coast...
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Wise Words: Pearls of Wisdom from our 99-year-old Sr. Advisor
Sr. Advisor, 99, at tea room Advice and Ideas about Life and Aging: 9 Original Sayings Original sayings must be in Sr. Advisor R’s DNA. One of her mother’s sayings, “Do the best you can, angels can do...
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MEMORIAL DAY 2013: A Reminder of Aging Parents and Their Sacrifices– Past and...
MEMORIAL DAY–ALWAYS THE LAST MONDAY IN MAY 5/27/13 The burial statistics at Arlington Cemetery alone seem staggering: an average of 29 veteran’s each weekday and 6,900 a year. HELP AGING PARENTS...
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Aging Parents: Father Knows Best
In honor of Father’s Day and fathers everywhere, of every age, living or not, I share these thoughts. Robert Young and Jane Wyatt, Father Knows Best courtesy Wikipedia One of America’s popular radio...
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Do Adult Children Sometimes Hinder Older Parents’ Aging Well?–2
With 6 Important Questions to Ask Ourselves at End of This Post It Takes A Village (Taken from my manuscript) A social worker who worked with older adults in New York, reminds us “It takes a village to...
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Celebrating Elders’ Birthdays– What They Want; Not What We Want
98th birthday If we’re fortunate enough to have very old parents and grandparents who are still relatively healthy, chances are we become very involved planning their birthday celebrations. Sr. Advisor...
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PBS’s: “Life and Death in Assisted Living”–When Assisted Living Doesn’t Help...
At some point I’m guessing most of us have thought about assisted living–either as a future option if adequate help is unavailable or we know people who reside there. (FYI assisted living is home to...
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Aging Parents: Feeling Alone in a Crowded Room–plus 2 Additional Reasons They...
It may all boil down to pride; staying home is safe. No one likes to feel diminished, whether it’s unintentional or not. Yet going someplace where interaction with others is the norm can pose a threat...
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Sr. Advisor R’s 100th Birthday
WORDS R LIVES BY: “Simplify” “Getting Old is Hard Work” “You have to learn to be responsible. Life is tough, you have to get through it” “Don’t Assume” It’s 10:15 am. R has already heard from 35...
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Hospitalization Tips That Make a Difference: For Aging Parents, Grandparents,...
I recently learned that a friend who worked in the health professions needed surgery. He recently turned 65, is medicare eligible, but elected to remain with his managed care plan. The hospital...
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Traditional, Remarried and Blended Families: Navigating the Holidays to Help...
Pack the car and the kids–To Grandmother’s House We Go–perhaps. But what if there are 3 or 4 or more living grandmothers with husbands? What about siblings, step-siblings and siblings-in-law? Change in...
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Sense of Purpose: A Gift for Aging Parents–at Thanksgiving, Chanukah and Beyond
< I think everyone would agree: having a sense of purpose is essential to feeling good about life. The big question: How do we instill a sense of purpose in aging parents who no longer have it? Do...
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Aging Parents and Us: Memory Loss or Loss of Focus?
I usually publish my blog Tuesday night. Yet I was immersed in readying for, and cleaning up after, a New Year’s Eve party and completely forgot. While multitasking has been a constant in the lives of...
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