Senior Care Blog

Memory decline doesn’t have to be part of a person’s aging process.  You may know that I have written a book on dementia, but memory decline does not have to be everyone’s story.  It’s almost a given that when...

Let’s talk about travel…time travel! We all are capable of travel at almost any age.  But what you may not know is that we all can travel back in time at almost any age…and we will become younger if...

Tell me if this has happened to you.  You arrive at a friend of a friend’s house for a social gathering, you notice that the average age of the people there trends a bit older and you come across...

It was probably ten years ago that my husband’s mother was caught up in a telephone scam on her land line at a time when she was unable to verify the number calling her.  The voice started out innocently...

Jimmy Buffet has left a multi-faceted legacy…his distinctive musical style and lyrics, his upbeat and his laid back lifestyle his entrepreneurial success pursuing the life that a lot of “parrot heads” wanted.  He had become an iconic representative of...

Medicare has been one of those political footballs where both sides of the aisle have had an entrenched position for decades.  One side has been vying for better coverage for our older citizens and the other side claiming a...

Once in a while “yesterday’s news” is also tomorrow’s news.  Earlier this year you probably heard or read that Medicare is now authorized to negotiate prices directly with drug manufacturers.  It’s not a blanket permission to negotiate; it’s focused...

One of my staff worked with a senior community in upstate New York near Elmira a number of years ago, and he tells the story of their “brand signature.”  It was a silhouette of a hand against a similarly...