Senior Care Blog

It is no secret that we at Creative Care Management are all about what families can do to help older loved ones … as well as help themselves.  I often have said that a caregiver can be their best...

They call it Trendelenburg gait.  You may have noticed it in the way your older loved one walks.  It is a side to side upper torso sway for men and a side to side sway of the hips for...

There is a lot of advice that goes around for older loved ones in our orbits when we see the first signs of winter setting in, and most parts of the country have seen some near record lows already...

Physical exercise, mental gymnastics or medication: which one has the most beneficial impact on improving or delaying the onset of what medical professionals call “mild cognitive impairment?” First, to clarify, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a middle ground between...

If you are a caregiver, the most important item your older loved one can bring to a doctor’s visit is … YOU! It is really helpful for your older loved one to have an extra set of ears to...

The older people with whom I speak often talk about the things they don’t do so well anymore, and the one that tends to top the list is sleep. While it is not just older adults who have trouble...

You can imagine that I follow a lot of clinical news feeds, and I keep files. I have files for dementia, files for residential living options and yes, I have a file for research that gives us insights into...

Family crises don’t make appointments…they just happen whether you are ready or not. In fact, our clock is ticking: • Every 67 seconds another person in America is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and that is just one of the nearly...