Senior Care Blog

It’s a crime wave.  In part owing to the rapid increase in the number of Americans over the age of 65, the fastest growing crime wave is elder financial abuse, and three of every five cases of elder financial...

I am sometimes asked why we have that phrase on our brochure and web site that says “Your Sister in Chicago.”  The Chicago part is not where the question arises, but some ask why we talk about the “sister.”...

42 million is a big number.  That is how many caregivers to older loved ones AARP estimates there are in the United States, and no surprise, the number of sons and daughters and husbands and wives of older adults...

I have a small pillow in my living room that speaks to me.  In stitched letters it says, “What?  Chocolate is not a food group?”  My family knows that one of my favorite “food groups” is chocolate, and I...

When I talk to people about advocacy and geriatric care management, they get that part of what we do in our professional role is look out for older adults and guard against abuse of a variety of sorts.  One...

            If you are a caregiver to an older loved one, chances are that you know if they are type 1 or type 2 diabetics.  Type 1 individuals have been diagnosed with insulin-dependent diabetes where the pancreas no longer...

            Once every 67 seconds.  Every 67 seconds someone in the United States develops Alzheimer’s Disease, and among the adults over age 65 in the U.S. about one in nine have the condition.  That is about five million older...

For so many medical conditions, the package inserts – that thin white paper with the fine print –  for doctor-prescribed medications say that “diet and exercise” are first line. This applies to medications used to treat high blood pressure,...