Senior Care Blog

To answer your first question, Fisetin (pronounced fy-set-in) is a flavonol which is a class of flavonoids found in a number of plants and fruits or vegetables.  They are antioxidants, and you may have seen some of the research...

As geriatric care managers, we provide advice, counsel, advocacy and support for older care receivers or other people with special needs of any age.  Care managers, however, also provide support to the front line caregivers to these care receivers...

            Every 25 seconds, somewhere in America someone experiences a coronary event, most typically a heart attack.  Although 70 to 90 percent of these sudden coronary events are among men, heart attack is the leading cause of death in women...

If you are a caregiver to an older loved one, I’ll bet that one thing you probably watch closely is their behavior or demeanor.  Do they remember important facts from yesterday or are they tracking what is said in...

One of every three adults over age 65 will have a fall this year.  This rate increases to one half of adults over age 80 who will fall during the year, some of them multiple times.  On top of...

Why a kidney alert for caregivers to older loved ones?  Because nearly half of adults over the age of 70 in America may have chronic kidney disease and many of them may not even know it.  That means that...

Okay, “Grain Brain” is not something that immediately tells you what it is all about.  Grain Brain is the phrase that neurologists and other brain scientists are using to describe a link between blood glucose levels from high carbohydrate...

  Geriatric Care Managers (GCMs) are the navigators for caregivers who are willing to stop and ask for directions!  That is the answer, but let me explain the question.  As you can imagine, one of the most common conversations...