Senior Care Blog

I’ve talked about this often in past posts: older adults have a greater fear of Alzheimer’s than of any other medical condition.  In a recent survey, 39% of adults over age 55 feared Alzheimer’s while cancer trailed with 30%...

We are all too familiar with the alarming death rates of those who contract COVID, and the hyper-transmissibility of the omicron variant especially among those who have not been vaccinated.  Researchers at the University of Colorado have been studying...

A caregiver to an older loved one or other person with special needs takes care of everything, right?  A caregiver is the one who gets the call in the middle of the work day … and in the middle...

You may recall the debate on approving Biogen’s Aduhelm for Alzheimer’s this past year.  Prior to this approval there had been no new therapies for almost two decades.  And honestly, none of the earlier therapies…or seemingly even Aduhelm…provided much...

I explained in an earlier post about why we refer to Holidays in the plural, and how we are working to be inclusive of all people’s end of year celebrations of faith.  That was the “Holidays” part, but what...

I came across a billboard this past week that offered a simple suggestion for those of us making lists for holiday giving. Keep the recipient at the center of your gift-giving. Before you brush that off and say, of...

Yes, “holidays” is a plural word here. Please allow me to digress on this plurality and simply point out that there are at least 27 holidays between November 1 and the top of the next year … Bodhi Day...

When we speak of dementia, it almost invariably is about Alzheimer’s Disease, but there are multiple types of cognitive decline that fall under the heading of dementia. In fact, the second most common dementia – accounting for 15-20 percent...