Senior Care Blog

But in this particular case, it is not about the firmness of a mattress; it is about how much time you spend on your mattress.  We all probably knew that too little sleep is a bad thing.  Never mind...

No surprise to anyone with a medical condition that drug prices continue to soar even during this past decade of near zero inflation.  If you have a loved one 65 years of age and older, you need to know...

It ended with almost uncontrollable laughing.  That’s how one of our team describes his conversation with his mother about making her funeral plans one day not long ago.  Yes, you heard that right…they talked about her memorial service and...

In the spirit of total transparency, the definitive answer to this question is still a work in progress.  There is a new study that will soon be hitting the press…but it is funded in no small part by companies...

Excess weight is not healthy and obesity definitely is not healthy, right? When it comes to your older parent or loved one, the answer is a bit more ambiguous.  Picture you have been going to the physician with your...

We had significant enough response from a recent post (“Singing is a Breath of Fresh Air for Caregivers”) that we thought it important to provide readers with more information. CCM caught up with Jonathan Miller, who conducts Encore Illinois, a...

I started in my last post talking about older loved ones and “aging in place.”  That first post was about the aging part and Activities of Daily Living.  In this installment, I have a tip on how to assess...

I have written about “aging in place” a number of times in the past, and that really is an apt way to frame the conversation that many of us who are caregivers will have with our aging loved ones. ...