Senior Care Blog

I have talked in the past about making home safer for seniors as well as geriatric care management services for those considering a move to residential communities.  But the financial and practical fact of the matter is that owning...

In my last posting I shared geriatric care management services for caregivers communicating with a loved one who may be suffering from dementia.  If you have a loved one who has Alzheimer’s or one of the other types of...

If you are a caregiver to someone with dementia you may have found that communication can be frustrating, but you need to remember how frustrating communication is for the patient as well.  As a geriatric care management professional, I’m...

May is National Stroke Awareness month.  As a certified geriatric care manager, I maintain that it is a good time to review not just the warning signs of stroke, but also what you should do if you are a...

The best estimates suggest that more than 7 million American have experienced and survived a stroke of some sort.  Most of these people will be dependent in some capacity on a caregiver or certified geriatric care manager, because full...

We often refer to Geriatric Care Managers as the eyes and ears for the family when they cannot be there for an older parent or loved one.  But it is more than just being present for a distance caregiver,...

We are less than a week away from Mother’s Day, and preparations are in motion, cards are purchased, reservations are made and flowers will be sent.  That is what Mother’s Day has come to represent for most of us,...

It’s official.  May is National Geriatric Care Manager Month.  And that means now is a good time to share some perspective on just what a certified geriatric care manager is.  You would think that there is a boilerplate definition...