Senior Care Blog

This whole idea to write up a legal document to give surviving loved ones clarity about how to take care of a person’s estate after one dies goes back to the ancient Greeks and later the Romans.  Yet, there...

Mr. Rogers Told You…but were you listening?  And it wasn’t just once that he shared the message; it was every episode for 31 seasons.  You probably thought Mr. Rogers was talking only to kids when he sang: It’s a...

I came across an informative piece in the Washington Post about a week ago, and it brought to light a useful perspective on falls and injuries and recoveries.  I’ve talked a bit in earlier posts about preventing falls, especially...

Do you recall the 1991 movie called City Slickers?  It was another great role for Billy Crystal, but it was Jack Palance as Curly who offered the most memorable quote when he explained to the “city slickers” the secret...

There will come a time for everyone with an aging parent that the question will arise, “Is it still safe for mom (or dad) to live alone?” And then there will be the checklist to be  certain the solution...

You’ve all probably heard the old joke about why a flamingo stands on one leg…and we have all seen these lanky birds if we’ve ever been to a zoo.  The answer is simply, “If they lifted the other leg...

Let me start with the short answer to a question we raised in the email announcement of today’s post.  ADRD is a term in common medical use that captures a number of conditions whose hallmark is cognitive decline: Alzheimer’s...

There seems to be a cliché for everything, so we’ll start with this go-to for COVID: “We’re not out of the woods yet.” In fact, our scientists/pathfinders cannot tell us how far we may have to go to truly...