By Sylvana Rinehart For the past several decades, I have been helping families address one of the most difficult questions they face with an aging parent or loved one, such as “When is it time to move my Mom?” This is especially hard when the holidays are upon us and we don’t want to make […]
Honoring Your Birthday Traditions
By Donna Mischke Recently, we celebrated my mother-in-law’s 80th Birthday. It was a huge party held at a hotel with lots of family and friends. Relatives arrived from all over to celebrate this fantastic day and to honor this beautiful woman. All four of her children attended, most of the grandkids, cousins, nieces, nephews, and […]
How Do We Prepare for a Crisis?
“My Mom’s health has been declining steadily over the past year, in fact we’ve been here in the ER two times this month alone!” All too often families try the best they can patching care for their parents together as they too lead busy productive lives. It isn’t until red flags begin to go off […]
I Know You Need an Advocate
By Mary Cordova As an introduction to this story, I have been in the senior housing and health care industry for over 35 years. My father in law recently landed in a rural hospital in Bremerton, WA on a Saturday evening. After hearing from his caregiver that he had taken a bad fall in the […]
Pay Attention to the Signs in the Aging Process
By Scott Fleisch Pay attention to the signs along the journey of your parent’s aging process. As our parents age conditions generally change slowly over the year, until the changing condition becomes a major situation. Which usually comes about very quickly. There are always many signs along the way to watch for and pay attention […]
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AnswersForElders.com was created by an adult family caregiver walking the same path, caring for her mom. Because she found on-line resources so limited, she created an on-line community that will support you on your journey. They are a resource portal of answers that you need most, not only to learn what the issues are that […]
A Case of Guilt
By Teresa Fischer Do you ever wish your life could be different, maybe you could have less stress and more time for the things you want to do? That was Sara’s dream. But then came the guilt and she quickly put those thoughts away. What good does it do to fantasize about what could be […]
The Perfect Storm
By Lois Jasmer No the title here is not about the movie with Kevin Costner, although I do like him in this movie. I am speaking of a situation that I see many older seniors living, or should I say existing in. One senior is the brains, maintaining the finances, making decisions, the mouth piece. […]
Home Health vs Skilled Nursing
As more seniors choose to age in place, home health agencies have responded by offering skilled services provided by licensed nurses or therapists in clients homes. When prescribed by a doctor, these short term skilled care services can be covered by medicare, some private health care insurance policies, veterans benefits and long term care insurance […]
Don’t Be Afraid to Step In
By Teresa Fischer This is the story of Don W. Don was a good man, gifted in carpentry, he could build anything! He worked construction most of his life, but not just ordinary construction, he was a perfectionist in his field and built wonderful homes, beautifully crafted. Don never married, and after retirement brought his […]