Legal & Financial Rights

June 28, 2020

When your senior keeps giving money away…

We hear all about scams, and thieves who prey on the elderly. To be honest, I don’t know if there is a bigger scam than family and the professionals we trust. I hear all the time about how the brother or the sister would never help with mom or dad

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Ultimate Healthcare for Seniors

June 25, 2020

Telemedicine Guide

When your spouse or parent WON’T go to the doctor… Want to know something I really, really hate? It’s watching people make mistakes that I know are easily avoidable (usually because I’ve already made them!) I just want to yell “STOP! Don’t you know there’s a better way?!!!” It’s almost like trying

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COVID-19 Updates

June 25, 2020

[COVID-19] Should Seniors travel these holidays?

With holidays fast approaching many caregivers are asking themselves if they should be getting together with family for the holidays. I had the same question. But this summer I have traveled to Phoenix, Nashville, Lexington, KY, and several trips to Orlando. I was concerned about traveling as I am 66

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Strategies for Mental Decline, Ultimate Healthcare for Seniors

May 5, 2020

A step-by-step guide to unraveling medication concerns…

Maybe, just maybe your Mom or Dad’s medications need a review so you have no medication errors. Medication errors can lead to behavior changes.  Are they driving you nuts? I can’t tell you the number of times as a physician assistant that I have seen daughters and sons bring their

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Caregiving Mastery

April 29, 2020

The best advice on caregiving…

Growing up in a time when most parents were in their twenties when they had their children my mom and dad waited until their 30s. So, after 4 kids, Mom and Dad decided to have another and another. Yep, I was a fifth out of six children!  And boy, my

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Caregiving Mastery

April 29, 2020

A step-by-step guide to avoiding overwhelment…

One of the biggest jobs in caregiving leads to one of the most depressing moments in our life …loneliness and overwhelment (new word!). We feel we have to do it all. We feel no one understands us. We feel that if only people knew… Our siblings won’t help us and

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Legal & Financial Rights

April 29, 2020

When to take the car away…

Mom or Dad will not let go. They do not want to give up everything a car offers them.  Would you?  Of course not. Remember when you were young, got your driver’s license?  Felt the freedom in your heart? It was a magical moment in life, a life-changing experience… Why

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COVID-19 Updates, Home Living & Safety Victories

April 29, 2020

Home health agency employees? Are they really safe to be around your elder Mom or Dad?

Home Health agencies send their employees into one house after another.  Sometimes they will cover 3 homes in a day, giving care, getting close, touching the very clients they are supposed to stay away from. I, too, have to touch my patients.  So, how do I keep myself safe and

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