Mikol Davis

Imagine this. Your aging parent took a fall. You get the long distance phone call. Mom is in the hospital. Suddenly, you and your siblings have to talk together, as Mom will need help when she returns home after rehabilitation. Who will watch over her care at home? Who will…

Welcome To Your New Job in Retirement It’s Monday morning. You wake up and try to clear the fog in your head.Immediately you force yourself out of bed. You stumble into the kitchen foryour coffee, ready to steel yourself for the day. You flip on the TV and hear about…

By Carolyn L. Rosenblatt, R.N., B.S.N., Attorney Here’s a recurring theme: a mentally disabled family member is involved in an elderly parent’s care. Elderly parent declines, and needs to go to a facility. Mentally impaired adult child has been living in elderly parent’s home all this time, maybe years. Parent…

Can Psychologists Help Families With Dangerous Older Drivers? By Carolyn L. Rosenblatt, RN, BSN, Attorney, and Dr. Mikol S. Davis An older driver plows his car through the garage and goes over a hill. A senior steps on the gas instead of the brake and smashes into six parked cars.…

Pamela A. MacLean RedwoodAge.com The desire to keep living at home as we age has spawned a movement known as the "senior village" in which volunteers - from Boston's Beacon Hill to Northern California's Marin County - provide mutual support for elders living at home. The "villages" aren't places, but…