Skip to main content
0
Category

Healthy Aging

agingaging parentaging parentsagingparentsBlogboomersElder Psychologyelder relationshipseldersGood HumorhealthHealthy Agingseniorssuccessful aging

What is the secret to successful aging ?

  With retirement and aging, older adults can find themselves with a lot of free time and not many ideas of what to do. Some alternatives to keep the mind busy and active are volunteering, starting another business, embarking on an encore career, engaging with one’s community, and caregiving or…
Carolyn Rosenblatt
June 4, 2014
agingaging parentaging parentsBaby Boomers BurdenBlogboomerscarolyn rosenblattElder Psychologyelder relationshipseldersexercisehealthHealthy Agingseniors

Let's Re-define "Old": What Does It Mean Anyway?

Hello again, Carolyn and Mikol here. Who doesn’t have negative stereotypes about aging? No one, especially Boomers, wants to think of ourselves as "old".  We're middle aged, we're "senior", we're old-er, but old? Never. Our society just doesn’t have a positive outlook on aging. Media everywhere imprints us with messages to…
Carolyn Rosenblatt
May 9, 2014
agingaging parentaging parentsagingparentsBlogboomersdietElder CommunicationElder Psychologyeldersexercisehealthhealth care directivehealth care directivesHealthy Agingretirementseniorssuccessful aging

Does retirement mean we're getting OLD?

Ah, retirement.  Most look forward to a time of enjoyment of life and everyone wants to age successfully in retirement.  Do we ever really consider what it takes to age successfully?  It is a new responsibility that few of us consider in our vision of how we expect to live…
Carolyn Rosenblatt
May 6, 2014
agingaging parentagingparentsBaby Boomers BurdenbisexualBlogElder CareElder CommunicationElder Psychologyelder relationshipseldersFamily ConflictFamily ConflictsfinancesgayHealthy AginglesbianLGBTParents with DementiaParents' Financesretirementsenior lonelinessseniorssuccessful aging

Where Can LGBT Seniors Age Without Discrimination?

We have some thoughts about emerging solutions to an aging part of our population, the LGBT community.   For the longest time, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community got little other than negative press and highlighting of controversial issues.  But things are changing.  Millions of people who are retiring include LGBT…
Carolyn Rosenblatt
April 26, 2014
agingaging parentaging parentsagingparentsBaby Boomers BurdenBlogElder CareElder CommunicationElder Psychologyelder relationshipseldersexercisehealthHealthy Agingretirementseniors

The Power Of Aging Parents' Friendships

Hello again.  Carolyn and Mikol here.   We wanted to share a success story with you. It's about Gerry, an older gentleman whose wife had health issues and could no longer accompany him going out. When they moved to a seniors' community, Gerry had a lot to get used to.…
Mikol Davis
April 15, 2014
addictionagingaging parentagingparentsanxietyanxiety disorderassisted livingBaby Boomers BurdenBlogboomersConsultationElder CareElder CommunicationElder DriverElder FinancesElder LaweldersFamily ConflictFamily Conflictsfinancesfinancial cost fo health carehealthcare directiveHealthy AgingParents with DementiaParents' FinancesPress Releasesenior datingseniors

Busting The Myth That You Should Let Impaired Aging Parents Make All Their Own Decisions

I am compelled to share these stories with you, sad as they may be. I hope you can learn from the way others handled what was supposed to be doing the right thing.  Or so they thought.   Are you honoring your impaired aging parents' independence by letting them do…
Carolyn Rosenblatt
March 9, 2014
agingaging parentaging parentsagingparentsBaby Boomers BurdenBlogElder CareElder Psychologyelder relationshipseldersHealthy Agingseniors

Independent Alice, 91, Finds Her Own Solution To The Too-Big House

Hello again, We hope you are doing well. We've been talking to Mikol's Mom, Alice a lot lately about her house.  Now that she's 91, she's considering that a large sprawling house is just too much.  Sometimes, an elder stays on in the family home until the end. Then the…
Carolyn Rosenblatt
February 22, 2014

Subscribe to our Quick Tips article series and receive practical information, and real life examples of how others have dealt with problems like yours.

SUBSCRIBE
logo reading aging parents tm

Copyright 2023 Aging Parents™

Privacy Policy

Close Menu