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Aging In Place: When It’s Not A Good Plan For The Future

Most people at or near retirement age will say they want to remain at home as long as possible. That means not going to a seniors’ home of any kind “with all those old people”. It sounds fine to plan on staying at home forever when one is 65 or…

Carolyn RosenblattNovember 18, 2024

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Know This: Your Aging Parent Living At A Distance May Be At Risk

American families are often scattered across the country. Kids grow up, find opportunities they like in other places and move away. The parents may stay put, happy to remain where they’ve lived most of their lives. Then aging happens. And with it, risks no one really thought about. At AgingParents.com,…

Carolyn RosenblattAugust 12, 2024

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Mental Health Dilemmas With Aging Parents

Maybe it started to become more visible during the pandemic. Now, there is a nationwide effort to remove the long standing stigma of mental health issues. Historically, it has been very difficult for anyone to persuade a family member to get mental health help when family sees the signs. If…

Carolyn RosenblattJuly 29, 2024

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When Does It Become Unsafe For Your Aging Parent To Live Alone?

Our elders love their independence, for the most part. Perhaps over time, their chronic health conditions start to erode their abilities to do some things independently. In the absence of a sudden event, like a fall, the slow decline in physical ability may not be obvious when family visit their…

Carolyn RosenblattJuly 15, 2024

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One New Year’s Resolution You Can Keep-Strengthen Your Muscles

You’ve heard the adage “use it or lose it”. It’s particularly apt in describing what happens as we age. Typically we move less, lose muscle strength, and suffer the consequences of losing independence, have greater fall risk and other undesirable things. At the beginning of each year, people commonly make…

Carolyn RosenblattJanuary 13, 2024

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Live Longer, Better: Expert MD Weighs In On How

Dr. Peter Attia, MD, has written an excellent book on how to keep ourselves from getting common chronic illnesses with aging. It’s Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity, which offers a clear strategy to avoid these illnesses. He refers to those which kill the majority of Americans as the…

Carolyn RosenblattNovember 15, 2023

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Fat To Fit: An 81 Year Old Tells Us How She Lost Over 100 Pounds

She was a heavy smoking, alcoholic, obese woman who reached her first breaking point 40 years ago. After DeEtte Sauer’s friend drank himself to death, she woke up to her own alcohol dependency. She resolved to stop drinking, joined Alcoholics Anonymous and stuck with that. She went on to quit…

Carolyn RosenblattSeptember 19, 2023

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Alzheimer’s Disease And Medication Myths

The FDA has approved various medications in hopes of providing anything that can truly change the course of Alzheimer’s disease. But medications have failed to do so. No medication so far stops the disease nor cures it. One consistent finding in all the research studies that precede FDA approval of…

Mikol DavisAugust 10, 2023

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Amazing! The Unstoppable Elder With A Chronic Disabling Condition

Imagine having multiple sclerosis and being in a wheelchair for 25 years. That was Eleanor, in Tennessee, feeling trapped. When her neurologist told her she would never improve, she refused to accept this pronouncement. She had a quality of defiance. Her thought: “Don’t tell me I can’t do something. I’m going…

Mikol DavisJune 9, 2023

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