By Carolyn L. Rosenblatt, RN, Attorney, Mediator Adult children of aging parents think it won’t happen to their parents. Aging parents are in denial themselves about getting older. Then, crisis hits. “Jeanine” called AgingParents.com with this typical question: “My Dad and Mom both have Alzheimer’s. Dad is acting weird lately. …
Mikol DavisNovember 14, 2011
My child, When I get old, I hope you understand ‘n have patience with me In case I break the plate, or spill soup on the table because I’m losing my eyesight, I hope you don’t yell at me. Older people are…
Mikol DavisNovember 5, 2011
I’m hearing this same painful thing a lot lately. Aging parents who have “early dementia” are refusing help and verbally abusing their adult kids who are trying to help. In all these situations, the aging parent was a controlling type person before dementia developed. It could have been a business…
Mikol DavisNovember 5, 2011
Alice knows. She’s 89 and she works at her health. She is a widow and lives alone. My husband and I just spent some time visiting my mother in law, Alice, and we were pleased to see that she is taking such good care of herself. We are among the…
Mikol DavisNovember 5, 2011
An elderly couple walked into the lobby of the Mayo Clinic for a checkup and spotted a piano. They’ve been married for 62 years and he’ll be 90 this year. Check out this impromptu performance. We are only as old as we feel, it’s all attitude. Enjoy! They certainly do!…
Mikol DavisNovember 5, 2011
Should you or shouldn’t you? Seems as if someone is always promoting the purchase of long term care insurance. Most of us don’t want to think about getting old and needing anything like that. If we ever think about it, it’s a thing we want to defer until later. The…
Mikol DavisNovember 5, 2011
We’ve all experienced them. Family conflicts can be some of the most emotionally painful of all. The struggles we have with aging parents are coming up for more of us Boomers because we are getting older. Our parents are living longer and longer. Research shows us that most Boomers still…
Mikol DavisNovember 5, 2011
