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
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
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
We need a movement. We need a rallying cry. We can’t just sit around and let ourselves fall apart as we get older. We can’t stop ourselves from aging, but we can probably change the way we do it. So, I decided to start with myself. What could I change?…
Mikol DavisNovember 5, 2011