A WAY TO STAY Home Care Yardley Newtown PA

My sister Devon and I admire what families do to keep their aging parents home; we consider it a spiritual Act of Service.  We find that families don’t think what they do is extraordinary – it’s just what family does for family.  They act as Geriatric Care Managers and cobble together amazing caregiving and life [...]

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The fact that hearing loss is common and untreated in seniors is not news in my world.    I have aging clients, relatives and friends with hearing loss. Each has as many excuses as Doan’s has pills as to why they don’t have hearing aids!  The reality that folks don’t do anything about hearing loss it [...]

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The simplicity of being present with people has gotten easier and more rewarding as I’ve grown older. I find this is particularly true when I’m with someone who has dementia. “We are part of a doing culture. Sometimes, all that is required of us is to simply be with a person — as in sharing [...]

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It’s apparent to me that bullying is a persistent part of the human condition; my 11-year old niece reports seeing it at school and a client recently told me that she was being intimidated by some “good ole boys” at her retirement community. I spoke to the staff and am on watch to see if [...]

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Courtesy of Certified Seniors Advisors My friend, Claire, is 95 and almost blind because of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). She was diagnosed in her seventies and has been able to keep some of her eyesight because of shots in her eye every 6 weeks. Macular degeneration is a leading cause of blindness in seniors. The [...]

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