Elder Debt
I remember visiting my grandmother as a child, and noticing when her memory started failing. I recall seeing my father’s frustration when we once arrived at her house, he saw late payment notices on utility bills and taxes. He took care of them, but this caused a lot of anxiety. What if they turned off... Read More
Downsizing and Your Elder Parent’s Home
As a child of elderly parents or other loved ones, you should also consider this to plan ahead. So the question is, what are the pros and cons of downsizing your home? Before we list them, I would like to tell you a secret. Don’t wait until the last minute to discuss this both with... Read More
Should I Become a Family Caregiver?
Life expectancy throughout the world is increasing linearly without signs of slowing down. Likewise, we can only expect our elder parents to live longer than before. However, though we are living longer, our health problems don’t go away. Because of this, more than half of those over age 85 will need some assistance requiring caregiving.... Read More
Home Safety Tips for the Elderly
You may have seen the insurance commercial about “Mayhem”, a mythical character representing accidents. Ironically, though most of our elderly parents are quite content to be finally independent and safe at home, “Mayhem” may be lurking around waiting to take safety away from them. 100% of ER doctors say that the most common accident in... Read More
Five Points to Consider for Independent Living
I remembering various trips to nursing homes as a kid and developed uneasy feelings about them for various reasons. As a result, I always thought it preferable to live in my home until I died, and so with my parents. That was until several years ago I noticed my father was changing: falling several times,... Read More
Update on a Link between Obesity and Dementia
A strong relation between dementia and poor cardiovascular has been established, and we also know that obesity leads to cardiovascular problems. However, some studies show an actual protective effect of being overweight in some areas of health. In fact, some studies showed that obesity leads to lower dementia rates, others don’t. But what about obesity and dementia? Is there... Read More
Video Monitoring for your Elder Parents or Loved Ones
When might be a good time to consider monitoring your elderly parents or loved ones? Most retired people would rather be independent and stay home, and of course, we would like to help them do so. Like me, so many of us have had to live at great distances from our parents to make a... Read More
Osteoporosis and its Prevention
More than 40 million adults in the United States already have or are at the brink of getting osteoporosis, Osteoporosis is a disease. It is marked by lower bone mass and literal deterioration of bone tissue that weakens the bone leading to the danger of possible bone fractures. What are the main causes of osteoporosis?... Read More
Osteorthritis and your Elder Parents
Osteorthritis and your Elder Parents Arthritis is a disabling problem for our elderly parents. Arthritis leads to name a few: an increase in frailty, decreased mobility leading to loss of muscle mass, increased obesity, decreased quality of life, and an increase in the chance of falls. Importantly, all these factors combine to increase their risk... Read More
Frailty and its answer: Protein!
What is frailty? Frailty is living with more vulnerability due to decline in reserve and function from aging. Frailty is associated with a compromise multiple dimensions like coping with everyday stressors. Frailty is hard to be defined, but it in medical circles, it has been defined by as meeting three out of five criteria below: unintentional... Read More