aging
Assuming its Alzheimer’s
By Cassie
I have spoken to numerous adult children who believe their parents have Alzheimer’s disease because they are forgetting things, misplacing objects, or “lie” about things they may or may not have done. The word “Alzheimer’s” has become a catchphrase for the younger population as well. I have been called “Allie” on many occasions when [...]
Preventing Identity Theft
By Cassie
I can’t tell you how many times my mother has told me “you can never be too cautious”. The recession has generated even more fear in people and rightly so when every time you turn around another successful scam is perpetrated. Elders have always been considered, as a population, more vulnerable to crime.
But modern [...]
Taking a Look at Driving
by Mae
A growing concern for adult children is their parents’ ability to drive as their health and abilities decline with age. Many times, nothing is said or done about obvious deficits due to fear of humiliating the elder or perhaps the worst fear, the elder withdrawing from the adult children for even bringing up the [...]
Aging Well — What is it and how to achieve it?
By Mae
Aging well. What is it and how do you achieve it? According to Barbara A Hawkins, Ph.D.:
“Aging well is a dynamic, interactive process that creates long-term, positive change by involving individuals in the physical, social, economic, historical, and cultural contexts of their environments.”
Hawkins also reports that The Global Ageing Research Network (GARNet) has identified [...]