Caregiving

As a new report just out from the Kaiser Family Foundation makes clear, loneliness is a growing global public health epidemic. And, according to The Unlonely Project, older adults are especially susceptible to loneliness and social isolation, which can have a negative impact on health and well-being. Unsurprisingly, there are new…

Aging in place may be the goal for most of us, but making repairs in that place is another matter. For example, can you get up on a ladder to change the battery in a smoke detector? And what about when your appliances are on the fritz or your air…

Caring for aging parents can run the gamut from paying bills and monitoring bank accounts to such hands-on care as bathing, grooming, or feeding. If you’re fortunate, you can afford some assistance and you might have even made a longer-term plan for providing care for your older parents. But it’s just…

Depending on where you live, driving can be your lifeline- literally. You may need the car to get your essentials, go to the doctor or maintain your social contacts. And statistically, older drivers are among the safest ones out on the road. But chances are, as you age, the cognitive…

Anyone married for a long period of time knows that every relationship goes through ups and downs. Perhaps the greatest, and final challenge of any marriage is the anticipation of the death of one of the spouses. One can imagine that is a time of enormous stress and anxiety, along with…

The recent headline says it all: America Is Running Out Of Family Caregivers, Just When It Needs Them Most. In this candid assessment of the caregiving crisis now taking hold in the US, The Wall Street Journal describes the factors contributing to an increasingly fragile and patchwork system of caregiving for our elder population.   First,…