Lend A Hand: Helping Your Aging Parents
October 11, 2023
Even in the best of circumstances, it’s a challenging task that can easily be derailed. If you’re trying to help an aging parent, you know the score. One day things can seem fine yet the next, everything can come crashing down. So even when things are going well, it can…
Never Ending: Long Term Care Costs Continue To Go Up
August 23, 2023
It likely comes as no surprise to agebuzz readers: Paying for the costs of long term care- whether in your home, at an adult day care center, or at an assisted living facility or nursing home- can be enormously expensive, in fact, out of reach for many if not most….
Photo Shoot: Visual Images Of Aging and Caregiving
August 23, 2023
No doubt you’ve heard the phrase “A picture’s worth 1,000 words.” When it comes to photographs documenting what it’s like to be in the throws of dementia (or a caregiver of a person living with dementia) or to be a long-married couple living your final days, the images captured by…
Hope For The Best: New Medications May Slow The Progress of Alzheimer’s- If You Can Access Them
May 17, 2023
For the more than 6 million Americans currently thought to have Alzheimer’s, and their loved ones, the possible benefits of new medications can’t come soon enough. As the most common cause of dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease predominantly afflicts older women (⅔ of Alzheimer’s patients are female) and almost ¾ of those…
Make Yourself At Home: More & More, Hospital Care Will Be Delivered At Home
May 3, 2023
We’ve previously posted about the risks confronting older adults when they are hospitalized– whether due to infections, disrupted sleep, delirium, or even falls due to sedentary behavior while hospitalized. Moreover, during the pandemic, doctors, patients, and healthcare systems all struggled to lessen the number of patients heading to hospitals, as…
Seeking Support: A Light Shines On The Late-Life Option Of Hospice
March 1, 2023
The announcement that 98-year-old Jimmy Carter has made the decision to forego additional curative treatments and instead enter hospice care at his home in Plains, Georgia was, for many, a reminder (or even an introduction) to what hospice care is and what it can offer. Remaining in the only home…