There is no doubt that caring for elderly parents requires strategy. I hear it and see it daily: the need for strategy. Being in the industry I read All Things…
Dad "Locks Up"
“Getting old is the place where want, needs and abilities don’t always mesh. In a way it’s kind of like growing up as a kid… you know that you want…
Aggravate: Emotions of Caregiving
Emotions of Caregiving -An Adult Child of Senior Parents Shares Aggravation From the “Well, that just beats all” department: The headline read “Baby pictures hanging at doctor’s office? Cute, sure,…
Caregiver Fatigue
Our –ATE word this week is CAPITULATE. Giving in, and the costs of doing so. If I have learned one thing lately it is to pay attention to the…
A Caring Senior Service: INDIVIDUATE
This week’s –ATE verb is INDIVIDU-ATE. Why do folks choose one agency over another? How do they find the best senior care agency in Raleigh-Durham? What sets one apart? Recently…
How Seniors CONGREGATE
Today’s -ATE word is CONGREGATE. Congregate means to come together, usually for a purpose. How do seniors congregate? Does North Carolina in particular accommodate seniors’ need to socialize? Can you think…
ILLUMINATE : Helping Seniors Avoid Scams in NC
“It happened to me.” Normally, Navigate NC is helping seniors to avoid scams in the Triangle area cities in N.C. Here’s a new twist: the scammers are not only calling senior…
DISCOMBOBULATE: Finding Caregivers from State to State
Well, he just was. Discombobulated. It is where so many long distance caregivers find themselves. Taking care of aging parents or seniors from a distance certainly causes caregiver stress which…
REFORMULATE: Seniors Using Technology
Of all the -ATE words that (now so easily) surface I believe REFORMULATE defines my thought process. Are you finding that with age you must rethink your position on just…
REEVALUATE: Preventing Disease
The headline read: The 2-Minute Habit That May Prevent Alzheimer’s. It grabbed me on more than one level. At first it was all business. Yes, Alzheimer’s, it’s a part of…