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…
PERPETUATE: Senior Housing
Continuing, or perpetuating, if you will our –ATE words theme with a post (OK, a rant) about an ad for senior housing. A quarter-pager in a weekly publication caught my…
CONVERSATE: Home Health Care
“CONVERSATE” (that’s southern vernacular, y’all, and another –ATE verb. We use verbs because we are in action!) At times we struggle to begin conversations with loved ones. Holiday gatherings can…
INVESTIGATE: How is your senior?
INVESTIGATE By now the proverbial frost is on the pumpkin, and Halloween candy marked down (we bought the generic festive-looking variety, to take us through the “rest” of the holidays…
LOCATE: Long distance caregiving
Word of the week: LOCATE, and long distance caregiving. If you live in City A and are unfamiliar with City B then exactly how do one go about providing care…
Maybe it’s something I -ATE
For me, life must always contain a bit of whimsy, something I can pull out on cloudy days or distract me (when I allow) if only for a moment during…