I have a good friend who embodies the familiar phrase “I call ‘em as I see ’em.” Not curmudgeon exactly, and not to the point of being an “Eeyore,” she is…
Adult Children of Aging Parents: Your Job Is To Talk
How Adult Children of Aging Parents can turn thought into action – Begin the talk. You know the feeling. The one you get when you hear or read something that simply…
Abate: Anxiety in Caregiving
Ab-ATE Caregiving for our aging parents carries with it a certain low level anxiety. That same ever-present anxiety can be felt while caring for minor children or performing a job…
Caring For Elderly Parents Requires Strategy
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…
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…
Katy Did… The Snazzy Walker
Dad’s balance was bad, and due to whatever was going on between his brain and his muscles, it was rapidly getting worse. He had fallen a couple of times in…
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…