Paul Irving has written passionately, very rationally and quite comprehensively about a theme that needs to be reiterated until it is viewed as the reality that it actually is: there is a great Upside of Aging!! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-h-irving/hillary-is-in-and-her-age_b_7075120.html Having authored a terrific book with that very title, “The Upside of Aging” Paul
It sounds like science fiction, but it’s fact! Within 25 years, 30 million Americans will need some form of care in their homes just to meet their basic daily needs of living! With this growing “silver tsunami” among our aging population, what will happen in your family when there are
“GOOD NEWS:Being creative and social in mid-life and beyond could help preserve your memory,” Read more here http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/09/health/creativity-socializing-delay-dementia
Of course, you want to do what’s best for your elderly parents and sometimes, like when we’re parenting our youngsters, that can mean butting heads with them. Sometimes you may feel like finding common ground is next to impossible. You may even wonder where their stubbornness came from or how
Before you feel totally exhausted with no energy to care for your senior parents, maybe you’ve gotten a signal that you need a POParenting Break(POPbreak). Here are 5 tips to help you take that break and really use it well: 1. Decide how long of a break you need: If
Sometimes the symptoms of a UTI, especially with our aging Mom’s, look a lot like the signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s. She may display: Confusion Falling Hallucinations Dizziness Agitation If you think you or a loved one might be experiencing a UTI, take a look at these other common warning
Although POParenting may sound very altruistic, the irony is that caring for our aging loved ones teaches us many new things about ourselves along the way. Much like parenting children, those of us who’ve begun to POParent are discovering much about ourselves, such as: what skills and qualities do I
If you’re a senior or someone POParenting, you may be weighing the options of you or your parents moving into a retirement community. With so many different options out there, how do you know which is best for you? Here are the first factors to think about when making this
Do YOU take enough time for yourself — to rest and refresh you — when you’re the major (or even minor?) provider of care to your elderly parents? Many POParents find it particularly challenging to balance tending to our own needs when tending to the needs of our senior parents.
Helping your parents to organize — or re-organize — their finances may not be something that’s atop your bucket list. Nonetheless you, like many POParents, may be noticing you have to deal with these issues and see that you need some real specific guidance. First things first! That means either