It’s a challenge to all concerned when a loved one’s needs — or your own — result in having to enter a nursing home, whether temporarily or for the indefinite future. One of our biggest collective fears is how will the senior manage the transition from home to a new
We’ve been posting recently about loneliness and living alone for two reasons. Why? First, we hear from you that this is a significant personal concern to so many in our POP community. And secondly, we’re concerned and we want to help, especially learning what a huge health hazard loneliness can
There are lots of situations where a person could feel lonely, especially during the holidays. You could feel lonely as a “singleton” in a room full of couples, or when you’re sick and alone, or on a “special” day that not even your best friend remembers. You could feel
Guest Post by Jennifer McGregor Photo via Pixabay by Unsplash The elderly population, classified as anyone at or above the age of 65, is rapidly growing, and with that comes a mounting problem with the dual diagnosis of mental illness and addiction. Several factors contribute to the co-occurring disorder, including
Another fear-filled phenomenon is invading our country. It will likely affect the hearts and minds of many of us. Due to a variety of factors, including longevity, modern medicine and other sociological factors, most unmarried/un-partnered baby boomers are seniors living alone. Many are challenged as they try to adjust
They say that no one leaves this planet alive. When we became the babies our parents conceived and birthed, each of us came into this life with a “time-limited” stamp. But no one arrived with an “opportunity limited” stamp on our possibilities for living well. Probably all of us have
Are you willing to be passive about your own future? To surrender to the defeatism of “It is what it is …” when you don’t end up getting what’s most important to you? What are the dangers associated with NOT making a PLAN? * Scientists warn us
Today is International Peace Day. After 45 years of being a litigator in the courtroom, a law professor, a psychotherapist and a coach, I have come to prize the expression I’ve “re-appropriated” from a wonderful hero: “BE THE PEACE YOU WANT TO HAVE.” I value peaceful living so much that
When we are children, our main job is to learn about life — we observe the adults around us, go to school, and ask a million questions. But we never question our core job: learning how to be a person. When we become “older,” our main job is to ensure
When Jimmy Carter declared the first Sunday after Labor Day as “National Grandparents Day,” he spoke about the values and joys that grandparents could offer their families. I always fantasized what it would be like to have grandparents. I would see friends going to spend time with their grandparents