If you’re stuck, frustrated with how you’re managing your aging parents as well as your own life, kids, spouse and job, but know there must be “answers” somewhere, there’s someone who CAN help you: a Certified POP Family Coach! Maybe YOU could use help with one or more of these
Brainhealth.gov offers valuable resources and information for keeping your brain healthy and sharp. “The Administration for Community Living has partnered with the National Institutes for Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and leading research groups to offer you valuable brain health resources.” We encourage you to visit Brainhealth.gov
It’s fascinating to see how other countries and cultures are managing their challenges with dementia. Worldwide it is estimated that globally we will need to spend at least $1 Trillion USD annually by 2018! In the Netherlands, one fascinating way they’re responding is by setting up towns built for dementia
We all want to be remembered. How do YOU want to be remembered? Have you considered what YOU’d want to leave behind for your children, grandchildren, your community and friends to remember you by? Here are 5 ways to leave a bit of your mark on the world or help
100-year-old Don Pellman set his 5th age group world-record last Sunday at the San Diego Senior Olympics. This is a great example of how age should not get in the way of our goals and aspirations. What is it that you have been wanting to accomplish? How are you letting
“Family caregivers in the U.S. provided 37 billion hours of care—worth an estimated $470 billion—to their parents, spouses, partners, and other adult loved ones in 2013, according to AARP Public Policy Institute’s new report, Valuing the Invaluable: 2015 Update.” How is family caregiving affecting you? Let us know by commenting below. http://www.aarp.org/about-aarp/press-center/info-07-2015/family-caregivers-provide-470-billion-in-unpaid-care-aarp-study.html
Last week at the White House Conference on Aging the website www.aging.gov was launched. www.ParentingOurParents.org wants you to know about Aging.gov as it was designed to provide older Americans, their families, friends, and other caregivers with a one-stop resource for government-wide information on helping older adults live independent and fulfilling lives.” You can read
The very latest study about family caregivers offers shocking news: 1 in 3 Americans is providing daily unpaid care to a family member. In 2012, adults in the United States provided more than a billion hours of unpaid caregiving every week—equal to the work of 30.5 million full-time caregivers. By
American’s Seniors are holding steady financially, thanks to the help of government funded programs that target the elderly, according this article in the New York Times. http://nyti.ms/1TMdRWu More American Seniors Fall into Middle Class than ever before. What are your thoughts on this article? Do you feel you’re a senior
ParentingOurParents (POP) makes its voice heard about elder abuse and better training and wages for those caring for our beloved seniors! http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/06/15/world-elder-abuse-day-dirty-little-secret-that-is-elder-abuse.html