Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) often have a challenge with potential residents who would like their adult child with disabilities to move in with them so that they can provide for their care while the CCRC provides for housekeeping, meals, etc. It's not that the communities are heartless to their pleas. It's the economics and … Continue reading Matthew and the CCRC.
She had tried everything she could think of, but it made no difference. Extra activities. Added staff. Security cameras . . .
A highly respected and well-loved pharmacist in the town, Mr. Schultz had served his community for many years. After his retirement, however, he and his wife moved into our retirement community because he had developed dementia . . .
To help you meet the challenges of aging, the VA offers a wide variety of benefits and services.
To help you meet the challenges of aging, the VA offers a wide variety of benefits and services.
If you are a veteran, or are helping someone who is, there are a wide variety of benefits and service available to you
While home health and retirement communities are possibilities, they may not be wanted by a parent or even affordable. Fortunately, there are other options available as you both journey along the gray mile together . . .
Your parents may love their home and wish to remain there to age-in-place. There are ways you can help them do that as you both journey along the gray mile.
The risks of living alone get greater as we get older. However, there are two important things you can do to reduce or even eliminate them . . .
Having walked alongside hundreds (if not thousands) of seniors in my career, (as well as my parents, grandparents and in-laws), I’ve learned a bit about this crooked path in aging I’m calling, “the gray mile” . . .
The Gray Mile 