Mary Susan Timion, BSN, RN, Director, Life Care at Summit Place Senior Living couldn’t explain how she felt when she connected with a senior client of hers so she took a few moments and wrote ...
Four Financial Questions You Need To Ask Your Aging Parents
When Ameriprise released Money Across Generations II, a cross-generational survey of economic perceptions in 2012, the study revealed that only 28 percent of boomers’ parents say they regularly discuss money and finances with their family, ...
Who’s Your Home Care Quarterback
We aren’t talking about Tom Brady or Nick Foles – but we are using the upcoming Super Bowl as a senior care metaphor (we have to; it is in our home state). Picture the quarterbacks ...
Senior’s Take Note: Faced With a Myriad of Health Issues, Jonathan Unlocks the ‘Key’ that Changes Everything
Music was Jonathan Weinhold’s passion. When his wife, Mary, passed away seven years ago, he lost his inspiration to play the piano and for years, the music sat there untouched. Since then his health has ...
The Senior Signs After Thanksgiving – What They Aren’t Telling You
You expected the turkey leftovers, endless dirty plates, messy house, endless laughter, and talks of who is hosting the next holiday. What you didn’t expect – how hard it was for Mom to hear and ...
Including Seniors At Your Thanksgiving Table Is Proven to Be Good for Their Health
I remember being a young girl at Thanksgiving – the smells coming from the kitchen of the turkey baking in the oven, the pie crust being rolled onto the counters covering everything in sight with ...
Top 3 Reasons Seniors Should Learn More About Proactive Rehab to Live Independently at Home
Every senior wants to live as independently as possible for as long as possible at home (or wherever we call home). Unfortunately, most rehabilitation services such as physical, occupational, or speech therapy only kick in ...
Success After Stroke: From ICU to Lattes In Just Four Months…
Every 40 seconds, someone is thrust without any warning into the unchartered territory of caring for a loved one who has just experienced a stroke – the daunting, vulnerable feeling of what do I do ...
Bridging Home Health and Private-Pay: Enabling Seniors To Remain Healthy and Independent Longer
Angela Nelson, RN, Lifesprk Director of Life Care and a Life Care Manager (LCM) knows how seniors quickly become deconditioned after even just one health crisis, never mind several that send them in and out ...
End Alzheimer’s One Step At A Time
Alzheimer’s makes the list of the top 10 leading causes of death and the only one in America that cannot be prevented, cured or slowed. But that doesn’t mean the 1 in 3 seniors affected ...
