I am in the middle of exploring all avenues of income generation for one of our clients. She is approaching 90 and is in remarkable health and her mind is still sharp as a tack. She lives in a nice home, almost 2,000 square feet and feels comfortable and safe there even though she lives [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Reverse Mortgages are Changing.
Posted in Boomer Investing, financial worries, tagged Dealing with Aging Parents, family meetings, financial worries, helping others, reverse mortgage, Sandwich Generation, Visiting Angels Phoenix on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What Happens Next?
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is something that I have been thinking about for a long time. In fact, all my life. What happens next on this page is that you will be asked to participate.
Many events happen in our life without us having the opportunity of seeing it coming. Some of these events are positive like an unexpected [...]
Is Sodium a Hidden Problem?
Posted in Dealing with Aging Parents, Elder Care, tagged caregiver, Dealing with Aging Parents, Diet, senior health issues, Visiting Angels Phoenix on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Most of us are pretty darn tired, even to the point of hysterics, at the never-ending onslaught of information and misinformation handed out by the multiple “expert” sources regarding what foods are good for us, which cause cancer, and which prevent any number of diseases. For example, red wine was once thought to be very [...]
Son Kills Dad with Alzheimer’s
Posted in Dealing with Aging Parents, Elder Care, tagged caregiver, coping with dementia, Dealing with Aging Parents, Dementia, senior care, senior medical issues on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a recent AOL News article on the events that led up to a son being charge with the murder of his father. The son was the only caregiver for the Alzheimer’s inflicted father and their relationship was increasingly strained. It doesn’t have a happy ending for anyone but there might be some lessons learned [...]
Ongoing Alzheimer’s Research
Posted in Dealing with Aging Parents, Elder Care, Long Distance Caregiving, tagged caregiver, coping with dementia, Dealing with Aging Parents, Dementia, Sandwich Generation, senior care, senior health issues, senior medical issues, transportation for seniors, Visiting Angels Phoenix on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
According to the National Institute for the Aging and the National Institute of Heath a cure for the debilitating and fatal disease of Alzheimer’s is achievable. This is a short video from HBO Films about new developments in research.
Do you get dizzy?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged angel, caregiver, Dealing with Aging Parents, exercises for seniors, helping others, Sandwich Generation, senior care, senior exercises, senior health issues, senior home care, senior medical issues, Visiting Angels Phoenix on November 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some very simple exercises that you can do to help with the symptoms of vertigo. My mother-in-law suffered from terrible episodes of dizziness and there was more than one occasion where we called the ambulance and had her transported to the hospital. After she was diagnosed with vertigo we found theses exercises. This along [...]
Blueberries as the “Magic Bullet”
Posted in Elder Care, Long Distance Caregiving, Sandwich Generation, Uncategorized, tagged caregiver, Dealing with Aging Parents, Diet, senior health issues, senior home care, senior medical issues, Visiting Angels Phoenix on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How I love to go into Sam’s Club and see those little deep blueberries in a large container. I love to put them in cereal, on ice cream, in pies, in cheese cakes or just pop a handful in my mouth as a snack. I have heard that they are very rich in antioxidants (are there any [...]
