This is a very touching short film on dementia produced by award-winning Chinese filmmakers and worthy of your time. Dementia can and does tear at the family fabric causing strife, guilt and anger. Learning how to recognize and cope with its effects is critical.
Archive for the ‘Dealing with Aging Parents’ Category
Going Home…a Family at a Crossroads
Posted in Dealing with Aging Parents, Uncategorized, tagged coping with dementia, Dementia, senior care, senior medical issues on December 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Coping with Holiday Stress
Posted in Dealing with Aging Parents, Sandwich Generation, tagged Dealing with Aging Parents, family meetings, helping others, holiday stress, senior care, stress, visiting angel on December 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
By Jeffery Johnson We all know that the Holidays are times of family gatherings and much merriment. However, there is a considerable amount of stress for many people around the holiday time. For example, relationships in families can be heightened so that already existing stressful situations can flair up and become quite nasty. Or, [...]
Is Your Loved One a Hoarder?
Posted in Dealing with Aging Parents, Elder Care, Long Distance Caregiving, Sandwich Generation, tagged coping with dementia, Dementia, family meetings, Hoarding, Sandwich Generation, senior care, senior health issues, senior medical issues, Visiting Angels Phoenix on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Jeffery Johnson… It happens more often than we even acknowledge: we walk into a potential care recipient’s home, review the areas that our caregiver will be working, and see that there are piles of books, newspapers, and bills everywhere . . . Yet, we assume that this care recipient just needs one of our [...]
Pump Up Your Brain!
Posted in Dealing with Aging Parents, Uncategorized, tagged angel, brain power, caregiver, coping with dementia, Dealing with Aging Parents, Dementia, exercises for the brain, senior care, senior exercises, senior medical issues on December 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Brain Power from Jeffrey Johnson For most of my 59 years in this world, it was acknowledged that as we aged, so did our brain: it became slower, could not remember as well as it once did, and that after our twenties, we would begin losing brain cells that could never be replaced. Aging was [...]
Give an “Angel” for Christmas!
Posted in Dealing with Aging Parents, Elder Care, Long Distance Caregiving, Uncategorized, tagged angel, caregiver, Dealing with Aging Parents, helping others, Sandwich Generation, transportation for seniors, Visiting Angels Phoenix on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you are looking for a special gift for your aging loved one, why not give them an “Angel”? We are offering special four-hour packages of care at a discounted Christmas rate. The “Angel” service you give your loved one can include: Personal hygiene Light housekeeping Meal preparation Medical reminders And of course great companionship [...]
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.
Tips For The Long Distance Caregiver
Posted in Dealing with Aging Parents, Elder Care, Long Distance Caregiving, Sandwich Generation, tagged caregiver, coping with dementia, Dealing with Aging Parents, helping others, senior care, senior medical issues on October 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
from Jeffrey Johnson In today’s world, the reality of caregiving is that many family members have moved away from their childhood homes, often times more than several hours away. This creates a new level of independence for those that move away, but it can develop a true burden when it comes time to care for [...]
The Sandwich Generation – The Trailer
Posted in Dealing with Aging Parents, Elder Care, Long Distance Caregiving, Sandwich Generation, tagged caregiver, Dealing with Aging Parents, Dementia, financial worries, helping others, senior care, senior medical issues on October 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Sandwich Generation, those caught between their aging parents and young children, includes some 20 million Americans. In this emotionally charged account of family caregiving, filmmaker Julie Winokur and her husband, photojournalist Ed Kashi, expose their personal lives with unflinching candor. Winokur and Kashi uprooted their two children and their business in order to move [...]
