The Untenable Promise
Older adults fear nursing homes more than death itself. Those of us waiting to be old fear it right along with them. When asked to promise to never to put an aging parent in a nursing, we do not hesitate.…
Transitional Care Mind Map
Moving an aging parent back home from institutional care is complicated and stressful. For a successful transition, families need a better way to understand the scope, moving parts, and planning steps. This integrative big picture allows them to assess their…
Wishes
Aging is like a zoom lens. The longer we hang around, the clearer we see what matters. We also see what was worth a second look or might be included in a second chance. Anne Porter’s poem “Five Wishes” is…
The Young Old Decade: Just Enough Left To Make A Difference
“Just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in…”
Kenny Rogers, The First Edition
Spanning ages 65-74, young old is the first of four gradations of being old and serves as a transition zone in which the psychological…
The End of Life Dilemma
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The question of how much care at the end of life is a dilemma with no easy answers. Ultimately, it is best approached by understanding the patient’s perspective within the context of his or her family:
What does the patient…
Face-to-Face Trumps Emails and Phone Calls
“In a slight knock on digital and telephone communications, a new study points to the unsurpassed mental health benefits of regular face-to-face social interactions among older adults. Study participants who regularly met in person with family and friends were less…
Art Therapy and Alzheimer’s Disease
Yes, there is loss, painful, progressive loss. But what remains in Alzheimer’s disease? That is the critical question that this blog post explores. In this case, art turns out to be the residual miracle…
An Unexpected Legacy: Art Therapy Breakthroughs…
Some Boomers Can’t Wait For The Money
While this disturbing article is about greedy Boomers in England, a subset of Boomers in the U.S. are equally as determined to tap into the inheritance windfall by any means possible…
The Great Baby Boomer Inheritance Grab
The number of…
Navigational Thinking and Being Older
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We see things not as they are, but as we are…H.M. Tomlinson
Navigational Thinking is an effective strategy for recalibrating perspective. It offers aging adults a process to create a more useful attitude about being older.
Navigational thinking mimics the…
Losing Patience on All Sides
The tug of war between adult children and aging parents comes down to control. This article is based on an interview I gave the publication on my perspective regarding this generational power struggle…
When Seniors Try the Patience of their…