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Social Fabric: The Key to Senior’s Quality of Life….

February 8, 2020

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.—Aristotle After completing one of these Social Fabric Mind Maps you can suggest and provide more recreational activities, social outreach, and other ways to provide social support…

Reframe the Connection Between Choices and Preserving Control

January 27, 2020

Practice the art of offering choices for both big and small items. What seems to be a trivial choice to adult children may be significant to aging parents whose choices are dwindling. Reframe the…

Magical Thinking

January 7, 2020

Feeling overwhelmed, aging parents may turn to magical thinking to solve problems. Like denial, it allows them a way to defer the complexity and burden of a problem. Opting to continue unsafe driving, ignoring financial limitations or rejecting help with…

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Reframe the Connection Between Choices and Preserving Control

Magical Thinking

Sample from David Solie’s New Video: Introduction and Chapter One

The Drama of Aging Parents: Trailer for David Solie’s New Video

Veiller Sur Mes Parents

Self-Screening Questions for Early Identification of Frailty

The Most Important Question Adult Children Should Ask Themselves About Caregiving-2

Emotional Rain

Caregiver Self-Worth: Perspective and Practice