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Finding A New Primary Care Physician Mind Map

May 7, 2019

Sometimes you need to change doctors, but where to begin? The short answer is with yourself. You need a primary care physician who is qualified, has a “always ready to help” office staff and most important “gets you.” This is…

PDF Copy of “Sooner or Later It’s Going To Be Your Turn” Booklet

February 5, 2019

This booklet contain 19 different scenarios that adult children may experience when it’s their turn to be caregivers for their aging parents. It previews the complexity and uncertainty that dominates this demanding role. It also serves as a reminder that…

For Exhausted Caregivers…

January 24, 2019

This wonderful poem by John O’Donohue speaks to the world of caregivers who can quickly lose their mooring and are looking for language, strategies and rituals to help them recover from these unavoidable forays into in “empty time.” For One…

If you have read “How To Say It To Seniors”…

November 25, 2018

If you have read my book, How To Say It To Seniors“ and are willing to post a short review of it on Amazon, I will email you a complimentary copy of Caregiver Mind Maps: New Tools for Eldercare. Here’s…

David Solie’s Complimentary Booklets for Caregivers

September 25, 2018

So far, I have created five (5) booklets for caregivers and their families. I have two more in the works. All five are complimentary, available in a PDF format and can be ordered using the form below. Here is a…

Another Caregiver Dilemma: Aging Parent Kicked Out Of Assisted Living Residence

September 20, 2018

Fact: Caregiving dilemmas beget new caregiving dilemmas. Just when you have succeeded in placing an aging parent in an assisted living residence and things are working out, a change in “health status” suddenly disqualifies him or her from staying there. …

Healthy Eighty-Something Parents Don’t Want To Talk About It

August 27, 2018

Of course the “it” is about moving at some point out of their home. The adult children want to get a head star at investigation senior living options with their parents before new accommodations are actually needed, But attempts to…

Sorting Out Aging Parent’s Situations and Issues: Start With A Graphic Overview of “All The Moving Parts”

August 20, 2018

In our work with older adults and their families, we find that a graphic overview (aka mind map)of the “moving parts” of their situation or issue helps everyone better understand its context as well as possible steps that could be…

New PDF Booklet: Caregiver Decision Fatigue

July 27, 2018

This “must read” article for caregivers outlines the synergistic complexity and uncertainty that dilemmas and family systems interject into all aspects of a caring for aging parents. As important, the article offers practical strategies caregivers can readily adopt to better…

All Caregivers Need A “Nutritious Friend”

June 10, 2018

Definition: Nutritious Friend 1. They are always happy to see you. 2. They always want to know what’s happening in your life. 3. They have no plans to “change” of “fix” you, ever. If you have a nutritious friend in…