David Solie's blog Archives - Aging, caregiving and the journey through the second half of life

Veiller Sur Mes Parents

October 9, 2019

Veiller Sur Mes Parents (Watch Over My Parents) is an innovative program in France that uses mail carriers to keep an eye on older adults as well as providing friendship to those who live alone. Here’s how they do it:…

Download link for complimentary PDF copy of “Sixty is the New Sixty”

September 5, 2019

This blog post is about the journey we take from middle age to old age. While I realize that most of us all are fearful of this unavoidable transition to being old, I can assure you not understanding the underlying…

Sixty is the new sixty…

September 4, 2019

One of the new mantras of aging in the twenty-first century is the refrain “sixty is the new forty.” Maybe. Good health and an impressive array of lifestyle options certainly make many of today’s sixty year olds look different compared…

The One Thing We Possess Equally

September 2, 2019

According to the teachers, there is only one thing that all people possess equally. This is their loneliness. —Hyemeyohsts Storm The age wave brings with it red flag warnings about the increased threat of loneliness for older adults. Technology cannot…

Clinical Frailty Scale and Timed Up & Go

September 1, 2019

TUG and CFA are two important tools that help clinicians and laypersons alike assess frailty in older adults. Frailty status impacts the type and degree of healthcare, support services and living accommodations, Below are links to each assessment tool…

These Are My Favorite Life Review Questions…

August 30, 2019

Life Review: The Questions That Call You Back Life review is all about the questions that call you back to plot points that wait for you to catch the meaning you missed the last time you circled their story. Questions…

Self-Screening Questions for Early Identification of Frailty

August 29, 2019

l Once established, frailty is resistant to interventions intended to slow or even reverse its progression. The best way to overcome this dilemma is to identify the “pre-frailty” phase of the frailty syndrome, which has a better track record for…

Complimentary PDF Copy of The Most Important Question Adult Children Should Be Asking Themselves About Caregiving

August 23, 2019

Receive a complimentary PDF copy of this blog post to share with clients, colleagues and family members who are involved with caregiving responsibilities for aging parents. I have that this blog deeply resonates with what caregivers are experiencing and offers…

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

August 13, 2019

(This blog was originally posted in 2017) The drama of our aging parents takes place in an emotional landscape, an environment that can overwhelm us without warning or apparent logic. We seem to be bobbing corks on an angry ocean…

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