Family members may notice their loved one’s eating patterns or interest in cooking wanes over time. In many cases, these changes are simply attributed to age. However, it may be worth closer investigation, especially if your loved one is not around family members for meals on a regular basis. These changes may signal bigger problems such as memory issues, confusion or depression.
ElderCarelink Blog
Time to eat: An older adult’s nutrition is vital
by Kathryn Kilpatrick, M.A. CCC/SLPAugust 4th, 2011 at 1:43 pm
Full circle: The caregiver in my family
by Judy KirkwoodJune 7th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
In our family of three sisters, the caregiver for my parents was–by default–my formerly wild younger sister, since she never left our hometown and my older sister and I had moved away after college. In fact, my sister stayed so close to home that the house where she took care of our mother was kitty corner from the house our family lived in when she was born. Looking out the picture window, I could see the porch where we posed when my mother came home from the hospital holding my baby sister. Watching my sister feed and tend to mom, life on Victor Street had come full circle.
Personal medical alarms: older technology but effective for many
by Carol Bradley Bursack, Editor-in-ChiefMarch 19th, 2011 at 2:07 am
The variety of technological devices available to monitor seniors and other potentially at risk people is quite amazing. Some of these devices monitor a person’s movements with strategically placed cameras. Other devices rely on sensors placed around the home. For many elders, sensors that send signals marking whether medication is taken on time, or if and when a person uses the bathroom, deliver more oversight than necessary, and cameras can seem even more invasive.
Is a PACE program in your future?
by Sue LanzaMarch 18th, 2011 at 2:07 am
Having coffee with a friend the other day when she mentioned that she disliked the choices for her aunt of assisted living or eventually even a long-term care setting, due to some chronic medical conditions. I asked her if she had ever heard of a PACE program. Like most people, she said, “No, what is that”?
How to deal with wandering behavior
by Sue LanzaMarch 11th, 2011 at 5:14 am
I was having coffee with a friend this week who related a story of a neighbor who was caring her husband with dementia. The neighbor was struggling with a new phase of her husband’s disease where he is constantly trying to “escape” from their home. So many of us are living through this exact scenario but how do we cope?
Carol Bradley Bursack
