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Aging Parents Blog
The Aging Parents Blog, published by Aging Parents, focuses on the complex challenges faced by families caring for elderly relatives. It covers topics such as legal authority and decision-making for aging parents, managing family conflicts, healthcare and safety concerns including dementia and hearing loss, financial and elder law issues, and strategies for effective communication with resistant elders. The blog also addresses practical aspects of aging in place versus assisted living, crisis intervention, and emotional support for caregivers. It combines legal, healthcare, and psychological perspectives to provide guidance on navigating elder care and family dynamics.
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Know This: Your Aging Parent Living At A Distance May Be At Risk
By Mikol Davis
American families are often scattered across the country. Kids grow up, find
opportunities they like in other places and move away. The parents may stay
put, happy to remain where they’ve lived most of their lives. Then aging
happens. And…
Fat To Fit: An 81 Year Old Tells Us How She Lost Over 100 Pounds
She was a heavy smoking, alcoholic, obese woman who reached her first breaking point 40 years ago. After DeEtte Sauer’s friend drank himself to death, she woke up to her own alcohol dependency. She resolved to stop drinking, joined Alcoholics…
Alzheimer’s Disease And Medication Myths
By Mikol Davis
The FDA has approved various medications in hopes of providing anything that can truly change the course of Alzheimer’s disease. But medications have failed to do so. No medication so far stops the disease nor cures it. One consistent finding…
Deadly Heat And The Danger To Aging Parents With Memory Loss
By Mikol Davis
This is the hottest summer ever, news reports tell us. We stay inside, we use air conditioning, we hydrate well. But some aging parents who live alone or with only part time help at home are at particular risk. It’s…
Spotting Fraudulent Medicare Billing—Worth Billions Every Year
By Mikol Davis
According to the Federal Trade Commission, Medicare fraud costs taxpayers $60 billion a year. Fraudsters get away with it because most of the time, no one is stopping them. Here’s a real case, in which I personally spotted the…
Amazing! The Unstoppable Elder With A Chronic Disabling Condition
By Mikol Davis
Imagine having multiple sclerosis and being in a wheelchair for 25 years. That was Eleanor, in Tennessee, feeling trapped. When her neurologist told her she would never improve, she refused to accept this pronouncement. She had a quality of defiance.…
Will Artificial Intelligence Help Or Hurt Our Aging Parents?
By Mikol Davis
Artificial intelligence is advancing so rapidly, it can be hard to speculate about its effects on elders. What we can see is that applied to healthcare, it could be very positive. For older adults with multiple chronic conditions, there are…
Ageism In Healthcare-The Problem Aging Parents Face
By Mikol Davis
We hear of ageism in the workplace. Older workers are laid off and when they seek new jobs, they are discriminated against in favor of younger, cheaper, less experienced workers.
We hear of ageism in the media where elders are…
Your Aging Parent And The Loneliness Pandemic
Our government is currently focusing on the mental health of elders, particularly the loneliness they experience. For those with aging loved ones, pandemic related social isolation exacerbated what was already an underlying problem. Many elders do not have consistent, meaningful…