Housing

How Hiring a Handyman Can Help Your Elderly Parents

Years ago, I saw a van whose driver was letting teenagers off in front of the local high school, where I was doing the...

Is Your Parent Safe in his Assisted Living or Nursing Home?

Safety is one of several reasons people decide that elders with chronic health problems are better off in assisted living or nursing homes than...

Choosing Senior Housing and Care Based on Your Parent’s Needs

As our population ages and more of our national focus is on senior care, we can find ourselves in a muddle over confusing choices....

Specialized Moving Services Ease Transitions to Senior Living Communities

When an elderly parent transitions from their home to assisted living, independent living, a nursing home or a relative’s home, it can be a...

Should Your Elderly Loved One Move in With You?

Decades ago, it was fairly common to have grandparents living with family and it often worked well. It did for my family. My parents...

Is the Nursing Home Overmedicating Your Elderly Loved One?

In the days before nursing homes became so highly regulated, many facilities used medications to sedate patients. Elders who were cooperative and slept a...

When a Person with Dementia Says, ‘I Just Want to Go Home’

Note: This is an older article that’s still valid, so I’m running it. However, dementia experts keep learning, and the thinking now is that...

The Emotional Toll of Moving Your Elderly Parent to Senior Living

Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home. For most of us, the feeling is less about how large or fancy a...

Thanksgiving: Gratitude Is Possible Even During Tough Times

Dear Carol: As Thanksgiving approaches, I’m struggling because my husband of 53 years can no longer reliably recognize who I am. After several years...