How Often Should You Visit After Someone Moves to Memory Care?
Dear Carol: My mom is on a waiting list for memory care and should be able to move in soon. I’m struggling to accept...
Senior housing
Should You Convince Your Aging Parents to Move Closer to You?
As a columnist for a newspaper on the northern plains, I often have readers write me that they are begging their parents to “come...
Documentary: The Thin Edge of Dignity
Documentary titled The Thin Edge of Dignity features Dick Weinman, who has lived in an assisted living facility for decades. He talks about the dehumanizing effect of how many are set up and must operate.
Aging Parents Refuse to Assign POA because They ‘Feel Fine’
Dear Carol: My parents are in their 70s and healthy for their age. I’m the only adult child who lives near them, so it’s...
Time Management Strategies for Caregivers
Note: If I were writing this today, I’d add that some people use apps to help plan. That said, some still find the apps...
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...
How Do I Get Dad Out of His Cluttered, Unsafe Home?
People want to stay in their own homes. You hear it and read about it all the time. And there’s some merit to that....
Making an Assisted Living Apartment Feel Like Home
While change is difficult for people of all ages, deviating from the status quo seems to become even more taxing as we get older...
The Emotional Toll of Moving Your Older Parents 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...
Aging in Place or Assisted Living: It’s About Choices
It’s not hard to understand why 60-year-olds would say that they want to remain in their home for life rather than move to assisted living...
