Palliative Care

18 Apr 2018
Anticipatory Grief
Anticipatory Grief and Caregiving Anticipatory grief is part of caregiving for many people. There are many difficult aspects to being a primary caregiver or have a loved one with a degenerative or incurable disease. One, which may not be recognized or addressed enough, is Anticipatory Grief.  We tend to think of grief or grieving only ...
21 Oct 2016
Professionals Helping Older Adults
Medical, Financial and Legal Professionals Professionals who are degreed, licensed, certified and experienced are beneficial to guiding post retirees and elders in maintaining a good quality of life and planning for their future. As we age and get older, more medical personnel beyond our Internist crop up as we seek out more specialists: Cardiologist, Neurologist, ...
09 Sep 2016
Senior Residences’ Choices
Senior Residences -After the “Why “consider the “Where”    Senior Residences  are part of  a big decision  Older Adults and their grown children need to consider when deciding the best place to reside. Most Americans prefer to remain in their own home — for as long as possible. This is very possible for the majority ...
12 Oct 2015
Caregiving and Grief
 Grief is often felt by Spousal Caregivers when loved one is still with us All people react to illness, caregiving, grief and loss in very individual ways. Even when circumstances are similar, and an ending comes into focus, each person in the family and those people all around them, will experience grief differently and act ...
01 Jul 2015
Aging Misconceptions – What We Think We Know
Aging Misconceptions: Myth or Fact? Seniors and Boomers test your knowledge about Aging and Aging Misconceptions.  Read these statements and decide which are true and which are false. *Most Elderly Americans live in Nursing Homes (5% or less) *My family don’t call me, they must not love me” (Email & Texts are used) *A Will ...
17 Apr 2015
Terminology to Know as a Caregiver
Caregiver Terminology – Talk the Talk    Caregiver terminology, a language of its own. Until you enter the “Health Care Zone” you may have heard some of these terms, or not. Once in this zone, meaning you or a loved one has either reached older age, experienced an injury or  been diagnosed with some type ...
12 Dec 2014
When is Palliative Care the Right Choice?
    According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, Palliative is defined as:  medical: something that reduces the effects or symptoms of a medical condition without curing it – Palliative care is too often called later rather than sooner. It is not necessarily Hospice care, it may involve Hospice later, but it is a separate approach which is best used earlier on ...