Archive for the ‘Aging Parents’ Category

Caregiver Blogs? Please Send Your Best Posts. Postive Points and Pleasing Humor

I want to feature caregiver blogs for a few days. Why? Because not only am I a care giver but many, sooo many baby boomers are providing care for a loved one. Many are doing inhome care,  site visits, or doing what they can long distance.
It can provide a strain, both  emotionally and physically on [...]

Dear Baby Boomer, What Are the Commericals in Your Personal Soap Opera?

This week I realized that all of life is one big Soap Opera. I than began to thank God for the commericials. I am talking about those short pauses that occur to give us peace, happiness or special excitment in the midst of the dramas. For example, something simple like reading a good book while [...]

Special Home Care Report For New Jersey and Penn

Before I left Twitter I saw another cool piece of information on home care. So here is a special report on home care with a focus on New Jersey and Penn.
Special Thanks to new Twitter follow just today!

“Forty-Something” Man Moves into Assisted Living Community

Local publisher strives to inspire adult children to be more aware of the experiences their aging parents have in transition.
Vienna, Va. – Steve Gurney is 43 years old, exactly half the national average age of residents living in assisted living communities. On Feb. 9, Gurney will experience first hand what it is like to move [...]

Grandchildren Can Help With Caregiving-A Simple, Yet Powerful, Technical Task

Our grandchildren can help us with a really simple and technical task that can help any of us doing caregiving. What is it you are wondering? Well, if your grandchildren have an Ipod, Itouch or IPhone ask them to import your written list of medicines into your Ipod, Itouch or IPhone if you don’t know [...]

Being A Caregiver-Pt 2

  Special Thanks once again to Greg Brown and James Armstrong, from Now What Jobs for this article. Many of us are attempting to deal with this new role in our boomer years.
Following is part two of an interview with Phyllis Slater, owner of Slater Solutions LLC. Ms. Slater has devoted years to providing coaching [...]

Becoming A Caregiver

As baby boomers many of us are care givers for family members. This is an insightful article from James O. Armstrong.
Following is part one of an interview with Phyllis Slater, owner of Slater Solutions LLC.  Ms. Slater has devoted years to providing coaching and concierge services to the working caregiver and aging parent.  Visit Phyllis [...]

Aging Parents? Baby Boomer? Can You Relate?

Many Baby Boomers are faced with caring for aging parents. If you have something you want to share I invite you to be a guest author or blogger on this site. Today let’s hear the insights of James Armstrong.
Also, you can hear the interview I did with him a while back.
In Your Next Chapter, Caring for [...]