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If you have been asked to be a healthcare proxy or circumstances force you into the role, it means that you are trusted  to make important medical decisions on behalf of someone in your life.  Your role comes into play in the event that they become unable to...

When you find yourself in a position to be responsible for a senior in your family, the job can take on many definitions.  You may find yourself to be a nurse and nurturer, health aide or house cleaner.  Add money manager, scheduler and nurturer and the job becomes...

Most in-home care is delivered in four to eight-hour shifts.  And, for most seniors this is enough to get them through the day with their essential needs well taken care of. Others need more help.  Not only for the patients, but the families who love them.  Being a...

Are you repeating points your senior loved one missed hearing the first time? Are you finding the need to turn the TV up louder for him or her? Are they talking more loudly? Hearing loss in seniors is not uncommon.  Nearly 38 million Americans experience hearing loss...

While nobody likes to think about dying, it is ultimately hard to prevent. Even non-death but incapacitating events require some thought to avoid things not going the way you prefer when others make decisions for you. Here is a checklist of things you can do to give...

A bill has been proposed that will reduce the delay in Medicare approval of products and procedures that have not gone through the full FDA approval process.  Many seniors who could benefit and are willing to take the additional risks on not-fully-vetted products and...

The day may come when your primary care physician retires or moves for one reason or another. Finding a new doctor can be easier said than done. And, you need to “train” him or her as to your specific needs and preferences.  Certainly, your new doctor will have your...

For those who have full faculties, having a logical conversation with someone with Alzheimer’s disease can be frustrating, if not impossible.  It is very tempting to remember those who suffer from this aliment as he or she was years ago – or maybe even fairly...

Recent studies have revealed that certain proteins in your blood can be predictors of diseases years down the road.  The blood test called SOBA (Soluble Oligomer Binding Assay) can detect toxic oligomers in blood of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, Type 2 Diabetes...

The phrase “Dying of a broken heart” sounds like a storybook line.  But could it be real? Perhaps one of the most public examples of this occurred in 2016 when Debbie Reynolds followed her daughter, Carrie Fisher in death within two days.  In fact, there are few...