Entries from 2019-04-01 to 1 month

The Better Way to Help Aging Parents with Medical Decisions

One of the biggest issues that people seem to have with aging parents is how to handle medical decisions. For many children of older adults, it just makes sense for them to make the decisions. Parents, after all, can sometimes be difficult…

Health Over 55 – The Fear of Aging

As people get older, they tend to live in a mindset that they are never going to ‘get old’ like their parents before them did. However, this mindset is usually developed by a fear of aging, which is being instilled in many people thanks to…

Companionship: Building Relationships in Retirement

Meeting new people isn’t easy at any stage in your life. However, when you’re dealing with something like retirement, where most people have already completed their social circles, it can be even more difficult to find new friends and comp…

How to know when a parent needs more care

Deciding whether it's time for elder relatives to make new living arrangements takes the keen observation and the subtle questioning of a Sherlock Holmes, says Susan Fleischer, president of the National Association of Professional Geriatri…