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You found the right assisted care facility but can your parent stay there...
Be very careful when you help your parents move to an assisted living facility because they may be kicked out just when they settled in and think of the place as “home.” Why? Assisted care is just...
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Lessons from cooking
I love to cook and always have. I learned to cook by watching my mom and as a youngster, the hardest part was patience—putting ingredients together correctly and slowly and waiting through the baking...
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When I Grow Up I Want to Be Wise
I asked my 8-year old granddaughter, Sofia, what she thought “wise” meant. Her response: An older person who is smart and makes good decisions. I guess I would say that at age 8 she is wiser than most...
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Judy Zehr Shares Her Journey With Her Mom
Blissful + Kind-Hearted, October 2013 (full version found at http://eepurl.com/GQ8Az) Hello dear ones, Autumn is change; dying back, cooling down, tuning within. Autumn is sky. Autumn is clouds. My Mom...
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Choices for the Future
I find many ideas for blogs while I’m at the airport waiting for my flight. It’s a great place to people watch. Usually I see older adults interacting in ways that inspire me—an older woman helping a...
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Freedom is A Phonebook
As Geriatric Care Managers or GCMs, we deal with some tough, tough challenges: Helping people find a new place to live when they aren’t emotionally ready to move but physically must have more or...
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Aging with a Dog Blog By Susan Cain McCarty I plan to write a few articles about aging with a dog, a topic I’m passionate about since I am aging and have two Boston’s, Chester who is 3 and Bruin, 5...
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Good-by Bailey
Sadly, I am writing this blog about deep loss. This week I said good-by to Bailey, our old yellow lab who lived 16 long years (and a few months). Larger breed dogs often live 10-12 years so we were...
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Tears of all
Today the loss of my father now gone five years slammed into me. It’s the insult of an unexpected burn or a pinched finger in the door. I’m left empty and angry at the pain. As I age, I find there is...
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