Creating a Path to Wisdom
We can’t deny that aging can be challenging. Those living into oldest-old years may experience tremendous loss: of family and friends through death; of independence as they become limited through...
View ArticleChanging The Discussion From “Age As Loss” to “Aging With Gifts”
Aging into “older” years is often feared and imagined as a sad time primarily marked by losses. The losses begin slowly—for most in their late 40’s: The graying and loss of hair and development of...
View ArticleEnjoying the Gifts of Aging
In our last blog, we wrote about the challenges of aging that can include significant loss but also comes with important gifts. In this blog, we explore how to find those gifts through reflection....
View ArticleTen Minutes
Tired from a turn-around trip that began with a 6:15 am flight out of Portland, I waited at San Jose Terminal B, gate 23 for my return flight on Southwest. I had spend much of the past week preparing...
View ArticleGrasshoppers Took the Sunshine Away
While visiting my 87-year old Uncle and going through boxes of old pictures, we came across a letter that my Great Uncle Adolph dictated to his daughter, my mother’s niece. The letter spoke of their...
View Article5 Ways to Shake Up a Caregiving Rut
Are you feeling exhausted, stressed out, guilty or plain fed-up about caring for an elder? Often when a caregiver is frustrated, so is the elder. Stop doing what you are doing that isn’t working and...
View ArticleTRIPS, POPCORN AND MOVIES FOR PARENTS!
When I began looking at assisted living homes for my 92-year old dad, I found some amazing places offering game rooms, ice-cream parlors, all-day popcorn machines, opportunities for group trips to...
View ArticleAt Disneyland with Tonsillitis
Unable to sleep at night, anxious with anticipation, I was days away from my first trip to Disneyland at age 8. Then, a day prior, I woke up with tonsillitis. I didn’t tell my parents because I wasn’t...
View ArticleYou 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...
View ArticleLessons 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...
View ArticleWhen 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...
View ArticleJudy 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...
View ArticleChoices 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...
View ArticleFreedom 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...
View ArticleGood-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...
View ArticleTears 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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