Seniors For Living

A trip to the grocery store minus my coupons made choosing a toothpaste feel like entering a maze. There must have been 300 different kinds on the shelves. Without that coupon, I had to guess which one I use. Do we ...

There’s lots of talk about the sandwich generation, the (mostly) boomers and middle-aged adults who are caring for their aging parent(s), children, and grandchildren all at once. It’s a hot topic, life as a sandwich generation-er, and ...

Today’s earlier post spoke to the complex tasks that many families are tackling themselves to avoid care in assisted living or nursing homes (read it here). From administering medications to operating oxygen tanks to providing incontinence care, families are ...

As baseball season comes to a close, here's a delightful story from a few weeks ago, about Mary Frances Veeck, 91, and her dear friend Wyonella Smith, also 91. The two women, whose five-decade friendship was built on the careers and subsequent ...

Quality of life is not something that is easily put into words, but we certainly know when we don’t have the quality of life we want, or when someone else’s quality of life is not what it should ...

Taking the car keys away: it’s the moment every family caregiver and senior driver dreads, along with making a decision about an assisted living move, or a discussion about end-of-life wishes.

In some rare cases, family members are in ...

TEDMED is an extension of the well-known TED site, where you can listen to TED Talks and engage in a number of ways (via their conversations, initiatives, events and more) around “ideas worth spreading.” One of their national conferences, TEDMED2013, ...

White lies. Little fibs. In caregiving for a senior relative or your parents, you may have told a few.

The Ethics of Geriatric Fiblets, a recent article on the Moving Mavins blog, tackled the issue head-on, offering three common scenarios ...

Coming soon to a theatre near you: Robot & Frank. Coming soon to a hospital or assisted living community near you (and maybe even your own home)? Caregiving robots.

LeadingAge covered the release of this new and somewhat controversial movie ...

As a little girl, I remember tuning in to soap operas on the small red television in my grandparents’ guest room. I was probably about 7 or 8 years old, and I would lock the door so the grown-ups (or my younger ...