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Are We Headed For A Workforce Crisis In Elder Care?
By Susan Williams Over the last few weeks I’ve noticed quite a few articles in the media concerning elder care and some of the potential challenges we may face. For example, one was posted in the...
View ArticlePriorities for a First Time Caregiver
By Susan Williams There are approximately 34.2 million Americans and 8.1 million Canadians who are currently caregivers and this number is anticipated to grow. When someone becomes a first time...
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Trending Topics This Week – First Time Caregiver, Fighting Aging, Stages of...
Here’s the topics that were trending this past week for us on Twitter. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook to get daily information and inspiration to live your best Booming Encore! Are You A...
View ArticleThe Value Of Community Centered Living
By Susan Williams All of us would like to age in a comfortable and caring community – but what exactly does that look like? Joe Carella believes he knows what it is. Joe is the Executive Director of...
View ArticleDefending Assisted Living As A Long Term Care Option
By Dr. Stephen Golant Chances are at some point in your life you have been turned off by a discourteous hotel receptionist, an indifferent server at a restaurant, or a poorly trained salesperson at a...
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The Delicate Issue Of Taking Away A Senior’s Smartphone
By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News At first, Dr. Robert Zorowitz thought his 83-year-old mother was confused. She couldn’t remember passwords to accounts on her computer. She would call and say...
View ArticleWhen Caring For A Sick Spouse Shakes A Marriage To The Core
By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health Network For a dozen years, Larry Bocchiere, 68, didn’t find it especially difficult to care for his wife, Deborah, who struggled with breathing problems. But as her...
View ArticleThe Healthcare Promises We Cannot Keep
By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News It was a promise Matt Perrin wasn’t able to keep. “I’ll never take away your independence,” he’d told his mother, Rosemary, then 71, who lived alone on Cape Cod,...
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This Week’s #TweetTalk – Care Homes, Staying Healthy and Robin Williams
By Susan Williams As we all continue to self isolate due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we hope that everyone is staying both healthy and safe. In this week’s Tweet Talk, Author Mike Drak and I talk about a...
View ArticleSigns And Signals That Your Aging Parent Needs Help
By Denise Valerio As a professional care manager and aging life care manager, one of the most common inquiries I receive are from adult children caring for their aging parent; or concerned family...
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