What Items Are Kept Under Lock & Key In A Memory Care Community?
You’ve spent years caregiving, you added in home care and then you decided it was time for a memory care...
What’s Love Got To Do With It? Working In Senior Living
I started my career in Senior Living in an Independent Living Community in Springfield,Illinois. Then another community moved me to...
What Happens When Pets Become a Problem?
Pet therapy Dog Walking and Increased Health Pet Attachment and Decreased Loneliness Pet Ownership and Decreased Cardiovascular Disease The Healing...
What Should I Google To Find Senior Living and Care?
Your mom started the conversation about maybe needing some help. Great! Because you’ve been worried about her for months. You’re...
How Can I better Understand Denial in Aging?
You think mom needs more help, your brother disagrees or your dad’s friends tell you they’ve noticed some changes in...
When Getting Around is Getting Hard: What Do Transfers Look Like In Assisted Living?
Your dad suffers from extreme Arthritis and it’s gotten worse as he’s gotten older. You’ve noticed how difficult it is...
What’s Going On With Mom?
It all started at Thanksgiving Dinner. Now you’re used to mom repeating herself a few times and always chalked it...
What is a Respite or Short-Term Stay?
Your mom is caring for your dad. She says she’s doing fine, but you can tell it’s really wearing on...
How Do I Transition Out Of The Caregiver Role?
You’ve been the one your mom called everyday for everything. You gave her a shower once or twice a week,...
Am I A Caregiver?
Are you a caregiver? Not because it’s your trade, not that that you went to school for it, or not...