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Can Cannabis Help Manage Dementia-Related Agitation?
Combative and agitated behavior in people with dementia is not rare. Managing this behavior is difficult. Research is limited but cannabis may be of help. We need more research to inform us. Anti-psychotics now used have negative effects.
How America Has Failed Our Aging Parents In This Pandemic
The pandemic first appeared in a nursing home with 37 deaths in a month. We have failed to protect our elders but we can give them priority with the vaccine and we must do so.
Dealing With Frustration: You Can’t Visit Your Aging Parents
You can’t visit your aging parent in a hospital or care facility at present, but you can use other ways to stay in frequent contact. Try these.
Common Sense Ways To Protect Aging Parents From Coronavirus And Still Keep Them Engaged
Self isolation or quarantine can cut an elder off from all that is enjoyable. Adult children can help them prepare, stay safe and avoid complete isolation with digital connections.
An Innovative Way You Can Help Visually Impaired Aging Parents
The app, Be My Eyes, can be a new help for those with visual impairment. Millions of volunteers are ready to help the blind with an innovative app that connects a sighted person with one needing help finding something or seeing something, using the cam…
Can Medical Marijuana Help Aging Parents With Dementia?
Previously demonized, medical marijuana use in aging persons has proven to be helpful. Studies show that it can reduce behavior problems in elders with severe dementia. The World Health Organization urges reclassifying it, from harmful to helpful.
Retirement Age And Beyond: Are We Overmedicated And Undertrained?
Take some inspiration from Ann Kahl, fitness guru and athlete at 87. When we’re at retirement age, we need to keep moving and make good lifestyle choices to avoid multiple medications and chronic diseases. It can be done.
Outrage: Taking Away Rights From Vulnerable Nursing Home Residents
In a horrible destruction of nursing home residents’ rights, the Feds have destroyed the basic legal privilege of taking a claim in a nursing home to court. Forcing secret arbitrations on these elders and disabled is a travesty. Government regulations …
Why Won’t Your Stubborn Aging Parent Go To A Seniors’ Community?
Aging parents are often reluctant to give up living alone and go to seniors’ communities out of fear of loss of independence. You can’t force a competent elder to move. Gentle persuasion and patience can help. Showing them around can prepare them for a…
One Thing Your Financial Advisor Can’t Tell You About Retirement
Retirement advice about preserving assets and income falls short in helping you fully plan. Attending daily to healthy aging is a large component of a happy retirement and we all need an active role in this. Keeping moving, even if in small ways is key.
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