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By Judi May 6th, 2012
Is A Stair Lift An Answer For Aging In Place?
As people age it can sometime be hard to stay in the home that they love, especially if they are experiencing mobility problems. My mother had severe osteoporosis which caused her spine to be curved and affected her balance . One hip was higher than the other which caused her a lot of difficulty.
In the home that she shared with Bernie, the washing machine and dryer was located in the basement. We worried about mom navigating down the steep stairs to do the laundry. A fall down those stairs could have been tragic. In the end it was the fall from her bed, not down the stairs, that removed her permanently from the home she loved.
Navigating stairs is a common roadblock to …
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By Bill May 3rd, 2012
Victims?
Herewith some caregiving issues that bug me. They aren’t in any order; I put them down as they come to me. Not enough sleep this week, so it is time to complain.
Taking seniors from their homes. Caregivers often become concerned, even afraid about their elderly parent living alone. The aging parent may have health problems, some memory problems, and just do not seem to cope as well as they used to. Their children decide to move their loved one to assisted living, a nursing home, or in with one of them. This may or may not come after consulting with the elder. Well, of course they aren’t living like they used to; they’re old. The wish of the aging parent has to be paramount. We are talking about people who have …
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By Carol April 24th, 2012
“The only way I am leaving this house is in a body bag,” asserted one of our new friends, a founder of the Denver virtual village now known as A Little Help. Along with Bill and me and 90% of those responding to a recent AARP survey, she prefers to age in place in her home rather than contemplate a move to a senior care community.
On the other hand, younger family members can become concerned about this trend which means more elders living alone and unsupervised. Are they safe? Are they happy? Are we doing enough for them?
The tension between these two viewpoints has given rise to many technological innovations designed to monitor an elder’s safety and daily activity from afar. These range from simple panic buttons that summon help in case …
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By Carol April 3rd, 2012
Many years ago our wonderful accountant Darv gave us the magic number. He suggested that we needed to step up our savings in order to have $500,000 put away to support us during our retirement years. Since at that moment our combined IRA’s and 401(k)’s totaled only a very small fraction of that amount, we were quite sure we would never manage to save such a vast amount.
Over the years we have revisited the idea of the magic number often, looking here and there for the elusive path to achieving financial security in retirement. We have filled out on-line retirement planners, gathered financial data together to calculate our net worth, and engaged the help of several financial planners. The experts all seemed glad to see us come in their office door. In the …
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By Carol February 21st, 2012
Informal group living is a trend in housing for seniors who don’t want to move to industrial senior care where they may be locked out of the main dining room if they become disabled. If you don’t believe you could get locked out of the dining room at a nice senior community where you might have paid $600,000 for the privilege of paying more in high monthly rents and fees, check out this post at the New York Times New Old Age blog.
Students at Columbia University School of Journalism explore the option of taking a roommate in this video.
My House, Our Home from Our Future Selves on Vimeo. Social Bookmarking
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