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By Judi October 9th, 2011
As our generation ages most of us will be confronted with the same issue-how do we help our aging parents make the transition from independent living to some form of living assistance? There are many resources to help adult children caregivers with these concerns. One of those resources is a Senior Move Manager.
Mary Kay Buysse is an aging services professional who is currently serving as the Executive Director at the National Association of Senior Move Managers (NASMM). NASMM is a 501(c)(6), non-profit, professional association of organizations dedicated to assisting older adults and families with the physical and emotional demands of downsizing, relocating, or modifying their homes.
Mary Kay is also a member and contributing author at Parentgiving.com‘s Ask An Expert forum. I came across her thoughtful answer to this question from one …
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By Carol October 4th, 2011
I am excited to realize that we have been publishing Inside Aging Parent Care for a year and a half now. In celebration of this most recent anniversary, here is our very first post:
For many of us, it begins with a phone call. In our case, the call came from my 89 year old father late in the spring of 2008. He had been released from Waterman Hospital after his third bout with pneumonia a few weeks earlier. “I’ve been thinking,” he said, “why am I here when you are there?”
We had often encouraged Dad to consider moving from his home at an assisted living facility in Central Florida to join us in Denver where Bill and I have lived for the past twenty years. Up until now he had always resisted …
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By Carol September 18th, 2011
The folks at Online Degree love to research. Recently their top staff writer Anna Miller contacted us with some research they have done on well known Alzheimer’s disease patients. We thought we’d share it with you. My skills are not advanced enough to correct some of the formatting problems resulting from my copy and paste approach, but if you want to see the original work, click the following link:
10 Famous People Who Battled Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease is a tragic condition that steals the mental abilities of its victims, keeping them from recognizing things and people they once loved and isolating them in their own world. Researchers have been trying to figure out the mysterious disease for years, but so far, there is no cure. More than 5 million Americans have the …
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By Bill August 25th, 2011
Electrocardiogram
Today was to be surgery day for Steve, Carol’s son and my stepson. No food since Midnight for surgery scheduled for 3:30 pm. He gets to Pre-OP with his father (Carol and I are still working on the recovery from her surgery). The medicos do their checks, and Steve is having some atrial fibrillation. So, move from Pre-Op to the ER. No surgery today. It looks at this point that the fibrillation is probably stress-related, but no one is saying for sure. More doctors, more tests, and maybe surgery Monday.
The first time Steve went in for surgery it was cancelled because his blood pressure was too high. Months ensued before he could have the surgery. Overall however, he’s doing great and we hope this is just another bump in what is turning …
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By Bill August 17th, 2011
Boring
As I wrote last week, I am doing a stint as caregiver. Carol had surgery. She is doing fine, some pain, tired a lot, can’t do much lifting. I do the work and keep an eye on her. I cook, clean, wash dishes (the dishwasher is in the chair), get the icepacks, bring water, fill water bottles, go to the pharmacy, the library, talk to doctors, nurses, insurance people, hospital people, the usual drill. There are periods of activity, and significant periods of monitoring or just being available.
I love Carol desperately but caring for her when she is laid up is: Boring. Routine. Same thing over and over. Repetitive. Menial. Did I say boring? Strangely, I don’t think we have discussed this before. I guess we were too bored. Late next …
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