Elder Care ABC

by Joy Loverde If you don’t make good use of your time when you are gathered together as family during this holiday season, you will never ever get that kind of quality time to make plans for the future with your aging parents. In the eldercare world, change happens quickly. If you choose to say [...]

By Mary Jane Stern Now Legal To Buy Canada Prescription Drugs Cautiously Wow great new from the US Senate.  They passed a bill making it legal to purchase prescription drugs from Canada over the Internet here in the USA. Extra Eldercare Help for Prescription Drugs The Medicare Prescription Drug program gives you a choice of [...]

by Diane Carbo Combing crafts for the elderly, as a family project, can create fun gift ideas for senior citizens. Developing an ongoing family project will allow the aging senior to experience a new activity and relieve boredom and stress. Spending time with your aging senior is probably the most precious gift you can give [...]

by Barry Lycka Geriatric care or the care for the elderly and infirm in hospitals and other health care facilities has certainly gone a long way. Equipped with the latest machineries that money could buy, these establishments are sometimes housing more then 20 elderly patients at any given time. With the projection that the elderly [...]

by Mary Beth Sammons Caregiving Is Eternal This morning, I went for the 5 a.m. run with my group of girlfriends who have become my lifeline and support crew during the last several years caregiving, supportwhen I have been called on to care for my mother and father. Senior Redefines “Care” in Eldercare From 4:30 [...]

by Joy Loverde Now you’ve done it. You waited until the last minute to think about getting your aging parents a gift for the holidays. Plus, on top of everything else, money is tight (always!).  Take a look at “Heart and Soul Gift Giving Part 1” and see if you get any good ideas from [...]

Welcome to the December 9, 2009 edition of EldercareABC Blog  Carnival. Kaye Swain presents Twitter Tuesday Resources Including: Dementia Care, Senior Home Care, Recalls for Grandkid Products… posted at SandwichINK.com, saying, “Twitter is a great resource for senior home care givers, including those providing dementia care…” This week Eldergadget.com announced: ElderGadget introduces a new ongoing [...]

by Joy Loverde Last time I shared my gift-giving strategy for the elderly people in my life.  I shared that I like to honor them with the kinds of gifts that touch their hearts and souls, and give them something that leaves lasting impressions of the love I have for them. My goal is to [...]