Elder Care ABC

By Joy Loverde Part One, “What Joy Loverde Wants You to Know About Technology and Aging Parents” offers information about creating a safe home environment and check-in systems, including suggestions on where to purchase products and services. This Part Two blog is going to take technology in a different direction. If you’ve been reading my [...]

by Joy Loverde One of the things I love most about modern family caregiving is the use of technology in everyday life. My laptop, cell phone, GPS among other gizmos are my new best friends.  Used to be I couldn’t be in two places at once; but not anymore. Technology allows me to stay in [...]

by Joy Loverde Avoid. Steer clear. Dodge reality.  My reluctant Aunt Bernice is a master when it comes to not making a decision about moving out of her house. Part 6 of my blog, “Moving a Reluctant Parent”’ talked about how discussions between me and my aunt had come to a screeching halt. This blog [...]

by Joy Loverde As an HR professional, the more you can prepare your company employees for inevitable family caregiving responsibilities, the more stable your workplace. Part 1 of “Eldercare in the Workplace: Listen up HR Professionals” offered suggestions on helping employees become aware of eldercare issues. This blog will offer specific action steps you can [...]

by Joy Loverde At the end of the day, when your fellow co-workers leave the workplace and head for home, some are just beginning their other full-time job. With an aging population upon us, Moms, Dads, Grandparents and  other loved ones are waiting at home for their arrival and depending on them for care and [...]

by Joy Loverde A friend of mine assumed that his Mom was on top of things when it came to paying her bills. He found out the hard way that not only was she not paying her bills; she had given her life savings to a scam artist. If you’ve got aging parents and they [...]

by Joy Loverde As family caregivers, we are used to focusing on how our aging parents and elderly loved ones are faring from day-to-day. Are they eating right? Do they need a ride to the grocery store? Would they like to go to the movies? We do what we can to keep them moving about [...]

Everything about my Aunt Bernice’s move is progressing exactly as I had predicted; the move has come to a screeching halt. And that’s what I call progress. Just because over the past few years Aunt Bernice and I have engaged in conversations about moving out of the house, and just because she actually allowed me [...]