January 26, 2021
Have you helped your loved one move to a senior living or assisted living community only to find that in the midst of experiencing relief that your loved one is…
January 19, 2021
There may come a time when you're faced with the conversation of talking with your aging parents about moving into a senior living or assisted living community. Many people dread…
January 12, 2021
When he was in his late 80s, William Cohn, Candy Cohn's father, unintentionally stopped taking medication for a long-standing bipolar disorder and experienced a significant mental health crisis requiring hospitalization…
November 23, 2020
Family caregivers during COVID are more stressed and overwhelmed than ever before and here are some reasons why: Approximately 61% of caregivers are employed while caregiving. Of these caregivers, 60%…
October 13, 2020
There's a common misconception that when somebody is diagnosed with dementia, they lose their independence and can no longer live alone. While down the road in the illness course of…
August 18, 2020
I hear from caregivers pretty regularly that"nobody really understands how hard caring for a loved one with dementia is!" So, I decided to share some facts about dementia caregivers in…
April 3, 2020
I hear from caregivers pretty regularly that"nobody really understands how hard caring for a loved one with dementia is!" So, I decided to share some facts about dementia caregivers in…
March 28, 2020
If you’re caring for an older adult and you’ve had to change your routine in the last few weeks with senior centers, doctors' offices, and adult day programs closing due…
January 15, 2020
In this episode of the Caring for Aging Parents Show, I interview Lauren Dykovitz, author of Learning to Weather the Storm: A Story of Life, Love, and Alzheimer's about: Her journey as a…
January 7, 2020
Do you know if the medications your older loved ones are taking are actually harming them? You might have a guess, but how do you actually know?! Thankfully there is…
November 27, 2019
In this second interview with MJ Grant, MJ shares the most intimate details of an end of life conversation she had with her dad, Manley "Mannie" Grant. In…
November 20, 2019
In this first of a two-part interview, I have the incredible honor of interviewing Mary Jane, "MJ", Grant about her experiences with caring for her mom with dementia. You may remember…
