Caregiving

By now, if you’ve been able to secure at least your first COVID vaccine shot- congratulations! You’re now on your way to entering the “new normal” of some relaxation of the limitations under which you’ve been living for this past year. In fact, just this week the CDC issued new…

If nothing else, this past year has probably got you thinking about where and how you want to live going forward. You’ve probably had more than ample time to consider your four walls and everything else in your living environment, along with the distances you are from the things (and…

If there’s any silver lining to the coronavirus pandemic, it just may be that each of us has had to confront the reality of death in a way we’ve never had to previously. While so many during COVID have had to face the harsh reality of a hospital death without…

There’s certainly been no shortage of research, information, and updates when it comes to Alzheimer’s disease. While we still have a ways to go before effective diagnostic tools and therapeutic options are available to patients and families, we do have reason for optimism. Back in August 2020, we reported on…

There’s no doubt that many of us have had difficulty concentrating over these past many months. Whether because of physical ailments, emotional distress, or just downright exhaustion from the monotony of so many months of limitations, it’s been hard to focus our attention on matters both weighty and small. But…

If there’s one thing that COVID has revealed, it’s the contradictory nature of aging at this moment in time. Never have the words of Dickens, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” rung more true. For many seniors, the pandemic has truly been a horror…