Elderly

Making Love

Small hands pushing buttons too large
through holes too small. The fragile fingers
could not manipulate and perform
a task of such…

Not all … are …

I’ve never had contact with elderly people, and by that I mean NEVER. I didn’t meet any of my grandparents, I never had contact with any of my great uncle.

I recently started the first part of the profesional project I require to graduate college. Let me tell you how it…

Your writing touched me as well. Our family pays an arm and a leg for my mother to live in a dementia care unit. Here my mom gets three squares a day, plus snacks. Mid-afternoon, one resident may receive a cola and a bag of chips, another an ice cream, while my mom gets a half of a sandwich. Eating is encouraged and vital for these compromised…

Doença celíaca e o idoso: Quando a doença celíaca aparece após longos anos

Cynthia Grenham trabalha longas…

I overheard two people talking. “How are your parents?” one asked. “They’re deteriorating,” the other responded…

Retaining Your Own Sanity as an Alzheimer’s Caregiver

November 21, 2016 (Original post date)

Written by Ellen Gerst

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020: Build an old man’s routine (with intention)

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In Defense of Plan B

In popular language, ‘Plan B’ is used to mean a reserved, secondary plan, in case…

Seniors in Japan

(from jeffzhao.com/blog)

Most of contemporary society glorifies youth and associates it with beauty, freedom, and happiness. (As they say, “live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse.”) Most young people think of life as over by the time they hit 60 or so, and…