Man with Parkinson’s Loses Symptoms While Playing Piano

This beautiful story is about an accomplished pianist  diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. As a young man, Lucien Leinfelder had studied music at Julliard and played professionally with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. At 82, Lucien Leinfelder was suffering from a severe case of Parkinson's disease. Fortunately, he loses his symptoms of Parkinson's Disease while playing the piano. Here is the link to his story and video. We have learned through the Music and [...]

By |2017-03-13T13:11:10-07:00March 13th, 2017|Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease|Comments Off on Man with Parkinson’s Loses Symptoms While Playing Piano
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Alzheimer’s Most Costly Disease in Medical History

Forbes magazine calls Alzheimer's the most costly disease in medical history. Due to the length of time people live with the illness and need care, it’s the most expensive medical condition in the U.S. and perhaps the most costly disease in medical history. Future costs for Alzheimer’s threaten to bankrupt Medicare, Medicaid and the life savings of millions of Americans. My grandmother had Alzheimer's disease as did her twin sister. [...]

By |2017-01-25T10:53:34-07:00January 25th, 2017|Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, Caregiving, Financial Matters|Comments Off on Alzheimer’s Most Costly Disease in Medical History
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Taking Care of Aging Parents: Couch on Fire

When our social worker Ron meets with new clients, he discusses how our aging parents view adult children. They see them as the kid who crashed their car, or borrowed money and didn't pay it back, or whined when things got too hard. When the time comes, taking care of aging parents becomes difficult when they still view us with the baggage from raising us.  They may brag about our [...]

By |2017-01-16T10:41:10-07:00January 17th, 2017|Aging, Aging Life Care Management, Caregiving, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Taking Care of Aging Parents: Couch on Fire
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Piano Lessons: Super Aging & Brain Health

I have been reading about seniors who have been successful in keeping their minds sharp. The triad of frequent intellectual activity, physical activity and healthy eating promotes brain health and super aging. Since our lifespans are longer, I think we can all agree that it would be much preferable to be able to enjoy the extra time with both a healthy brain and a healthy body. So I was surprised to learn that [...]

By |2017-01-13T10:02:35-07:00January 16th, 2017|Aging, Alzheimer's Disease|4 Comments
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Hospital Discharge: Slowing It Down

Crisis caused by unexpected hospital discharge of seniors tops our list for phone calls we receive on Friday nights.  What do we do? Where do we go? Is there an appeal process? Typically we invoke the mantra "This is not a safe discharge." But in this article in Kaiser Health News, there are other options as well including calling Medicare on the spot. In Arizona, the number is 877-588-1123. And to avoid being surprised by [...]

By |2017-01-13T09:24:43-07:00January 12th, 2017|Aging, Aging Life Care Management|Comments Off on Hospital Discharge: Slowing It Down
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Long Term Care Insurance

When someone calls for help for their loved one, we are happy to hear that they have Long Term Care insurance. Depending on their policy, this can help relieve the financial burden with varying reimbursement offered for caregiver support, assisted living or nursing home expenses.  With the high cost of elder care, it can make the difference between someone being able to afford the help that they truly need. There [...]

By |2017-01-13T08:37:30-07:00November 14th, 2016|Aging, Aging Life Care Management, Caregiving, Financial Matters|Comments Off on Long Term Care Insurance
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Aging at Home

The social workers at Arizona Elder Care help families deal with the reality of parents aging at home everyday.  While safety is the concern of the adult children, comfort is the priority of their parent. Change doesn't happen until it is crisis driven. "Experts said that, if parents are mentally sharp and choose to accept the risks of living at home, it's OK for their children to accept them, too." [...]

By |2016-10-04T19:13:38-07:00October 4th, 2016|Aging|Comments Off on Aging at Home
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Thoughtful Senior Housing Happening (Elsewhere)

Lately there have been creative and thoughtful ideas about humane senior living memory care options beyond the traditional assisted living model. Unfortunately they aren't happening locally in Northern Arizona but they are inspiring nonetheless! This is a story about college students residing with seniors in an assisted living. PBS reports that similar inter-generational programs exist in France, Spain and Ohio. In Holland, there is a village where everyone has dementia [...]

By |2016-09-26T18:38:07-07:00September 26th, 2016|Aging, Alzheimer's Disease|Comments Off on Thoughtful Senior Housing Happening (Elsewhere)
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New Alzheimer’s App

A new app is in development to help those who suffer from Alzheimer's or dementia. It was developed by 12 year old Emma Yang who wanted to help her grandmother. It incorporates facial recognition and reminders for the person suffering from Alzheimer's or dementia. One of the examples used, which I thought was ingenious, was to ask "Are you sure you want to make this call?" after the patient has [...]

By |2017-01-13T08:37:31-07:00September 8th, 2016|Alzheimer's Disease|Comments Off on New Alzheimer’s App
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Wedding Pictures with Father Battling Alzheimer’s

This is a lovely story of two thoughtful daughters who wanted wedding photographs with their dad, who was suffering from Alzheimer's. Although neither have a wedding scheduled in the near future, they wanted to have the photos done now as they understood that their father may not be able to participate at their future wedding. Link to full story

By |2016-09-06T18:57:28-07:00September 6th, 2016|Alzheimer's Disease|1 Comment
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