Dealing with hospitals feels a lot like going down a rabbit hole. It can be mentally deranging even for us at Arizona Elder Care who do this professionally. Especially for those who don’t know what their rights are or how to speak the language. Our client, an 80 year old Veteran with dementia, fell in his home due to unsafe living conditions. Sedona Medical Center diagnosed him with a broken [...]
A 90 year old Michigan woman decides to go on a road trip instead of going through radiation and chemo treatments. We always recommend quality of life over quantity.
The average age for Alzheimer’s is 80 years; early onset only accounts for about 10 percent of people with Alzheimer’s in the US.
Research by Harvard Medical School Professor George Vaillant demonstrates that older people who mentor and support younger people in work and in life are three times as likely to be happy as those who fail to engage in this way.
Good article on the Aging Life Care Association’s blog about what you need to think about when you are responsible for someone else’s care so that you can have some time away to take care of yourself.
Published monthly, the Arizona Elder Care Report contains important information and resources to help you make the right decisions. Please forward this page to anyone you know who would benefit from this information. If you have comments or questions, please In this issue, Ron talks about how children caring for loved ones often encounter challenges simply because they "don't know what they don't know" about providing care. Please watch the [...]
Published monthly, the Arizona Elder Care Report contains important information and resources to help you make the right decisions. Please forward this page to anyone you know who would benefit from this information. If you have comments or questions, please In this issue, Ron talks about what you need to consider when hiring a caregiver in the state of Arizona, where there is no licensing for non-medical home care agencies. [...]
Just read a touching account of a family that had to relocate their mom when she went into crisis and could no longer stay at home. It is an insightful story that shows how families make life-altering accommodations to care for an aging parent. And although they worked through it as best they could, help from a Geriatric Care Manager could have reduced a lot of the stress and trial [...]
Published monthly, the Arizona Elder Care Report contains important information and resources to help you make the right decisions. Please forward this page to anyone you know who would benefit from this information. If you have comments or questions, please In this issue, Ron talks explains why it's so important to have multiple layers of support for your loved one. Please watch the video below: A Brief Message From Ron [...]
Published monthly, the Arizona Elder Care Report contains important information and resources to help you make the right decisions. Please forward this page to anyone you know who would benefit from this information. If you have comments or questions, please In this issue, Ron talks about how to make sure your loved one doesn't broadcast the fact that they are a vulnerable adult if they are out with a caregiver. [...]
