I get a chill thinking about elderly people falling. Some 12 years before her death in 2008, my mother fell down a flight of stairs while alone in her home. She managed to crawl into bed where a concerned neighbor found her unconscious 18 hours later. She had suffered a subdural hematoma, and nearly died. Tough woman that she was, following brain surgery she recovered to have many more good years.
Want to avoid falls? Read on for some expert guidance. (more…)
Ken Dychtwald
President and CEO of Age Wave, author of 16 books on aging, and a leading thinker in the field. “But today, quite spectacularly, many of us will live well into our 80s, 90s or beyond.” (more…)
Mary Furlong, Ed.D., is a leading authority on the baby boom generation as it moves toward and beyond middle age. Her company, Mary Furlong and Associates (MFA), has guided the offline and online 45-plus market strategies of leading corporations and nonprofit organizations for more than 20
Mary Furlong
Q: You’ve worked with boomers and older Americans for 30 years. Have you yourself ever been a caregiver?
A: My parents were married 50 years. They danced in the kitchen every day. Then, out of the blue, I lost my dad to a heart attack. On the very same day my mother also had a heart (more…)
As Senior Vice President of Livable Communities, Elinor Ginzler spearheads AARP’s work on housing, community services and mobility options, including older-driver issues and alternatives to driving. She is frequently called upon to confer with industry leaders about aging issues and to address groups ranging from neighborhood associations to national organizations. I interviewed Elinor by phone at her office in Washington, DC.
AARP’s Elinor Ginzler
Q: How do you define a “livable community”?
A: It’s one that has the right combination of housing options, mobility options (more…)
The most common mistake in caregiving is failing to plan. It’s so easy to put off the day of reckoning until next year, next month—even tomorrow—rather than face the music and get ready for the challenges in advance.
The opposite is true of Heather Cariou. The day of reckoning is always looming in her consciousness. She can feel its presence like a living, breathing thing. She knows that one day very soon, her family’s needs will demand her full attention, and her life will change irrevocably. Unlike most of us, Heather is prepared. (more…)
When Anna’s father lay dying, she made him a promise. The promise was that Anna would take care of Mary, her mother, and would never put her in a nursing home. That promise, made in haste—given away without much thought beyond the immediate need to sooth her father’s troubled mind in the last months of his life—would come at a terrific price.
The price would be Anna’s freedom. (more…)
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