By Eva Mor, PhD My friend’s mother, a very social and highly functioning lady, fell in her house, and remained on the floor for two hours, until my friend reached her home, after being unable to reach her mother by phone. This made my friend realize that some changes need to be made. In [...]
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
By Dr. Eva Mor “Making the Golden Years Golden” Author. Several months ago, I was interviewed for a magazine article on the subject of seniors and driving and an uncomfortable question came up. “When should we take away our aging parents’ driving license,” I was asked. I was taken aback by the question, because I never [...]
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
By Dr. Eva Mor Author –“Making the Golden Years Golden” For some time now many Americans have been driven by the high cost of medical insurance and deficiencies in coverage to seek medical treatment abroad, in countries such as Thailand, India, Costa Rica, Brazil, South Africa, Romania, Hungary and other eastern European countries. More than [...]
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Mr. H. was 89 years old when I met him. Sweet, social and ever the gentleman, he was active at the local senior citizen center. He lived in his apartment for more then forty years, the last twenty after his wife passed away. One winter day, Mr. H. slipped on an icy patch on his [...]
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Estate planning is highly misunderstood. It is perceived as something that only the wealthy need to focus on. But in actuality, everybody needs to plan for the future. Planning ahead is not only financially prudent, but it also helps you to develop a “blue print” to follow for future needs. Through such planning, you [...]
Monday, September 6, 2010
By Eva Mor, PhD Author of “Making the Golden Years Golden” In 2011 the first baby boomers will turn 65 years old, according to the U.S. Census. This particular group of seniors will increase at a rapid pace, reaching 72 million within the next 20 years, which is double the number of seniors there [...]
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Eva Mor PhD, Author of “Making the Golden Years Golden” Over the last few years, my mother’s best friend has shown signs of dementia, first mild forgetfulness and then some increasingly worrisome signs of “something gone wrong.” She did not have close family to step in, so my mother and I were her support system. [...]
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
By Eva Mor, PhD Author of “Making the Golden Years Golden” As we age and more health conditions afflict us, there are more specialists that we see and more documents that represent our medical history unfortunately, in most cases, all this documentation is dispersed among many doctors. If you have had any hospitalizations or emergency room [...]
Thursday, June 24, 2010
By Eva Mor, PhD, author of Making the Golden Years Golden My father suffered from Parkinson’s disease for 14 years, the last six of which he was fully impaired by the illness. As a survivor of the Holocaust, he avoided dealing with issues involving death, so he never wrote out a will or instructed us [...]
Thursday, June 3, 2010
By BabyBoomers.com contributor Eva Mor, PhD, author of Making the Golden Years Golden Last year over 60 billion dollars were lost to the scamming of Americans of all ages. 35% of them were seniors, according to the AARP, though in all likelihood the numbers are higher. Many of the elderly do not realize that they were [...]
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