It’s that time of year again. Hard to believe the holidays are upon us. Thanksgiving has passed and Christmas and the New Year is just around the corner. Like most boomers, I grew up in a time when holiday gatherings with family, and centered around family, defined the holidays. Black Friday madness, with people on [...]
Thursday, December 15, 2011
While the holidays are meant to be celebrated with your loved ones, you may not have the luxury of having your family around this season—you may have children who for some reason can’t travel to your home this year; you may be childless couple; or perhaps you’re newly widowed or divorced. Either case, that doesn’t [...]
Thursday, December 8, 2011
With the first wave of the Baby-Boomers actually entering retirement, the choice and the costs of one’s retirement home is now on the forefront. We BB’rs are rapidly approaching a crucial “Crossroad” that we would have never anticipated during the Internet heyday boom. That is, many BB’rs may not actually afford the “Dream House” from [...]
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
By Dr. Eva Mor My aunt was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s some years ago. It did not come as a shock to us, but we tried to fool ourselves for quite a few years before the diagnosis came. She is a Holocaust survivor, and like my parents, lived through a hellish nightmare during World War [...]
Sunday, October 2, 2011
By Dr. Eva Mor Mrs. T. was not a client of our agency; she was a good friend of my parents. She was a widow, and quite independent, and in fairly good health up to the age of 83. I had been seeing her on all family gatherings, such as holiday dinners, birthdays, and [...]
Monday, August 1, 2011
By Dr. Eva Mor This story still breaks my heart every time I think about it. It happened to friends of mine, two hard working people, about twenty five years ago. Both held what we would consider good jobs with good pay and very generous benefits, including excellent medical coverage provided by the employer. [...]
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
(This article was contributed by BabyBoomers.com member Mary Cordova, Co-Founder of Concierge Care Advisors) When the time comes to move a loved one into a senior living community, the options can be overwhelming and, with so many choices, it can be difficult to determine exactly what you need and want. In this article, we will [...]
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
By Dr. Eva Mor Mr. B. was an elderly gentleman who called our agency asking us to help him out five hours a day, seven days a week – just with house chores, shopping, food preparation, and escorting him to doctor visits. He was independently handling his relationship with doctors, as well as his medication administration. When [...]
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
By Eva Mor, PhD A few days ago I visited Orlando, Florida. After fulfilling my professional obligations, we looked around for something to do and discovered that the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra was having a concert with an unusual program—Paul McCartney: A Symphonic Tribute. The twist was that McCartney’s songs were performed in a classical style [...]
Thursday, March 31, 2011
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 [...]
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