Many of the families we work with share a positive, symbiotic relationship with their relatives. We hear stories of healthy, nurturing childhoods, supportive young adult periods, and caring late-life phases. These memories help give steam to adult child caregivers facing the tough job of caring…
Tag: Aging
Understanding Guardianships: There are Risks with Pursuing Guardianship
The decision to pursue guardianship should not be taken lightly. There are real risks with pursuing guardianship: -The guardianship process requires you to say things about your loved one in open court and often in front of your loved one. Telling a judge that you…
Myths About Aging
Deepak Chopra, M.D, put together a list of myths regarding aging people. You’ve probably heard a thousand times that as you age, your body and mind begin to “go.” You can no longer move the way you used to and your health deteriorates. This is a…
Graying of America is Costly
The graying of America is stretching local tax dollars. More often today, paramedics respond to emergency calls and find an older person who has fallen, broken a bone or suffered a heart attack. Another issue affecting elders is the increasing number of elder-abuse cases…
Human Diversity Peaks after 65
Our medical system does not reflect the fact that all old people are not the same. All Americans 65 and older are lumped into a single group, as if bodies and behaviors don’t change over the last half-century of life. Included in this group over…
Concerns of Elder Orphans
Elder orphans face more stress and difficulty aging than elders with a strong support system.
Good Financial Decisions
Texas Tech professors Michael Finke and Sandra Huston along with John Howe of the University of Michigan have discovered a worrisome combination: financial literacy versus confidence in financial decisions. It seems that financial literacy declines by about 1.5 percentage points a year after the age…
Myths of Aging
Decline does not always go along with aging and the following myths help to explain why these six myths are false. Myth 1 – Your genes predetermine how healthy you are. Not true. How you live your life determines your gene expression even though the…
Emory Launches Healthy Aging Study
Emory University School of Medicine just launched The Emory Healthy Aging Study, the largest-ever clinical research study in Atlanta with a goal of enrolling 100,000 people over the next four years. Researchers are seeking to better understand aging and age-related diseases leading to more effective…