Last week, I was reading a newsletter in which they showed the disturbing video above. It is from a newscast and shows actual video proof of a 52 year old home health worker abusing a 91 year old helpless woman with Alzheimer’s Disease. It’s a disturbing...
How Many Caregiver Hats do You Wear? – 5 Tips for Keeping Your Balance By Connie Hammer LMSW and PCI Certified Parent Coach Being a parent is one of the most difficult jobs on the planet. Those of us who have chosen this career are doing the best we can to become the...
September 15th The Importance of Movement for the Elderly I know personally how important the engagement in movement is for anyone who is experiencing limited mobility. When with the Limon Dance Company, as the General Manager, I was approached by a therapist from...
I’m SO mad at my mother…. I didn’t mean for this to become a blog post but because the course of events has been so interesting since I first posted this fact on Twitter and Facebook this morning, I felt that it was a sign to discuss it. I...
Yesterday I was perusing the latest news regarding eldercare and caregivers and came across this most disturbing article. While the article itself was distressing enough, what made me even MORE infuriated were the comments written by its readers that followed. I...
When I returned from Canada a little over a week ago, I brought my Mom back to stay with me for a couple of months. She is 86 and basically in good health. Unlike my father, she has no dementia. She has some hearing loss and her...