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ELDERS’ BIRTHDAY POSTS

  • Celebrating Elders’ Birthday Ideas–A Once-A-Year Chance
  •  Celebrating Elders” Birthdays: What They Want, Not What We Want  (9 factors to consider)
  • 96-year-old Lady’s Birthday Luncheon
  • An Almost-Not 99th Birthday for Sr. Advisor R–when Parents Protest–and Guilt
  • 100-year-old’s Lady’s Birthday Lunch at a Bar
  • Sr. Advisor R’s 100th Birthday (with photo)
  • Sr. Advisor R’s 100th Birthday–– later that day (a look at remembrances and gifts)
  • Aging Parents: Understanding, Flexibility and Changing 101st  Birthday Plans
  • Parent’s 101st Birthday
  • Elton John’s Mother’s 90th Birthday
  • Sarah Jessica Parker’s Mother’s 75th Birthday

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Hi, I'm Susan~

Professionally: High School Counselor (retired)
Scarsdale HS, NY.
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Masters degree: Teachers College, Columbia U., NY
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Author: Helping Children of Divorce (Schocken Books)

Summer '08: Manuscript to help adult children facing their parents' aging challenges is with a top NY literary agent. Then--the 2008 economic collapse. Publishing was hit hard. She suggested I write a blog using my manuscript's ideas and insights + timely information. Help! Aging Parents is the result.

ClLICK About Me and About My Blog for more.

CONTACT SUSAN at: helpagingparents@gmail.com

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Senior Homes finalist 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Why This Blog

As a counselor I realized so many aspects of helping parents age well were similar to helping my high school counselees mature well. Regardless of age
EMPOWERING,
AFFIRMING SELF-ESTEEM,
SHOWING RESPECT,
ADDING SOME FUN
helped both generations feel better about themselves, make the effort, and move forward.

Each post is written with the above in mind, hoping your parents can age well until the end.
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Help! Aging Parents, published weekly (Saturday night), is committed to sharing the best information, professional advice, and creative ideas to help elders age well.

Newsworthy

11/22/16 LONELINESS, "Lonely Planet." U magazine from UCLA Health. Excellent article calling loneliness a "pending epidemic." Click: Loneliness

10/31/16 CLINICAL TRIALS AND OLDEER PEOPLE: Why Participate? NIH, National Institute on Aging. Click: Aging

9/30/16 ALZHEIMER'S CAREGIVING: How to Ask for Help. Mayo Clinic. Click: Help

9/17/16 Foot and Leg Swelling--Air Travel: Important information, for elders--and us--from Mayo Clinic. Click: Swelling

8/18/16 Research: MINI-STROKES: PROMPT ATTENTION MAY REDUCE RISK OF SUBSEQUENT STROKE. Harvard Health Publications, July 2016. Click: Ministroke Research

7/26/16 DEMENTIA, ALZHEIMER'S-New Research from the U of South Florida, presented at the Alzheimer's Assoc. International Conference, seems to suggest certain brain training exercise can put-off dementia. Click to read in Time, New Yorker and/or Wall Street Journal

4/1/16 LONGER, HAPPIER LIVES ARE POSSIBLE, New Study from Stanford U Center on Longevity, Feb. 2016. Click: Longer, Happier Lives

3/23/16 SECRETS TO A HAPPIER LIFE FROM A HARVARD STUDY of 700 men since 1938. Click: Secrets. Also watch the 12 minute TED talk if time permits.

March 2016. Check out this MEDICATION DISPENSER. Click: Hero --a cool-looking, smart vitamin-medication dispenser, coming out this summer. Your mobile device can track its use.

2/24/16 AGING PARENTS' CARE & SIBLING SQUABBLES. KIplingers August 2015 on-target understanding, information and advice. Click: Squabbles

9/12/15 TIPS FOR CHOOSING AN ADULT DAY CENTER FOR YOUR PARENT Next Avenue newsletter 4/23/15. CLICK: A Shoppers' Guide

8/31/15 TIPS FOR A SAFE STAY IN THE HOSPITAL. Johns Hopkins Health publication. Click: Safe Hospital Stays

8/31/15 TOO MUCH SITTING LINKED TO AN EARLY DEATH. Harvard Health 1/29/14. Click: Sitting Too Much. Also click: 8/29/15 post

7/7/15 DELIRIUM--OFTEN MISDIAGNOSED AS DEMENTIA: A SURPRISING SIDE-EFFECT OF HOSPITIALIZATION. Kaiser Health News, 6/2/15. Click: Misdiagnosis

4/12/15 CAREGIVING: DEALING WITH THE STRAIN IN YOUR MARRIAGE, a generic article applicable to everyone, Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Caregiving Newsletter.
Click: Caregiving Newsletter

3/9/15 FALLS CAN LEAD TO TOO MUCH CAUTION, THEN MUSCLE WEAKNESS, NY Times, Personal Health. Click The Far-Reaching Effects of a Fall and TAKE A BALANCE TEST

2/24/15 11 COMMON MEDICARE MISTAKES. Kiplinger Feb. 24, 2015,. Click: Common Medicare Mistakes

8/28/14 QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN HIRING HOME HEALTH AIDES OR USING HEALTH CARE AGENCIES--Mayo Clinic
Click: Questions to ask

12/16/13 PALLIATIVE CARE is not Hospice. Understand the difference.
Click: One Family's Experience from NPR's All Things Considered radio program. Listen or read text

Key Thoughts

  • The Right Start Saves Many Problems
  • Will Actions Empower or Diminish?
  • Get All Possible Information Before
  • Does the Quick Fix Harm Later Goals?
  • Is it Better for Parents or For Us?
  • Are Life and Limb Threatened?
  • Airplane Advice Applies: Secure Your Mask First, Then Help Others
  • People Change, Not much

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