On the Road With, or Without, Elderly Parents
By: DALE RUSSAKOFF
It’s time for a vacation from everything stressful — work, commuting, heat, congestion. But what about care giving? Do adult children of elderly parents deserve a break from them, too?
Plenty of New Old Age readers no doubt identify with a woman who, describing herself and her [...]
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Taking The Guesswork Out Of Diagnosing Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease
A new test developed by Japanese scientists may revolutionize how and when physicians diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. According to a research report published online in The FASEB Journal, the new test measures proteins in the spinal fluid known to be one of the main causes of brain degeneration [...]
Caring About A Care Giver
By Byron Pulsifer
So many emotions and so many thoughts of being helpless come to our mind. If you know of someone who is dying, or who is seriously ill, our hearts always seem to rest squarely on that person. For those who are concerned about this seriously ill or dying person, [...]
Spouses Face Challenges in Caring for Themselves and Their Ailing Partners
They met on a blind date in 1949 and married two years later. They lived in the same Cape Cod-style house in Silver Spring for nearly 50 years. So when Leonard Crierie was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2005, there was no question that his [...]