The challenge of finding the right home care services
By Leslie Anderson, Contributing Writer
REGION - Home is a place like no other. It is the place where a person’s life foundation is constructed....
Dementia as a global epidemic
By Micha Shalev
Dementia is a mental state used to denote severe cognitive impairment which impacts daily activities and life. Alzheimer’s disease is one of...
I have been an imposter
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes
For years now, I’ve been writing about aging, but I was in my 40s. I know...
I’m Still Here engages, gives hope to people living with dementia
By Susan Gonsalves, Contributing Writer
WINCHESTER – In the news, dementia is typically presented as a disease that robs you of yourself and makes you...
Aging Americans stay home with aid of ‘villages’
With the help of nonprofit groups known as “villages,” retirees are enjoying many of the perks that residents of retirement or assisted-living communities receive, at a fraction of the cost.
Poll profiles American caregivers
WASHINGTON —
More Americans may wind up helping mom as she gets older, but a new poll shows the most stressful kind of caregiving is...
Study: US Alzheimer’s rate seems to be dropping
An American over age 60 today has a 44 percent lower chance of developing dementia than a similar-aged person did roughly 30 years ago, the longest study of these trends in the U.S. concluded.
How to choose adult day care for loved one
By Micha Shalev
No matter how efficiently and effortlessly you have adapted your life to the role of caregiver, eventually you are going to need...
Boston-based ‘friendship’ organization helps older adults avoid social isolation
By April McQueen, Contributing Writer
BOSTON - At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, people of all ages suffered from isolation because of lockdown restrictions,...
More stressful to care for spouse than mom
“Your relationship changes. Life as you know it becomes different,” said Raymond Collins, 62, of Houston, who retired early in part to spend time with his wife, Karen.
