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Doug’s Blog on Elder Care

What’s New On Doug’s Page

A new look for Elder Care Safe Place

Since we have just been online for a few months, we are constantly fine tuning the site. After this few months we have decided to almost totally revamp and simplify the site. The changes to the site itself are currently in design and should appear soon. The changes to this blog are ready now. We are reducing the number of categories from ten to five. We are not cutting the content, just the way it is organized. The five categories are:

THE DYNAMICS OF AGING

This will cover the changes within the family as the parents age, as well as the changes in society that make care more necessary and more difficult.

NOTES ON AGING

Since I am seventy-six myself, there are many things we need to face, think about and adjust to as we prepare for being cared for. Since many people my age are not on the internet, families will need to read these blogs and show them to their aging parents.

GIVING CARE IN THE HOME

80% of the 10 million people currently needing care are given that care either in their homes or in the homes of one of their children.

CARE IN A FACILITY

Making the nursing home decision and the transition in care is one of the most traumatic events most families will ever face.

END OF LIFE DECISIONS

Walking with a loved one through terminal illness. Making the tough decision about extending the care, funeral planning and arrangements.

Hope you stay tuned...

Note: Click on the blue button of each category to find all of the articles, past and present, for that specific category.


Current Archive

	A Clear Understanding About Money Saturday, August 30, 2008
If you are facing a loved one receiving care other than that provided by a family member, get ready for sticker shock. The average nursing home giving what is called critical care is in excess of $35,000 per year depending on where the care is given. . . Read More

	Why Do We Have Funerals? Monday, August 18, 2008
Apart from the demands put upon us by some of religious faiths, and apart from the fact that we are more or less expected to do so by society, why do we have funerals? Are there some valuable and logical reasons . . . Read More

	When? Thursday, August 07, 2008
I met her in a casual conversation as we waited for hair cuts. Her husband is ninety years old and has dementia. She realizes the day will come when she can no longer take care of him in the home. She even realizes that day actually came a few years ago . . . Read More

	Avoiding the Specialist Swamp Friday, July 25, 2008
My mother almost died several years earlier than she did. She was caught in what I call the specialist swamp. Over time she collected layer after layer of medical specialist to her care. Like so many retired people, about all she did was go to doctor's appointments . . . Read More

	Who Gets Mother? Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Nothing can bring a smoldering family squabble to the surface faster than having to make a decision about caring for an aging parent. A doctor referred a family to me a few weeks ago. The mother is 86 and has lived around and with her daughter and son-in-law for many years. This couple is facing a job change that will require their moving to a new city . . . Read More