How To Deal With Difficult Behavior in Alzheimer’s Disease
Comfort Keepers® would like to both recognize and thank all of its caregivers – including your family members and our Comfort Keepers®– for all they do for loved ones who suffer from Alzheimer’s...
View ArticleHow to Successfully Live in A Multigenerational Household
Multigenerational Households from Susan Geffen’s Featured Article e-Newsletter Magazine, Nov 2012 According to U.S. Census Bureau, the number of multigenerational households has grown by 60% since...
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How to Help the Surviving Spouse: Dad’s Life Will Never Be The Same
“Boomers Caught in The Middle” Dad’s Life Will Never Be The Same As soon as I heard about Mom’s stroke, Julie and I made arrangements to fly back East. We traveled through the night, arriving as soon...
View ArticleHow to Handle Aging Dad’s Episodes of Confusion
“Boomers Caught in The Middle” Interesting Timing for New Confusion With the help of a local attorney friend of Dad’s we were finally able to settle Mom’s estate during the Spring of 2012 (3 years...
View ArticleHow to Know When Dad’s Driving is Becoming A Problem
“Boomers Caught in The Middle” Is Dad’s Driving Becoming A Problem? We had just returned to California, when Dave emailed: “On Dad’s way to church today he had a collision with a cow that was in...
View ArticleHow to Handle Aging Parents Unpaid Taxes
“Boomers Caught in The Middle” The Dreaded Unpaid Taxes For the past two years Dave had asked Dad to hire an accountant, but he constantly refused. He had always done his own taxes and he said he...
View ArticleHow to Deal with Lack of Personal Hygiene in Seniors
“Boomers Caught in The Middle” Dad Smells – What’s Going On? Over the months prior to my visit in 2012, Dave’s disturbing emails about our Dad included the fact that Dad no longer seemed to care how...
View ArticleHow To Deal With Falling Seniors
“Boomers Caught in The Middle” Dad’s Not Safe…Falling Too Much! This visit, I was looking forward to an opportunity to relax and just be Dad’s daughter for the first time in years. It was not to be…...
View ArticleHow to Handle Aging Parent’s Dementia and Hospitalization
“Boomers Caught in The Middle” What Happened? Dad’s in the Hospital! Barely 2 weeks into his stay at assisted living, he fell because he was walking with his pants down around his ankles. They had to...
View ArticleSandwiched In Between…But I’m Back
I really haven’t disappeared! Last Fall, I just got “sandwiched” between my Dad, who had Dementia and my husband’s diabetes and subsequent heart attack. As the 2013 holidays descended upon us, my...
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