The treatment of any person of any age with any degree of cognitive impairment must be individualized. Clearly, if there are underlying causes and risk factors for deterioration, they must be addressed.

Dementia treatment based on non-pharmacological approaches include providing educational material, suggesting counseling, and recommending environmental modifications in the patient’s home or other residential care environment. (more…)

Elderly abuse or elderly neglect can be put within the general category of violence that may be designed for different populations (women, children, seniors, etc.). Mistreating the elderly can occur in different areas: community, institution, society, etc. If it occurs on the community level, a category in which you can include it in the domestic or family violence, which also includes child maltreatment and intimate partner violence. (more…)

Are you a Baby Boomer who is taking take of an elderly loved one? I am. Perhaps you have dependent children too. And maybe a job or business. I do. Welcome to “the Sandwich Generation” — I’m sure you’ve heard of it. (As it turns out, we’re mostly women). All of our situations are different. Yet similar. For instance… (more…)

The Costs of Senior Care Options

When planning for our retirement, most of us allocate money into a 401K or another savings program to take advantage of tax write-offs and to make sure we will be able to enjoy a nice lifestyle when we are no longer working from 9 to 5. We imagine using the money to supplement our monthly social security checks to enjoy vacations and other leisure activities while taking advantage of all those senior discounts. (more…)