On August 5th, 2020 by Geoffrey
If you are lucky enough to live in a place where the snow falls across the landscape periodically in the winter, you know what newness looks like. For those of you who do not, you’ll have to use your imagination. Imagine the fall season, when everything looks beautiful for awhile. This quickly gives way […]
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On October 14th, 2019 by Geoffrey
This topic of advocacy has been whirling in my mind for some time. Advocacy is defined by Webster's dictionary as: “advocacy: the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating something”. Most of the time we do not think of our elderly loved ones as a “cause” to be […]
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On August 20th, 2019 by Geoffrey
Diabetes is running rampant throughout the world, but it’s prevalence in the United States of America is almost unchallenged. If you’ve listened to health news at all in the past decade, you will have heard it described as an epidemic. This is not without reason. An epidemic is defined as: “a disease widely occurring in […]
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On March 11th, 2019 by Geoffrey
Have you ever told someone older than you that they should write down the story of their lives only to hear, “oh, no one wants to read about that”. Perhaps they do not believe that their lives are as exciting as what they’ve read in fictional novels so it is not worth putting on paper. […]
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On August 27th, 2018 by Geoffrey
Many people think that aging adults need less sleep than the average adult. Research suggests that this is not the case, however & that aging adults actually need as much as sleep as young adults do. 7-9 hours of sleep is necessary for most people over the age of 20. In general, aging adults tend […]
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On August 21st, 2018 by Geoffrey
When do you remember noticing an elderly person's hand & fingernails for the first time? When we are young, it can be startling to see the difference in hands & fingernails on our elderly friends & family. We see those hands that have worked for years & many times for our benefit, yet through the […]
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On August 13th, 2018 by Geoffrey
When people age, we sometimes see things that we are not expecting. One of the things that we don't expect to see is just how much their childhood experiences affect who they are as a senior adult. Despite people saying things like, “oh, well, children are resilient” or “they'll bounce back”, mounting evidence suggests […]
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On July 9th, 2018 by Geoffrey
Admit it. Unless you've grown up in a medical environment (or worked in one for several years) medical titles can sometimes be a bit daunting for most of us. Gone are the days when there is simply a doctor and a nurse. We now have doctors who have names according to their area of expertise, […]
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On April 9th, 2018 by Geoffrey
With cold and flu season finished up in the majority of the states across our country, this is the perfect time to talk about pneumonia in order to give some food for thought on how to be prepared for next year. Almost all of us have experienced this less-than-fun issue after having a particularly […]
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On January 24th, 2018 by Geoffrey
As we age, we oftentimes have to make adjustments to our living situations. Big, old houses require quite a bit in terms of maintenance, lawns need mowing, driveways need shoveling, & other things can compete for dwindling resources of strength & money as the years wear thin. Living alone or caring for a spouse can […]
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