By: Jennifer Beach, LSW, MA, C-SWCM Bill is 74 and retired but you wouldn’t know it; he’s in great shape.  He is up early and stays busy every day, working on a variety of projects and hobbies. Unfortunately, he took a fall on his way out the door to walk his dogs.  One-fourth of Americans over 65 fall each year

Older Adults Admit High Anxiety and Fear About New Technology: Candoo Tech Surveys Shows 53% of Seniors Say Learning a New Device is More Stressful Than Going to the Dentist The results of a recent survey of technology-enabled older adults show that for 53% of them, learning new tech devices such as a computer or cellphone, produced more anxiety and

Without a doubt, one of the hardest things for families to do is help an aging loved one transition back home from a hospital or rehab center stay – and the stakes are huge. Many older adults who leave the hospital will be readmitted within 30 days for a variety of reasons, such as falls, non-adherence to medication regimens, or

The Delta variant of COVID-19 is spreading with alarming speed among the unvaccinated. As a protection to yourself, and your community,  unvaccinated individuals should get the shot as soon as possible. Immunity can take up to 6 weeks to develop, and we must all do our part in stopping the spread of this virus. In order to remain safe and

Meet ALCA member Julia Torres-Hernandez, C-ASWCM, LMSW an Aging Life Care Manager and her long career before joining the CaringPeople practice.     Source: Aging Life Care Blog

By: Jennifer Beach, LSW, MA, C-SWCM Mrs. Smith is 87 years old and lives in an Assisted Living Memory Care center. Janet, her daughter, frequently gets calls from the facility, letting her know that her mom “refuses” to take a shower. Janet is not surprised, as she recalls the changes in her mother’s hygiene and grooming in past years when her

Like in the childhood game, “telephone,” the first call came from the neighbor across the street, who called the son in Pennsylvania who, in turn, called his sister in Maine, who, in turn, called me, the eldercare consultant in New Rochelle, New York. The town their mother, and I, called home. It seems the neighbor across the street observed their

Listen in to the thoughtful and detailed points Aging Focused at EveMar‘s Rebecca Montano brings to this discussion on care management, how she got into it, and how diversity and cultural sensitivity play for her, and future care managers. Source: Aging Life Care Blog

I recently had a simple request from an elderly patient’s wife after her husband had a short stay in a rehabilitation facility. “I want the home health aide that comes to my house to be vaccinated,” she requested. Prior to my patient’s discharge from the sub-acute facility, the social worker sending out the referrals to the home care agencies was made