Successful Aging: 6 tips to help a loved one in a skilled nursing facility
Q. I enjoy your columns in the Sunday newspaper and appreciate your focus on the healthier philosophies on aging that include a positive...
Successful Aging: Do you recognize the signs of elder abuse?
Dear readers, As with many important issues related to aging, there’s a date set aside to draw attention to what is considered one of the...
Successful Aging: When a grandparent should step in to help a grandchild
Q. I have a 16-year old granddaughter whose parents are going through a very difficult time in their marriage. This is affecting my...
Successful Aging: This column got more reader responses than any other in 17 years
Dear readers. I recently responded to a daughter’s concern that her father, an 88-year old retired dentist, was using a flip-top rather...
Successful Aging: I retired and realized I have too few friends and too much stuff
Q. I recently retired for the second time as a health-care business owner. Here is what is hitting me: Many friends have become ill, some...
Successful Aging: My 87-year-old father cares for my ailing mother, but won’t accept needed help
Q. My father is 87-years-old and cares for my 85-year-old mother who suffers from dementia and lung cancer. He resists home care for my...