Elder Care

When love isn’t enough:
Recognizing when your aging parents
need a caregiver

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Aging Parents

As I have written in other articles, families often gather together for Christmas and the holidays. Adult children may fly in from faraway states, or even countries, to celebrate with loved ones. In our household, one set of elderly parents in their 80s bravely flew in to stay with us in Los Altos from Beijing, and in the other case a trip to Florida to visit 90-year-old Grandma for Christmas was a blessing.

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Nailing It –
Pedicures, Aging, and Loving Touch

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Blog Art - Pedicure

Yesterday was one of our pedicure and mimosa dates, and while Chan (my favorite nail-tech) was giving me the best foot-and-leg massage I’ve ever had, I remembered all the times my grandmother would ask us to rub her feet or help her put polish on her nails. Even after she had transitioned to a care home, she still asked us to bring nail polish, so every few weeks, we did.

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Elder-life With Dogs

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Happy senior woman in wheelchair rejoices walking with dog outdoors.

My grandmother was not the first elderly person to benefit from having a pet, nor was she the last. Pet companionship is fantastic because you can talk to a dog or cat all day, and they don’t care if a story is repeated, or even if you’re talking to them. While it’s true that most pet dogs recognize about the same number of words as the average human two-year-old, what they really respond to is the sound of the human voice.

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