Why wait until the end of the year to share the top five posts? If there’s one thing families and caregivers are short of, it’s time. I realize you can’t read every post and every ezine article.
So here, for your reading pleasure, are the top 5 most read blogposts in 2010 (in order of popularity, the most popular is first.)
1. How to Deal with a Difficult Sibling in Decision-making for an Aging Parent
Why is it so hard for a family to listen to Mom or Dad, consider the options and then, in a unified way, make the right decision in Mom or Dad’s best interest? I’ll share some of the reasons I believe to be true and then a few possible strategies. Click here.
2. Amazing Art Therapy for the Elderly
An artist/philosopher brings his love of art and deep belief in its healing power to a nursing home. You will be moved by this video which describes his form of art (mandala) and shows one of his weekly workshops. People who can’t even speak their names become engaged! Click here.
3. Top Ten List to Help an Elderly Parent Before Crisis
The following are 10 tips Julie Hall (“The Estate Lady”) shared to help us be proactive and take action now to help de-clutter our parents’ home. Do not wait. Do this now for the sake of your parent(s), your family and you. I can tell you by personal experience, you do not want to have to do this in “crisis mode.” Click here.
4. Transitioning An Aging Parent to Assisted Living – When & How
Although our aging parents may wish to age-in-place in their homes, the day may come when we need to think about a move to Assisted Living. In this post, I provide key criteria that would indicate consideration of a move to Assisted Living. As always, I encourage us (adult children and families) to be thinking ahead and to become knowledgable about local options in our community now. Don’t wait for a crisis to occur when you have to abruptly choose an Assisted Living facility for your parent. Click here.
5. Preventing Polypharmacy Problems in Your Elderly Parent
This week’s blog is based an on excellent article from MDSCentral (and an excerpt from HCPro’s book, The Long-Term Care Nursing Desk Reference.) While the book was written for nurses working in a long-term care setting, this information is valuable to family caregivers, as well. In the post I answer 3 questions:
- What is polypharmacy?
- Why is it an important concern for you and your aging parent?
- How can a family caregiver prevent negative consequences from occurring
Click here to read the post.
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