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Bringing Parents Into Your Home Or Moving In With Them
When Parents Move in With Their Adult Kids Multigenerational households save money but endure conflicts Emily Brandon | U.S. News & World Report |10.06.08 Twenty-somethings who move back in with their parents after college are often lamented as “boomerangs.” But increasing numbers of seniors are moving in with their adult children and grandchildren as well.…
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How to Tell Dad He Needs Help
There are difficult conversations ahead between us and our aging parents. No matter how close we live or how far, just the thought of these “talks” is stressful. They involve such things as losing the ability to drive, loss of hearing, and moving to assisted living. We take care of our loved ones in so…
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Helping Adult Children
Marie thought the world had ended when she was laid off from her job as a buyer for a furniture store. She loved her job and had worked her way up from the clerk position she took right after college. Then about a month later, her husband, Ben, lost his job when the woolen mill…
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Do Older Persons Need More Sleep?
It may seem like older people need more sleep since we often nap in the daytime and retire early. Actually, many (perhaps most) of us are sleep deprived. Researchers tell us that older people have more trouble sleeping for long periods and are wakened by various kinds of pain, pressure on the bladder, hormone fluctuations,…
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Gifts For Older People
Looking for gift ideas for the older people in your life? We suggest a few things here that are based on lifestyle. We admit that active seniors are the easiest to gift because they have so giving a gift many interests. We also have some ideas for your loved ones who are not well or…
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Clothes We Wear
Some time ago, I signed up with PitchRate.com. PitchRate is a virtual exchange where writers looking for expert opinion can list their interests and people with expertise can respond. I responded to a writer who was looking for ideas in the area of senior fashion. She emailed me with a list of questions. The rest…
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Casual and Dressy Casual for Older Folks: Looking Good
For casual wear, a layered look is best. Complementary colored t-shirts under a sweater or open cotton shirt. Pleated-front pants or shorts because our bellies pooch, waists that are not too tight for the same reason. We need a larger waist size because our clothes hang better on older bodies, not because we’re getting fat.…
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Our Parents Get Older Too
In his book, How to Say It to Seniors, David Solie says, “Aging is seen as being an adult, just older.” He says we see our parents as older versions of the people they have always been. As people age, there are physical, mental and emotional changes. Some are positive and some are not. Eventually,…
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Changing Lifestyles Takes Courage
Imagine that you have a Great American Lifestyle including a six-figure income (between you and your spouse,) a lovely home, appropriate cars and toys, an interesting social circle, and children grown and on their own. Now imagine that you decide to leave your jobs, sell everything, move to a new place, and reduce your standard…
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