by Mary Davis | Jun 8, 2020 | Home Care, Long Term Care
Published in Denver, Colorado’s MUSE June 2020 Edition If you have driven past the intersection of Peoria Street and Andrews Drive in Montbello in recent months, you may have wondered what was happening at the campus of St. Andrew Lutheran Church. The...
by Mary Davis | Jul 14, 2018 | Elder Safety, Family Caregiving, Senior Health
Summer is a time that can be particularly challenging for the elderly. For example, two health-related illnesses – heat exhaustion and heat stroke – can happen with little notice. Both can signal health emergencies that require immediate attention. Early recognition...
by Mary Davis | Nov 27, 2017 | Long Term Care
Most of us do not prepare for getting old. A particular area of inattention is the cost of long-term care. The majority of Americans will at some point in their lives need long-term care, but few are planning for it. One mistaken belief is that Medicare and other...
by Mary Davis | Dec 27, 2016 | Home Care
A Sensitive Encounter How do you start to talk with elderly parents about the future? Probably nothing makes adult children more nervous because we fear the resistance, we fear starting a conflict and we fear the deadly silence. For sure, adult children and their...
by Mary Davis | Oct 22, 2016 | Family Caregiving
All over the nation families are facing new responsibilities: caring for a loved one who can no longer do for themselves things that they were the best at in their family. You remember those delicious meals she cooked every day when you were growing up. How she...
