As a boomer, you may be a caregiver for your parents or another loved one. Maybe you’re already acquainted with the exorbitant price of care, which continues to escalate. Now is the time to plan for your future, because odds are, you’ll have one. News from Caregiverlist.com reminds us that benefits from Medicaid differ from [...]
One in eight people has Alzheimer’s disease. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, between 2000 and 2025, some states and regions across the country are expected to experience double-digit percentage increases in the overall numbers of people with Alzheimer’s due to increases in the proportion of the population over age 65. “The Alzheimer’s Diet,” a book [...]
Mind Your Body TV Episode 39 with Forrest Hong, Ph.D. It was lunchtime at a health journalism conference, and I asked another writer how she was doing. She took a deep breath and “it” all came spilling out. “Jane,” in her early 50s, was taking care of her mother at home and it was a [...]
Mind Your Body TV Episode 38 with Barbara Meltzer. It can start so innocently. A caregiver—a relative or paid employee—has access to a senior’s checkbook or other financial resources. As statistics prove, temptation is just too powerful and soon, financial abuse is underway, snowballing down the hill as it becomes an avalanche. It’s so important [...]
Mind Your Body TV Episode 36 with Denise Winston. Maybe you dread having to talk money with aging parents, but you know it may be necessary now or in the future. I’ve come to realize that at a certain point in their lives, seniors including our parents may not actually want to accept the responsibility of [...]
Mind Your Body TV Episode 35 with Carol Orsborn, Ph.D. If you‘re a boomer woman who’s also a caregiver for a parent or other loved one, you may feel challenged by repeat visits to that person. You want to be there, to “do something” meaningful, and you want that visit to be rich and pleasant [...]
It’s here again: Another World Elder Abuse Awareness Day today. Here on Mind Your Body TV, we’ve made elder abuse a focus for boomers taking care of parents or other loved ones, either on the scene or from afar. Both have their own sets of challenges. I invite you back into the archives to the [...]
Mind Your Body Episode 33 with Forrest Hong, Ph.D. You know that feeling, watching your parents struggle with things they used to “just do.” It’s frightening and embarrassing to them, and it’s emotionally devastating for you. You long for “the way it used to be” knowing that it won’t be, and that this is the [...]
Mind Your Body TV Episode 25 with Stacey Lindberg. Mind Your Body TV continues its series for baby boomers on elder abuse with a reminder that you do have help. If you’re supervising care of a parent or other relative, either close by or from afar, and you suspect something is awry, go with your intuition. [...]
Mind Your Body TV Episode 12 with Cristi Dugger. How elder abuse crimes may start: “If you don’t help me and give me money, you won’t be a good mom. If you don’t help me, I’ll put you in a home. No one will believe you, you crazy old bat.” The preceding is unfortunately brought [...]
Build a better boomer with Stephanie Stephens, M.A.
A warm "Welcome!" to Mind Your Body TV, where you'll "Build a Better Boomer" with series writer, executive producer and host Stephanie Stephens. A spokesperson for the active and vital 50+ female demographic, Stephanie delivers timely health and lifestyle content comprised of videos, audio podcasts and blogs here on Mind Your Body TV—and on her channels on YouTube and AOL/On.
A great, big wonderful world of growth and opportunity exists for women in our demographic during this exciting stage of life. Don’t just think of what you want to be and do—make it happen. You know you can and the time is now!
