Caring

If you’re one of millions of Americans who are caregivers for your parents or another loved one, know that technology is keeping up with your needs. We’re not talking “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” here, considered to be 1980s tech. Securus, Inc. introduces a new gadget that may help you help your aging […]

Today’s guest blog is from Yosaif August of www.yestolifecoaching.com, and the author of the book, Coaching for Caregivers. We know that holidays increase joy—and stress. August says caregivers, like the rest of us, must find ways to manage holiday stress. Even if friends and family cause stress, they can also help ease it. Here’s how […]

When you’re “old”—whatever and whenever that is—who’s going to take care of you when you can no longer take care of you? If you’re like me, you envision “someday” way out in the future, when in fact, because we’re baby boomers, “someday” is a time we can actually peg now. It’s closer than we think. […]

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 […]

I wasn’t sure I’d survive the 2010 holiday season, gasping for New Year’s air after the most gut-wrenching experience of my life. It left me damaged. I’ve learned a mother lode bout ego, greed and betrayal and I’ve woken up (rudely) to the fact that “family” as you once knew it can evaporate when agonizingly tough decisions must be made and when […]