The topic of baby boomer health is popular these days as more and more people from this age group are becoming senior citizens and approaching retirement age.  This age group is well known for being in denial about aging and financial planning,

However, reality has begun to show it's face.  Thus, there are many issues that directly affect the baby boomer generation that need to be considered, especially with today's economy being the way it is.

According...

Caregiver burnout problems is not exactly something new. It has effects on both the actual person providing the service as well as the recipients. A lot of people who get medical help of some sort are stuck in the dark, left unaware of the problems that are going on around them when the provider is exhausted.

Being a caregiver; a social worker, nurse, home care aid, doctor, specialist, volunteer etc, is not an easy job to do. It takes years of dedication and hard work to get you...

Putting your aged parent or other such relative in the care of another is a major decision and can cause a family member to feel emotions, such as sadness, guilt, incompetence and more. Elderly Care South Atlanta is there to relieve you of the burdensome duties that taking care of an aged relative brings.

Since most families need two incomes to survive these days there is often no one existing to care for mom or dad, grandma or grandpa. Although most of us do not take...

Of those who are caring for aging parents, not all of us have the good fortune of living within a few blocks of our parents. Most of us either live half a town across or maybe in a different state altogether. This makes caring for aging parents and providing for elder care solution quite challenging. If we keep a few points in mind, being away would not really affect the quality of elder care solution:

1. Opt for home based quality of elder care solution: If you are caring for...

Working parents with small children need to have quality daycare services. You need to be able to go to work and know they're properly cared for. Times are tough at the moment and partners with children need their combined income to tide over the family. Child care in Virginia Beach provides a good list of options.

Adult supervision is important to children’s formative and developing years. You will find scenarios when kids are presumed to be capable of self care and...

As the new decade unfolds, design mavens are all scurrying to foretell what trends will endure for the subsequent 10 years. Everybody thought that'going green' was simply a seasonal gimmick, a minor hype that was going to pass thru - but now we see the undeniable lifestyle shift is actually beginning to happen all over the world. 'Going green' - or simply doing acts which will make a contribution to lessening the human race's's damage to the earth - is actually soon to be the major...

If you’re responsible for providing most of the caregiving for an older adult, family member, elderly parent, or loved one, you may want to consider taking advantage of available respite care services. Respite care is short-term, temporary relief to those who are caring for family or loved ones at home, whose relatives would otherwise require treatment at a facility elsewhere. Without respite care, elderly or sick individuals would live in institutions or health care...

My father-in-law lived to age 100 years, 6 months and 3 days.

In his final years he was a confined to his home with live-in nurses to oversee medication, food preparation and to keep him from wandering off.  He was a pistol, an ornery man very annoyed that he couldn’t still live the lifestyle he was used to.  And he made everyone aware of the way he felt.  He was becoming very frail and couldn’t be active in the community any more.

The...

One of the most important decisions you need to make as a senior citizen is whether or not to move to a nursing home. While it can be difficult to leave one's own private house to live in a care home with other people, in many cases it's the best solution to ensure you get the best care possible around the clock. You'll find a host of other benefits, too, including a whole new social life.

Also known as nursing or residential homes, care homes are places where you can live and be...

DATELINE: BROCKTON, MA…

Old Colony Elder Services (OCES), one of 27 private, non-profit Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is offering a complimentary resource guide to older adults and caregivers in the greater Brockton area.

Old Colony Elder Services is part of Elder Education & Community Outreach (EECO), which is a collaborative effort of Brockton area health and human services organizations working...