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I have been posting on my regular threads here in FV about the challenges of taking care of my elderly parents. Sometimes I am frustrated, sometimes angry, sometimes full of thanks..... It's an up and down bumpy road and I'm not always traveling it smoothly!!! I envision this as a thread...

Just wondering what are some of your tips/ideas on how to keep an elderly person hydrated during the summer or heatwaves/heat alerts. I know the larger cities set up 'cooling stations' where you can visit or pop in if you're downtown with free water/juice and its usually air conditioned. My...

My ex-mil has reached a point where she can't remember how to cook, but is capable (for now) of microwaving food. My son lives in her house, in a back sort of apartment and checks in on her mornings and evenings. My daughter drops in on her most days and takes her to the grocery store. It came...

The Greater Cause With all that takes place in our lives, it can sometimes be easy to overlook the fact that we’re part of something greater than ourselves—a collective consciousness, the Universe, a greater cause. Because of our tendency to forget this, we might make decisions in our lives...

Embracing the Disinherited In tribal cultures, the elderly play an important role. They are the keepers of the tribe’s memories and the holders of wisdom. As such, the elderly are honored and respected members of tribes. In many modern cultures, however, this is often not the case. Many...

Well, it happened to my MIL. Night before last. They posed as my adult son and bilked her out of $6000. First phone call (from my son last night--he's out west) "Mom, what's going on with grandma? She left two messages on my phone about western union and some other stuff. Didn't make any...

The SAHM thread about making ends meet got me thinking about the elderly and how they are probably in the most dire straights of anyone in this country. I read a NY Times story awhile back about northern Maine where the elderly are turning their heat off at night and putting quilts over their...

My DMother teaches the Elderly Ladies Sunday School class at our church. Some of the members are now in nursing homes or assisted living homes. Some are diabetics. One has had a stroke and is not able to hold things. She really wants to do something for them for Valentine's Day but is at a...

Not sure if this is the right forum My SIL foster Mum works part time in a nursing home, she visited me today and she wants me to organise ( and get paid!) some Arts and Crafts sessions. The elderly that are in the home vary from able bodied, wheelchair bound, Altzheimers etc. I am trying to...

An Elderly Couple Seems this elderly couple went to the clinic and asked to be tested for HIV. When the counselor asked why they felt that they should be tested at their age, the old man said, "Well, we heard on TV that people should be tested after annual sex!"

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1235561 http://www.eldervision.net/

In a small town, an elderly couple had been dating each other for a long time. At the urging of their friends, they decided it was finally time for marriage. Before the wedding, they went out to dinner and had a long conversation regarding how their marriage might work. They discussed...

I am off in a short time to visit with my dear friend Ursula. She's 90 and still going strong and as sharp as a tac:) We are going shopping at the local health food store and out to lunch, my treat today, we take turns. Then once we return to her home, we will fill the bird feeders and hang...

Ray is 75 years young and he deliveres groceries to the cars for customers. I walked in to the store today and he told me he liked my new haircut, handed me a minature tootsieroll and gave me a hug:smball: Life doesn't get any better than that;)

Local protective services for elderly under scrutiny By Mitch Mitchell Star-Telegram Staff Writer The rancid smell hit her long before she knocked on the door. After social worker Wendy Bailey entered the filthy home, she saw dead roaches fall from the elderly resident's matted hair...

I used to take care of older paitents in their home. Made decent money. On holidays and weekends they would pay $2.00 more. Was not really hard work. Would love to do this instead of house cleaning, but would do it on my week-ends off, but this would be the only time I would be able to do...

Seems like everytime I turn around there are reports of some elderly person mistaking the gas pedal for the break pedal. http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/?SecID=33&ArID=82637 Other accidents happen and it seems that they are found to be totally out of sorts unaware of what...