For the love of food
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
― Virginia Woolf The US...
Giving thanks for family caregivers
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts As we head into the Thanksgiving holiday, let’s also remember that November is National Family Caregivers Month –...
Creative engagement
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes “There are two ways of spreading light – to be the candle or the mirror that...
After the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease: So what now!!
By Micha Shalev, Co-owner of The Oasis at Dodge Park, Dodge Park Rest Home and The Adult Day Club at Dodge Park “Are you kidding...
Why worry?
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes “When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man...
I have been an imposter
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes For years now, I’ve been writing about aging, but I was in my 40s. I know...
Safety monitoring of a loved one diagnosed with dementia
By Micha Shalev, Co-owner of The Oasis at Dodge Park We get news every day of remarkable developments in the tech world that claim to...
June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month
Submitted by the Alzheimer’s Association, Massachusetts/New Hampshire Chapter June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month and the Alzheimer’s Association® needs you to help raise awareness...
‘Mom, do you know my name?’
By Janice Elizabeth Berte It all started out so innocently when I visited my mother years ago, and I would notice that asking her basic...
Moving into a long term care facility
By Micha Shalev MHA CDP CDCM CADDCT Part one of this series appeared in the April issue of the Fifty Plus Advocate. Part three will...
