Do your homework before choosing a caregiver agency
By Janice Elizabeth Berte, Contributing Writer
REGION - When an individual or family decides to seek out caregiving services, they must ask themselves many questions....
10 important financial tips for caregivers
By R. R. Fletcher, Contributing Writer
REGION - Americans spend roughly $190 billion per year on their care recipients for out-of-pocket expenses. Closer to home, according to AARP, over...
Sleep loss puts family caregivers at risk for health problems of their own
By R. R. Fletcher, Contributing Writer
REGION - Nicknamed the "sandwich generation," many older adults over 50 care for both aging parents and children. Caregivers...
The safety of the person with Alzheimer’s disease
By Micha Shalev
Caring for a loved one who has Alzheimer's can be rewarding - and stressful. Home safety is important for everyone - but...
Become a volunteer advocate for AARP Massachusetts
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
Attend one of our caregiving and retirement security events
AARP Massachusetts is working to ensure you have the health...
The grace of forgetting
By Marianne Delorey
“Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.” Friedrich Nietzsche
“To be able to forget means sanity.” Jack London
People who...
Delusional, paranoid and hallucinatory behavior in Alzheimer’s disease patients
By Micha Shalev
Delusional, paranoid and hallucinatory behaviors may be a response to internal or external factors. They most often occur as a result of...
Common myths of aging
By Micha Shalev
Like any form of bias, ageism has led many of us to make false assumptions about seniors. Many of these myths may...
Keeping our parents a little longer at home
Providing a safe environment
By Micha Shalev, MHA CDP CDCM
It is a given that most elderly people want to stay in their home and not...
Common mistakes people make when selecting a long term care facility for a loved...
By Micha Shalev, MHA CDP CDCM
Part two of two. Part one was in the October issue of the Fifty Plus Advocate and can also...
