By Anne O’Meara Editor’s note: An estimated 1.5 million individuals are under some form of guardianship, with combined assets of around $273 billion.[1] With these kinds…
By Jeff Syblik “Your dad used iced tea to mop the floor.” “What, Mom?” “His dementia’s back.” My mom’s revelation caused me to wonder: What…
By Judie Brown(Part 9 in our Cancel Culture series) No, aging community, the cancel culture does not want to enlist your wisdom and guidance; it…
By Charlene Rack Thoughts of a former client worked their way to the surface of my memory recently. As an in-home caregiver of the elderly,…
By Judie Brown The dictionary defines “halo” as a circle of light. But to those of us in pro-life work, HALO has come to mean…
By Carolyn Moynihan “Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die,” the saying goes. Today fewer people seem to care about heaven;…
By Nancy Valko, RN, ALNC I wanted to be a nurse since I was 5. I was drawn to nursing not only because I wanted…
By Donald DeMarco, PhD Hubert H. Humphrey, the 38th vice president of the United States and two-time senator, ran for the presidency in 1968, losing…
By Judie Brown A plague, or pestilence as it were, is a “contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.” While this word…
By Judie Brown For most of us, our aging and vulnerable loved ones are at the forefront of our minds these days. We confront the…
By Judie Brown When it comes to so-called red states and blue states, many stark differences exist. Some are economic; some are just disturbing. And…
By Nancy Valko, RN, ALNC Recently, two good friends of mine with physical limitations who had been waiting for over a year to enter a…