Aging at Home Versus Senior Living
It's one of the hardest decisions a family will ever face. And it almost never gets made once — it gets revisited, renegotiated, and reconsidered as circumstances change. Most families make it without...
2 Nov 6min
When an Aging Parent Stops Eating — What It Means
The clinical and emotional context for appetite decline in late-stage aging.In this episode, you'll learn:- The clinical and emotional reasons appetite declines in late-stage aging- Appetite loss vs. ...
26 Okt 6min
Help with Eating
Practical strategies for addressing malnutrition, appetite loss, and eating difficulty.Malnutrition in older adults often starts with appetite loss that nobody notices until it's already a clinical pr...
19 Okt 7min
Taste, Touch and Smell
Taste, smell, and touch are the sensory changes nobody talks about — and they create hidden risks that most families never connect to what they're observing. Appetite loss. Medication mistakes. Burns ...
12 Okt 7min
Vision and Hearing — Deeper Dive
Once you know a parent has vision or hearing loss, the question becomes: what do you actually do about it? How do you communicate differently? What changes at home make the biggest difference? And how...
5 Okt 7min
Vision and Hearing Loss
Vision and hearing loss affect almost every aspect of daily safety in older adults — driving, navigating the home, managing medications, recognizing emergencies. Most families don't recognize the full...
28 Sep 8min
Cognitive Vitality and Engagement in Later Life
Purpose, connection, and stimulation aren't soft concepts — they're clinical interventions with real evidence behind them. The aging brain needs engagement the way the body needs exercise. And familie...
21 Sep 6min
Having the Memory Loss Conversation with Your Parent
Raising concerns about a parent's memory is one of the hardest conversations a family can have. Get it wrong — lead with worry, come in too strong, do it in front of other family members — and the con...
14 Sep 6min
