The National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (NAPGCM) is an organization of practitioners whose goal is the advancement of expert assistance to the elderly and their families. I’m proud to say that I’ve been elected to the National Board of the NAPGCM and Serving Seniors can help you in all areas of qualified elderly care.

Happy New Year! You’ve put on a few unwanted pounds over the holidays and now you feel guilty for enjoying yourself a little too much. So much for the “happy” part. Guilt is a natural reaction when you know you did something you shouldn’t have done.

“I get these S.O.S. calls” from adult children visiting family at Thanksgiving, said Emily Saltz, who operates a practice called Elder Resources in Newton, Mass. “They’ve been talking with their parents all year, being told everything is fine. Then they get there, and it’s not fine.

For many seniors, the holidays are not a time of celebration and joy, but only serve as reminders of how lonely he or she may be, the friends that may have passed on, the lack of family get-togethers and an inability to participate in such events.Click to read the entire articlehttps://www.

Michigan State Police Trooper Rob Herbstreith said the Niles post recently received three complaints in one week from widowed seniors who were targeted by a similar scam. One of the three victims lost $3,000.Click on this link for morehttps://www.nilesstar.

Some of the saddest care-giving stories concern brothers and sisters who come to loggerheads over some aspect of their parents' or another relative's careTo read the entire article, click on this link:https://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/sibling-conflict-over-caregiving

The problem is that old discord between brothers and sisters tends to unleash old resentment and anger.To read the entire article, click on this link:https://www.caring.com/tips/tip-how-to-avoid-refighting-old-sibling-battles

It shouldn't surprise anyone that sensitive family dynamics can be one of the most challenging aspects of care-giving for an elder, given the tremendous financial, physical, and emotional demands involved.To read the entire article, click on this link.https://www.

September 11 was the ten-year anniversary of 9/11. Anniversaries are about remembering. There’s one anniversary on September 21 that’s all about forgetting. That one is World Alzheimer’s Day. A day to remember, a month to remember for the millions of people who can’t.Alzheimer's disease is a progressive brain disorder that damages and eventually destroys brain cells, leading to loss of memory, thinking and other brain functions.

A small pilot study has found preliminary evidence that squirting insulin deep into the nose where it travels to the brain might hold early Alzheimer's disease at bay, researchers said on Monday.Click here to read the entire article:https://www.nytimes.