Easing the struggle of the family caregiver
Help My Senior seeks to speak to caregivers’ concerns in their various struggles to help their loved ones. Together, we can make a difference.
Native American Legend Favors White Man’s Values
Is it true that as a person gets older, they get interested in older things? Old buildings, old photographs, and old books? On my bookshelf is an 1899 copy of Brumbaugh's Standard Reader. The book's pages are yellow and the front pages are filled with the lavish...
In search of the superman senior
I’ll admit it – I’m jogging to avoid old age. I figure that if I can stay in shape after turning sixty, I can avoid declining health, and fight against whatever comes next. So I searched for the superman seniors that I know are out there – those odd birds in their...
“Life is worth living” – or do you say otherwise?
The big push for physician-assisted suicide – why it doesn’t make sense They used to call it assisted suicide. Now they’ve turned to other terms to make it sound more palatable. “Medical aid in dying,” “compassionate dying,” and “physician-assisted dying.” How could...
Three famous people who struggled with depression
If you have an aging parent with mental difficulties, did you ever wonder what kind of value they have in life? In other words, can anything good come from the difficulties of mental illness? If we look at history, we can find notable figures who have suffered from...