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Have you ever wondered how diabetes (or prediabetes) affects older adults?
Or whether your blood sugar numbers are cause for worry?
These are reasonable concerns, given that diabetes is pretty common in later life.
So in this post, I’d like to help you better understand diabetes in later life. Specifically, I’ll cover:
The basics about blood sugar, ...This article is by Michelle Allen, LCSW. Michelle is an experienced social worker and geriatric care manager based in Atlanta and is a featured expert providing guidance in our Helping Older Parents programs.
At some point...
Here’s an upsetting situation that comes up a lot, and may have come up for you: is someone financially taking advantage of Mom or Dad?
It’s a pretty legitimate concern to have. To begin with, most people know that there are plenty of “scammers” out there, phoning or mailing older adults with deceptive information designed to hoodwink them out of some of their ...
Have you noticed that an older relative seems to be having trouble hearing you at times?
Or perhaps you’ve realized that sometimes YOU are the one saying “What?”
These situations are extremely common. Sometimes the issue is that one is trying to communicate in a noisy place and there is no need for concern.
But in many cases, these kinds of issues can ind...