Tips and Advice Archive

The Caregiver Crisis, one man’s plea to change policy

Posted on September 7, 2010 | No Comments
Published in The Atlantic, Jonathan Rauch shares his story of being unprepared for one of life’s certainties – the decline of a parent. This is an excerpt from his powerful article: “I can say, from experience, that convincing caregivers they need help is not easy, at...
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Giving Life Through Wii

Posted on September 6, 2010 | 1 Comment
When John Jacobs picked up a Wii for the first time recently, he cracked a baseball with it almost immediately. His accomplishment would be significant for any novice Wii user, but it’s particularly notable given that Jacobs has Alzheimer’s disease. Jacobs, 81, is one of about...
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Your Brain on Gadgets

Posted on September 3, 2010 | No Comments
Digital Overload: Your Brain On Gadgets Article from NPR.org August 24, 2010 The average person today consumes almost three times as much information as what the typical person consumed in 1960, according to research at the University of California, San Diego. And The New York Times reports that the...
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Yoga’s Newest Fans, Elderly Benefits of Yoga

Posted on September 2, 2010 | No Comments
Article from the New York Times By DALE RUSSAKOFF Richard Perry/The New York Times A yoga class at the RAIN Inwood Senior Center in New York, led by a substitute teacher, Jennifer Block. The 18 men and women slowly climbing the steps to their yoga class at RAIN...
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Cognasium? Brain Games Prove Helpful

Posted on August 23, 2010 | No Comments
Silverado Senior Living – Calabasas offers this same computer system for its resident’s with memory impairment. Interesting article explaining how it makes a difference for seniors. Original article from www.alzheimersweekly.com : SALT LAKE CITY — Researchers have discovered the brain, as it passes middle age, actually gets better at...
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Protect your pearly whites, for your health!

Posted on August 18, 2010 | No Comments
Article from the Orange County Register By Jane Glenn Haas We really show off our teeth only when we first get them. We wiggle the baby tooth that’s about to fall out. When it does, the “tooth fairy” slips some cash under our pillow. That permanent tooth arrives,...
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Spinal Fluid Test Diagnoses Alzheimer’s Disease

Posted on August 17, 2010 | No Comments
Researchers report that a spinal fluid test can be 100 percent accurate in identifying patients with significant memory loss who are on their way to developing Alzheimer’s disease. Published: August 9, 2010, NY TImes : By GINA KOLATA Although there has been increasing evidence of the value of...
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Mitch Gaylord, From the Olympics to Silverado

Posted on August 4, 2010 | No Comments
Mitch Gaylord, Hospice Liaison for Silverado Hospice of Orange County sat down with Brad Pomerance of Charter Local edition to discuss the important benefits of hospice service including palliative care (pain management). Click here for video Silverado Hospice exists in the hope and belief that through...
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Making Dreams Come True, Until The End

Posted on August 3, 2010 | No Comments
Silverado Hospice fulfills simple wishes for its patients. Story by Jake Finch with the Ventura County Star: It was a simple request — a dying wish from a young father with cancer wanting to enjoy his 4-year-old son for as long as possible. But the cost of...
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Grapes of Wrath, for Alzheimer’s?

Posted on July 29, 2010 | No Comments
Study shows red grapes can distinguish between eliminating good versus bad proteins in Alzheimer’s disease. Man can’t hold a candle to Mother Nature. In fact many scientists would agree that we understand more about outer space than we do our own planet. Plants, which sprout...
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‘Mom Always Liked You Best’

Posted on July 21, 2010 | No Comments
Article from The New Old Age Blog on the New York Times By PAULA SPAN from The notion that parents cherish all their children equally — or at least say they do — is so entrenched in our culture that colleagues warned Karl Pillemer, a gerontologist...
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Talk To Us: Online Chat with Silverado

Posted on July 10, 2010 | No Comments
After spending over half an hour on the phone pushing 45 buttons on an automated message system, I’m at the brink of tears and just want to hear another human being’s voice on the other end of the line to answer my questions. We live...
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Independence Every Day!

Posted on July 2, 2010 | No Comments
Many Americans have felt it: the shudder of joy and overwhelming feeling of pride at the site of the flag waving boldly or had Goosebumps when listening to the national anthem. Freedom is a beautiful thing and for many, the United States is synonymous with...
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Is Dirt Therapeutic?

Posted on May 28, 2010 | 2 Comments
Few people would argue that a warm tomato plucked fresh from the vine tastes a little bit better than the one that ripened in a truck on the way to your local grocery store. Spring is a magical time of year. The winter chill finally...
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To Drive Or Not To Drive….With Dementia?

Posted on May 26, 2010 | 2 Comments
After helping my grandfather put his leg in the car, a little red flag when up in my head. I thought to my twelve-year-old-self, “Wait a minute, how is he going to drive if he needs help getting his leg in the car?” Reluctant to...
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