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Marti Weston, AsOurParentsAge.net

Longer Old Age but Lower Quality Near the End?

May 24, 2012 by Marti Weston, AsOurParentsAge.net

A few days ago I added a must read link to Michael Wolff’s New York Magazine article, A Life Worth Ending. It’s an eye-opening piece, detailing long drawn-out decline of his mother. Check it out — it really is a must read. For our par…

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Very Basic Rules for Aging Parent Digital Devices

May 24, 2012 by Marti Weston, AsOurParentsAge.net

Are you helping to maintain and secure a computer for your aging parent? Do you find yourself spending lots and lots of time explaining why NOT to click on a button or an update screen, even when windows seem to swoop in and personally invite a user to…

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Relatives May Spot Dementia Symptoms First

May 23, 2012 by Marti Weston, AsOurParentsAge.net

In the early stages of dementia, indications of developing problems  may be spotted by relatives, not by physicians, according to an article in the May 21, 2012 Washington Post Health section. Reprinted from the Consumer Reports Health site, the art…

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Thanks to the Elders Who Built My Church Community

May 20, 2012 by Marti Weston, AsOurParentsAge.net

Sometimes at my church in late October we sing the hymn, For All the Saints. At that service we remember the many dedicated and committed people who have died over the course of the year. For me, this service is always a time to think about long time m…

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Dementia Incidence Going Down? We’ll Just Have to Wait and See

May 16, 2012 by Marti Weston, AsOurParentsAge.net

Is the incidence of dementia declining? We really want this to be true, because it would mean a lot less suffering for our parents’ generation and in our own. It’s personal and as we age the threat of dementia feels closer and closer. Unfor…

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Technology: It Even Transforms Elders

May 14, 2012 by Marti Weston, AsOurParentsAge.net

The other day, at a pre-Mother’s Day weekend event, I sat in a room with hundreds of seniors — mothers, grandmothers, dads, grandfathers — and guess what?  A good many of them had smartphones. I was amused to observe, that a fair num…

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Woodland Park Green House Walls are Rising – April 28, 2012

May 11, 2012 by Marti Weston, AsOurParentsAge.net

The walls continue to rise above the foundations at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community. To learn more please read these posts about Woodland Park Green House Homes, a new community at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community. Woodland Park Green Ho…

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Finding and Wearing Protective Sunglasses

May 10, 2012 by Marti Weston, AsOurParentsAge.net

Whether we are talking about the eyes of our senior parents or our own aging adult child eyes, protection from the sun is critical for eye health. Urgent, in fact. The solar shield sunglasses given to me after my eye surgery are comfortable and filte…

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