About Us

Most every web site has a very special About Us story. Here is ours.

My friend and consultant, Marsha, and I both experienced elderly issues with our parents at the same time. We’d both had many years of experience working with seniors in various ways – property management, financial services, coordinating services for seniors, interfacing with healthcare professionals, working as housing director, dealing with collections and debt management, and with legal issues, teaching, leading activities, etc. Many areas.

But when issues happened with our own parents, it was very, very different. Marsha was dealing with dementia, and elderly nutrition problems, and an array of health issues which resulted in hospice care. My family had to suddenly rush Dad, who was a 93-year-old widower, from his retirement home of 25 years back up to his home state to live by me, in an assisted living facility. His campus offers wonderful continuous care for all stages of aging.

In Dad’s situation, he had total sudden hearing loss in one ear with only 50% hearing in the other. He was almost deaf. Then he lost almost total sight in one eye from macular degeneration, and had serious vision loss in the other. It culminated and hit over night. He woke up one day and couldn’t see to drive, read labels (or anything for that matter), shop, etc.

We both experienced a very intense flurry of activity, decisions, talking to various experts, and lots of new learning. We worked with our families and talked to other friends who had different experiences and knowledge. So we pooled our expertise and learning together to help each other deal. And then decided to share what we knew in a web site, covering a wide range of elderly issues. And we started getting a lot of feedback to include an About Us page.

There is no universal “recipe” or To-Do list to help our elderly loved ones. Because everybody’s situation is different. But it helps to make a plan. These pages hopefully will offer some insight, tips, and also senior activity ideas and fun. We can’t forget the fun – it can always be found. Even with my Dad’s dilemma, we did find solutions to help him have a quality life. He is comforted and encouraged.

We continue to learn and grow. And so does our web site. Please feel free to share your story too. And feel free to Contact Us with any comments or things you’d like to see on our site. Now you know About Us. And we’d love to learn About You!

The best to you,

Mary

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