Elder Care

Seniors go through a lot of changes that can impact their mental and emotional health. Some of these changes are...

Up to 42% of Americans over the age of 65 take five or more medications, and in 2018, at least one in...

Approximately half of middle-aged people in American provide financial, health, or emotional support for adult parents and minor or adult...

Caring for loved ones who have aged or become disabled is not a new concept. Many of the services provided...

Emergency room staff call it a “pop drop” – when a disabled older person comes in for medical attention, but...

More than 700,000 elderly and disabled Americans receive health care in residential care communities, such as assisted living facilities. As...

In this “silver tsunami” era, elder populations are outnumbering the younger workforce. This creates significant inequity and more than enough...

I work for a hospice program providing palliative care which means we attend to the emotional and spiritual needs of...

A few weeks ago at the Home and Community Health Association conference, I met some of the team behind CleverCare,...

Adult Services Social Worker Kristen Hamilton helps a client sign a form using a mobile app In today’s technology-enabled world,...

The last place one would expect to find ageism well and flourishing is in the helping professions, particularly among those...

When I first became a hospice social worker, I was stunned to realize more than half of my patients were...

By Denise Bartley, Andre Juste, Rachel Meadows, and Guiseline Momplaisir According to a study by the National Center on elder...

We are having a conversation, social worker to social worker, about the older constituents and clients who we each try...

In late September, HUD’s Secretary Julián Castro made the announcement that nearly $8 million in grant funding will be used to...

Recently, the United States Department of Justice announced the launch of the Elder Justice website which was created to help...

Surveys show that most people when asked prefer to spend the last years of their lives in their homes rather...

This month, we learned that former model and restaurateur B. Smith has been living with Alzheimer's Disease.  Smith, dubbed the "black...

How do you feel when you sit down to unwind in front of the television at the end of the...