We have come to fear frailty more than death. We imagine being “put” in a nursing home, like a jar on a lonely shelf. Read More

I needed a change. I needed to go where there was a lot of people and things going on. And I wanted eventually to know that I wasn’t a problem to my kids. I wanted to make sure that I got life care. Read More

Being able to age at home is the goal of most people. Achieving this goal as one ages requires maintaining a balance between needs and resources as well as having made some preparations for the future when needs may increase. Read More

The form recommended and utilized as an advance directive in health care is the Power of Attorney for Health Care (POA-HC). This is a document you can complete empowering another individual to make your health care decisions if you become unable to make or express these decisions . . . Read More

Part of your planning for the future needs to include completing a health care advance directive, such as a power of attorney for health care and living will. Read More

The “ultimate resolution” to Leila Lynch's medical problem was, of course, not a treatment plan, but a place. Not a specific place. Just anywhere called "nursing home." Read More

Aging is a broad concept that includes physical changes in our bodies over adult life, psychological changes in our minds and mental capacities, social psychological changes in what we think and believe, and social changes in how we are viewed, what we can expect, and what is expected of us. Read More

An interview with Andrea Sherman, PhD, the President of Transitional Keys and Project Director of the Consortium of New York Geriatric Education Centers at New York University College of Nursing. Read More

The culture change movement in long-term care asks participants to let go of old traditions and adopt new ones. This promises to create environments where each person is known as an individual, has a voice, and can direct their own care. Read More

Timeslips is a group storytelling process for people with dementia. Read More