Aging Alcohol Abuse
“Cut Off” in The Family a ” Phantom Limb” at Thanksgiving
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Best Tool to Give the Family Holiday Hope
How do you give the family Holiday HopwHow do you as a geriatric care manager change the script for these aging dysfunctional families – family caregivers and older members who are supposed to care for but can’t.
How do you give the family Holiday Hope? During Christmas and Hannaka family caregivers, especially in the dysfunctional family can be drinking or numbing themselves from the pain of caregiving. They will ruin the holiday celebration in one way or
another.
The Holiday Season is Upon Us & Can Be Caregiver Hell
The Holiday Season is upon us. Thanksgiving, Hannukkah, and Christmas are all coming up when families gather around ritual gatherings. Adult children can notice their aging parents’ struggling with memory, and speech, and preparing those ritual meals. Then midlife siblings may be alarmed by any behaviors that threaten the normal order they always experienced.
Read MoreBest Tool for Dysfunctional Family on Holidays- Hope
How do you as a geriatric care manager change the script for these aging dysfunctional families – family caregivers and older members who are supposed to care for but can’t. How does a professional GCM make the whole family transform to change?
It’s actually simple –but loaded with skill- give them hope
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When “Cut Off” in The Family is a ” Phantom Limb” at Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving will be upon us soon. Pieces of April is my favorite aging dysfunctional family ” cut off ” Thanksgiving film. Made as a comedy in 2003, it touches death and dying, sibling rivalry, mother-daughter estrangement, interracial love- and Alzheimer’s all fueled by deep family fault lines and how to cook a turkey on a broken stove.The film manages to make the old theme of fraught family Thanksgiving, crisp, funny and ultra worth watching.
Read MoreThe 2 Deadliest US Sites of COVID-19 Nursing Homes & Prisons
So what is the connection between the viral spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes and prisons- 6 feet? Prisoners and residents, in nursing homes, and prisons cannot social distance. Jails and prisons have human beings crammed together with no choice.
Read MoreWhen Cut Off in The Family is a ” Phantom Limb” at Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving will be upon us soon. Pieces of April is my favorite aging dysfunctional family ” cut off ” Thanksgiving film. Made as a comedy in 2003, it touches death and dying, sibling rivalry, mother-daughter estrangement, interracial love- and Alzheimer’s all fueled by deep family fault lines and how to cook a turkey on a broken stove.The film manages to make the old theme of fraught family Thanksgiving, crisp, funny and ultra worth watching.
Read MoreIs Senior Alcohol Abuse At A Crisis Level?
Substance abuse or dependence, including alcohol use, drug misuse, and nicotine use, can have severe negative physical, cognitive, and psychological consequences for the older adult.
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