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To keep fed, they signed up for the governor’s Great Plates program, which ...]]>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 18:55:00 GMThttps://rethinkingyourfuture.com/assessments-offer-clarity-in-uncertain-timeshttps://rethinkingyourfuture.com/giving-a-coffee-maker-a-dual-purpose My friend, let’s call him Alfred, who is in his 70s, has been trying to devise a system to alert his close contacts if something were to happen to him while he’s at home. He’s sensitive to the ...]]>Thu, 19 Dec 2019 17:21:00 GMThttps://rethinkingyourfuture.com/giving-a-coffee-maker-a-dual-purposehttps://rethinkingyourfuture.com/long-distance-caregivers-have-a-role-to-play If you live an hour or more away from a loved one who needs your care, you’re a long-distance caregiver. Based upon the needs of the care receiver, as well as the skills, abilities and ...]]>Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:25:00 GMThttps://rethinkingyourfuture.com/long-distance-caregivers-have-a-role-to-playhttps://rethinkingyourfuture.com/honoring-our-caregivers-can-take-many-forms Recently my mother returned home to New Hampshire after two wonderful weeks visiting me and my husband here in California. I had lots of goals for the visit, and we accomplished many of them. ...]]>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 17:14:00 GMThttps://rethinkingyourfuture.com/honoring-our-caregivers-can-take-many-formshttps://rethinkingyourfuture.com/think-about-shaving-as-a-shared-activity Shaving one’s face is a fundamental part of being a man. A generation ago, the act of shaving denoted manhood, pride of appearance, cleanliness, neatness and a person in control and well-groomed. ...]]>Thu, 16 Aug 2018 19:55:00 GMThttps://rethinkingyourfuture.com/think-about-shaving-as-a-shared-activityhttps://rethinkingyourfuture.com/influx-of-seniors-challenge-emergency-room-system The number of older people in emergency rooms is expected to increase significantly over the next 30 years, doubling in the case of those older than 65 and potentially tripling among those over 85. ...]]>Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:09:00 GMThttps://rethinkingyourfuture.com/influx-of-seniors-challenge-emergency-room-systemhttps://rethinkingyourfuture.com/supporting-a-grieving-parent Last week I asked my mother if there was something she thought I should write about in my column. Quick to reply, she said, “How does one cope when their spouse is dying?” “What do you mean by ...]]>Thu, 10 Aug 2017 19:35:00 GMThttps://rethinkingyourfuture.com/supporting-a-grieving-parenthttps://rethinkingyourfuture.com/mandated-reporters-have-an-important-role-to-play Not long ago I received a call from some friends who were concerned about their elderly neighbor. The neighbor (I will call him Bob) was discovered by a friend. Bob had fallen in his home and was ...]]>Thu, 20 Apr 2017 22:14:00 GMThttps://rethinkingyourfuture.com/mandated-reporters-have-an-important-role-to-playhttps://rethinkingyourfuture.com/when-you-suspect-a-friends-parent-needs-help A few weeks ago my husband and I were invited to a small dinner party. My friend wanted us to visit with his 90-year-old father, who was in town for a brief stay. 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