Aging Life Care Associationcaring Archives – Aging Life Care Association The experts in aging well. Thu, 28 May 2026 16:56:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.aginglifecare.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-ALCA_Logos_icon_cropped2-32x32.png caring Archives – Aging Life Care Association 32 32 93799987 How Social Isolation Stole My Mom https://blog.aginglifecare.org/blog/how-social-isolation-stole-my-mom/ Wed, 09 Sep 2020 21:26:08 +0000 http://blog.aginglifecare.org/?p=2117  On September 6, 2019, my mother turned 76. As was our birthday tradition, I invited her to lunch and suggested an outing to a local craft store she loved. For the first time ever, she refused to budge from her home. This was new behavior and it really worried me because her world was shrinking. … Continue reading How Social Isolation Stole My Mom →

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]]> 2117 Love In the Time of COVID-19 https://blog.aginglifecare.org/blog/love-in-the-time-of-covid-19/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 22:55:11 +0000 http://blog.aginglifecare.org/?p=1869 by Lisa Kaufman I received a call this morning. A man who has never spoken with me before wanted my opinion about the care needs of his 80-year-old mother. He explained that she has moderate to severe (read severe) dementia, visual impairment, is hard of hearing and is in renal failure requiring dialysis. He went … Continue reading Love In the Time of COVID-19 →

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]]> 1869 Social Distancing-Social Engagement in the Age of Covid-19: What We Can Do https://blog.aginglifecare.org/blog/social-distancing-social-engagement-in-the-age-of-covid-19-what-we-can-do/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 23:00:31 +0000 http://blog.aginglifecare.org/?p=1870 by Miriam Zucker I live in New Rochelle, New York, a city whose fame is rooted with the Petrie’s of The Dick Van Dyke show. That image of a suburban family living on a quiet tree-lined street changed dramatically on March 10.  New Rochelle became the first COVID-19 containment area in the United States. On … Continue reading Social Distancing-Social Engagement in the Age of Covid-19: What We Can Do →

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