When a family member has Alzheimer’s disease, it affects everyone in the family, including children and grandchildren. It’s important to talk to them about what is happening. How much and what kind of information you share depends on the child’s age and relationship to the person with Alzheimer’s. Here are some tips from the National… Continue reading Talking with Kids about Alzheimer’s
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Get Out from Under Weighty Emotions to Eat Healthier, Be Fitter
The key to losing weight and keeping it off is to understand the role unresolved emotions from past events play in your health. If you use food a a way to deal with stress and anxiety, here are some steps you can take to overcome emotional eating: Find Your Triggers: Spend some time thinking about… Continue reading Get Out from Under Weighty Emotions to Eat Healthier, Be Fitter
Telling Your Kids and Grandkids about Your Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Carol saw her doctor about a lump in her breast in early December. By the time the mammogram and biopsy were done, she didn’t want to ruin her adult daughter’s birthday or Christmas. Yes, she had breast cancer, but it wasn’t life threatening. So she sat on the news for more than a month., In… Continue reading Telling Your Kids and Grandkids about Your Breast Cancer Diagnosis
How to Handle a Loss
Loss is part of life. We all suffer from it at some point and in some way. Death and divorce are among the most obvious, but we also can experience loss of hope, approval, aspirations, friendship, social standing and trust, among many other examples. Like the ensuing grief it brings, loss is unique to the… Continue reading How to Handle a Loss
Needed: Better Communication with Older Parents
Better processes are needed to help improve communication between elderly parents and adult children, researchers say. Such communication is often prompted by parents insisting on what they want or resisting suggestions – in other words, by stubbornness. Steven Zarit, Distinguished Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State, said the struggle for independence takes… Continue reading Needed: Better Communication with Older Parents