Dr. K responds to reader who is concerned about paranoia and other changes in an aging mother. Learn the six key causes of paranoid behaviors, how to check on safety, and how to pursue further evaluation, even if your parent is resisting your efforts to help.| Better Health While Aging
Wondering how to know if an aging parent needs help? Or trying to find out what to do when they need help? Dr. K explains exactly what warning signs to check for and what to say (and not say!) when you talk to your parent about your concerns. Use this approach to be more effective, next time you visit your aging parent.| Better Health While Aging
Dear Dr. K, Any ideas on how I can relieve my mother’s anxiety about her thinking an animal got in the house? I can’t find anything and have moved the couches but she is convinced and scared. She’s always been a worrier, plus her thinking has been deteriorating and her vision is impaired a bit. […]| Better Health While Aging
Worried about an elderly person's decisions? Learn how doctors & lawyers assess decision capacity, & when it may be legally or ethically ok to intervene.| Better Health While Aging
Dr. K provides advice to a person who thinks her mom has dementia, and whose question starts with “My loving, Jewish mother is 92 and has turned into a rude, abusive foul-mouthed woman who I no longer recognize.”| Better Health While Aging
In this QA, I provide advice on how to get help for a senior parent, if you're worried about possible "incompetence." We cover how to get help, and how mental capacity and legal competence are assessed, and how to take care of yourself in the process.| Better Health While Aging
(This article is part 2 of a special guest series by geriatrician Dr. Nicole Didyk, founder of the blog and YouTube channel The Wrinkle. Like me, Dr. Didyk has a particular interest in informing and empowering older adults and families. So I’ve been very glad to have her contributing to the site these past few […]| Better Health While Aging
Here are the steps to take if you've noticed worrisome problems and think your aging parent might need help. Learn how to respectfully engage them and move towards needed changes, even if they're refusing or won't accept that there's a safety issue at hand.| Better Health While Aging
When is the last time you had a really meaningful conversation with someone from a different generation? And who was it with? Was it with a grandchild? A niece? Your own parent? A neighbor? Or maybe even the person standing next to you in line at the store? While these types of connections happen every day […]| Better Health While Aging
I am a firm believer that school should be fun for kids. I don’t mean the fun from watching videos, going on field trips or letting them run around all day—although that is fun too. I mean fun in t…| Urban Education Mixtape