It's hard enough to deal with the idea that you are having increased difficulty communicating, but now you have the added stress a...

Making the decision that your loved one needs to go to a facility is not easy and may not be for everyone. But if you've been considering...

We all want to keep our loved ones at home for as long as possible. We don't dream of one day having to place them into a facility. But...

As we age it becomes increasingly difficult to do things that we once were able able to do quite easily. We might notice that we cannot...

We have the Silent Generation, the Baby Boomers, Generation X and the Millennials all active in the process of making decisions for...

The new year brings new goals of working out and exercising, but it can also bring on new anxieties for the same reason. For most people...

The everyday struggles of taking care of others can create enormous amounts of stress that can lead to physical, emotional and financial...

Typically when someone hears the term hospice they immediately have a negative, maybe even sad connection with the word. I can see why,...

Whenever someone says that they’re in pain or that they have a headache, our typical response is to take a pain reliever or some sort of...

It's less than a week away from Christmas. You still haven't bought your aging parent a gift and you have absolutely no idea what to get...

Aphasia (the loss of ability to understand or express speech) from a stroke results from brain damage in the language center and can...

If your loved one has even a small amount of movement in their hand that was a affected by their stroke it is important to constantly...

A stroke occurs when the blood supply to the brain is disrupted, resulting in oxygen starvation, brain damage and loss of function. As...

People who experience even a mild stroke can have behavioral changes. Though this doesn’t mean that everyone who has a stroke has...

The Role of a Speech-Language Pathologist Speech-language pathologists (SLP’s), also known as speech therapists, are a very important...

With the risk for stroke increasing as we age, and the prevalence of stroke being the 5th leading cause of death in the US, knowing the...

What is visual neglect? Neglect is inattention of either the right or left visual field. Although it is possible to have right visual...

When it comes to your loved ones, you might not always know where to start. Here are a few simple changes you can make to your home or to...