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Do You Worry About Your Elderly Parents When You Go On Vacation?

As parents age and are more dependent on their children for help, it becomes much more difficult to vacation. Whether it’s regular check...

EAC Can Be There With Your Parent When You Cannot

The reality is that people are living longer. Many people are also feeling they need to work past the traditional retirement age. This,...

The Needs are Great as Our Loved Ones Age

by Aimee Powers, DPT President & Founder Elder Advocates of CT For sure, the needs are great as an individual is aging. In my work with...

Why Doesn’t My Health Care Provider Listen to Me?!

It can be very frustrating when you speak with your health care provider and they refer to something you have said inaccurately or they...

What are Advanced Directives and Why are They Important to Me?

Most people do not understand their Advance Directives fully. Why should you care? To drive this point home, I had a client who was...

How do I handle the burden of medical bills while grieving the loss of my loved one?

Grief can be paralyzing, and when you lose a loved one after a long illness, the last thing you want to do is have to manage all of the...

Should I Keep Mom (or Dad) at Home?

One of the most frequent questions we get asked at Elder Advocates of CT is, “should I keep my mom (or dad) in her own home, or is it...

"They Said It Was Time to Go Home, But I Wasn't Ready!"

A client just had an emergency total hip replacement and hadn’t been out of bed yet in the hospital. Surprisingly, she was told they were...

Going Home with the Wrong Medications!

A trip to the emergency department is stressful enough. Now you are given new cardiac meds to take with no explanation. Where do you turn...