Category Archives: Aging Well

Moving His Mother Back Home Helped Her Find Her Smiles Agai

From the caretaker’s manual, translated… Due to osteoporosis, my mother had problems in her spinal columns, it’d taken the progressions of her illness a total of ten years, from the beginning, she could still walk on a walker, then, she’d … Continue reading

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As the Moon’s Lost Her Memory…

As the moon’s lost her memory, it’d still not kept her, from shining so brightly, up there, high, in the starry-accompanied skies. As the moon’s lost her memory, nobody ever notices, because people live down here on earth, while the … Continue reading

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Helping Patients with Dementia Stay Independent

A more positive way, to cope with the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and dementia, from a newsletter I received, in Chinese, translated by me… Four years ago, as Tomofumi Tanno was diagnosed as being mildly demented, he was only thirty-nine. And … Continue reading

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If the Smaller-Scaled Schools Became Flea Markets…

How the U.S.’s schools helped make the aging population feel more productive, from the Front Page Sections, translated… The reduction of birthrate, and the population aging had become, two huge problems in Taiwan, but is there, innovative ways, to help … Continue reading

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Lacking the Personnel of Elderly Homecare Providers? They Kept Their Employees on Staff with a Sense of Achievement

The beliefs of helping those with dementia and those who’d become immobilized live better in the elderly years, from the Front Page Sections, translated… As there was a shortage in the personnel in homecare provider, the “Tong-Ren Ren-Ai Home” was … Continue reading

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Not Treating Old Age as an Illness, the Starting Point of Changing the Beliefs

Written by the Department Head of VMH Elderly Medical Center, something we should ALL take into account, seeing how people are living longer and longer by the decades now…translated… Since Grandma Chen finished with her yearly health checks, she’d become, … Continue reading

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Reminiscing Over the Old Photographs

The memories we made, they will, NEVER, EVER fade away, translated… The old photographs, I’d taken to the film studios to get them developed, then, placed them one by one, into the photo albums to keep; these photos were mostly … Continue reading

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An Elderly Woman Who’s Not the Least Bit Anxious about Growing Older

Embracing old age, that’s, the way to do it all right!!!  Translated… My aunt is eighty-six, she’d laughed every single day, and naturally as you can imagine, she’s in, great health, but what awes me the most is, the attitude … Continue reading

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Love, is Allowing Her to Do What Makes Her Happy

How a woman is aging gracefully, staying active in her golden years, with her daughters’ permissions, of course, translated… After our mother retired, she’d started volunteering at the Department of Social Services, other than handling the domestic violence calls, she’d … Continue reading

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Slowing Down the Rate of Deterioration, Chatting with Her, Doing Things with Her

Translated… My mother-in-law is eighty-five, with a quick temper, she’d always been physically healthy.  But starting last year, she’d started repeatedly, asking the same questions, and I knew that she didn’t mean to, because she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. And … Continue reading

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