Category Archives: Socialization, Staying Active During the Elderly Years
Dad’s First Time Shopping, Finally Understanding Him
The father only didn’t want to impose on his family, so, he’d not, enjoyed “shopping” from before, but since he’d become, “mobilized”, he’d, enjoyed it, a whole lot! Translated… “Nah, you guys go ahead, I prefer to stay in the … Continue reading →
Posted in Alternative Perspectives, Beliefs, Experiences of Life, Family Dynamics, Family Relations, Lessons of Life, Philosophies of Life, Positives of Life, Properties of Life, Socialization, Socialization, Staying Active During the Elderly Years, The Passages in Life, the Process of Life, Values of Life
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Sending My Godfather into Daycare, the Loved Ones Became More Relaxed Mentally, as Well as Physically
A way to take care of the elderly who’d become demented, whom you love dearly, to give yourselves some breathing room too, from the Newspapers, translated… My godfather, after dad died, would take a walk to our house to sit … Continue reading →
Posted in Alternative Perspectives, Beliefs, Dementia & Other Issues of the Elderly Years, Elderly Caretaking, Experiences of Life, Properties of Life, Socialization, Staying Active During the Elderly Years
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Tagged Daycare Centers for Demented Elderly, Helping the Families Take Some Pressures Off
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His Three Sons Took Turns Looking After Him, Taking Care of His Needs as He Ages
These children worked out a schedule, so their father would be well taken care of, it’s a amazing thing that these children are doing, to look after their elderly father, translated… My seventy-five-year-old eldest brother three years ago, because of … Continue reading →
Posted in Beliefs, Elderly Caretaking, Experiences of Life, Lessons of Life, Philosophies of Life, Positives of Life, Properties of Life, Socialization, Staying Active During the Elderly Years, Values of Life
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Tagged Fulfilling Their Filial Piety Responsibilities, Looking After Their Elderly Father at Old Age, Reciprocating the Kindness Show to Them Back to Their Own Elderly Father
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My Father Enjoyed Staying at the Nursing Homes, with the Professional Care Provided, We Felt More at Ease
Alternative perspective, to looking at placing your parents in a nursing home, translated… Nine years ago, my mom passed away, and dad chose to stay behind at home in Menon, on the land outside the house, it’d became his track … Continue reading →
Posted in Beliefs, Dementia & Other Issues of the Elderly Years, Elderly Caretaking, Experiences of Life, Facts, Opinions, Philosophies of Life, Positives of Life, Properties of Life, Socialization, Staying Active During the Elderly Years, The Passages in Life, Values of Life
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Tagged a Nursing Home for Demented Elderly, Putting Her Father into a Nursing Home
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Class Reunion
Got that invite in the mail, or do they do e-vites now, huh??? Translated… I’d bumped into a former classmate, the two of us started catching up, talked about everything that’s happened in our separate lives, and, it’d felt amazing. … Continue reading →
Posted in Alternative Perspectives, Beliefs, College Life, Experiences of Life, Memories Shared, Philosophies of Life, Properties of Life, Recollections, Socialization, Socialization, Staying Active During the Elderly Years, Stories from the Mind, The Passages in Life, the Process of Life, Values of Life
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Tagged Blasts from the Past, Class Reunions, Reconnecting
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Sending the Elderly Parents to a Nursing Home=Being Unfitting as an Offspring? Having the Healthcare Professionals to Look After Ones’ Elders, Feeling More Secure
This is, the traditional Chinese beliefs, that should be, thrown OUT!!! From the Newspapers, translated… My originally independent, able-bodied mother had a stroke, plus she’d begun to stutter when she spoke, being outgoing and social, she was, greatly impacted, was … Continue reading →
Posted in Aging Well, Alternative Perspectives, Beliefs, Dementia & Other Issues of the Elderly Years, Elderly Caretaking, Experiences of Life, Philosophies of Life, Properties of Life, Socialization, Staying Active During the Elderly Years, The Passages in Life, Values of Life
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Tagged Changing the Traditional Values of Putting the Elderly Parents into a Nursing Home
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Using Gardening Therapy, Awakening the Rose in Her Memories
From a seminar on how to look after elderly living in the secluded areas, from the papers, translated… There is a “healing garden” somewhere in Hong Kong, especially for the demented elderly or elderly who’d become incapacitated. An elderly woman … Continue reading →
Posted in Beliefs, Dementia & Other Issues of the Elderly Years, Elderly Caretaking, Experiences of Life, Lessons of Life, Philosophies of Life, Positives of Life, Properties of Life, Socialization, Staying Active During the Elderly Years, The Passages in Life, Values of Life
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Tagged Gardening Therapy to Help with Demented Elderly
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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 →
Posted in Aging Well, Beliefs, Dementia & Other Issues of the Elderly Years, Experiences of Life, Lessons of Life, Philosophies of Life, Positives of Life, Socialization, Staying Active During the Elderly Years, the Consequences of Life, the Process of Life, Values of Life
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Tagged Dealing with Dementia Actively & Positively, Early Onset Dementia, Leading an Active Life with Dementia
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Moving in, to a Retirement Village
A good way to live out your elderly years, and, it’s not because your children are, abandoning you in your elderly years either! Translated… A friend who’d lived in the States long term, after her husband died, she’d moved back … Continue reading →
The Mahjong for Two
A revised game for two now, with the rules being, adjusted to fit our playing requirements, to help our minds stay active during old age, translated… My wife and I are both retired, and, the retired elderly had nothing on … Continue reading →
Life, the Obstacle Course 