When you are worried about the winter weather and increasing heating and grocery bills it is understandable if you don’t pay close attention to the interminable arguments in Congress over this bill, that legislation and…
Connecticut’s long-term care “rebalancing” effort which aims to move elderly and disabled residents from institutional to home and community based care – a project that if successful could save taxpayers millions of dollars – is…
I was speaking with a friend who works in elder care the other day, and got several surprises about the progression of life and death. I was relating the story of a woman I had…
It is time to say goodbye to another year, with all of its successes and failures and the sometimes unsettling realization that we are all a year older too. Connecticut’s seniors have had a reasonably…
If you only look at television advertising or listen to the radio version of those same ads you’d easily conclude that all is happiness at this time of the year – even husbands doing last…
Gov. Dannel Malloy’s Executive Orders 9 and 10 which provide for, or require, unionization of home health care aides and family daycare providers, even those working independently, has moved forward with establishment of two “working…
When my son was first venturing out into the world he took a year to work and enjoy a sense of independence before starting college. He looked into numerous possibilities across a broad range of…
I was watching the rioting in Cairo on the evening news last night and it reminded me of some information that my son passed on several months ago regarding the treatment of poor and disabled…
Advocates for the elderly and disabled gathered at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford have voiced their objections to Gov. Dannel Malloy’s Executive Order 10 which provides for – some say requires – the unionization…
A few weeks ago I wrote about Gov. Dannel Malloy issuing Executive Order 10 which calls for establishing a Personal Care Attendant Quality Home Care Workforce Council which calls for documentation of “approved” home health…
Few of the issues affecting the elderly are as likely to provoke emotional reactions as the rights of grandparents to visit their grandchildren. It is safe to presume that in stable marriages there isn’t much…
There are few issues involving aging that create more concern for the elderly and those caring for the elderly than falling. A fall can leave a person injured and unable to get to a phone…
Are you familiar with the rock and roll song I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead? You can pick from the late rocker Warren Zevon’s version or the more recent track of the same name by Jon…
A hearing conducted by the state Commission on Aging Monday revealed that like most residents, the state’s elderly may have had a very difficult time communicating with utilities and each other, but nonetheless fared well…
I wanted to update you today on the status of the elderly in Connecticut and how they fared during the recent record setting event – that being the number of people who went without power after…
Connecticut’s elderly residents got some heavyweight assistance in their quest for uniform elder abuse laws this week when Sen. Richard Blumenthal chaired hearings in Washington seeking to chart a course for the federal government to…
An elderly man with dementia was in a bad mood one day and his wife, who dutifully tended to him, asked what was bothering him. “You’re always pushing me around, and you talk behind my…
The entire state of Connecticut erupted in a frenzy earlier this month when news outlets reported that as part of his debt reduction and government reorganization efforts Gov. Dannel Malloy was going to stop the…
While much of the nation’s attention has been focused on the political maneuverings in Washington over budgets and debts and credit limits, an equally impassioned debate has been taking place once again, or perhaps still,…
As huge numbers of Americans approach the dreaded age of 65 years young we wonder what is going to happen to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security? It appears that all three are in serious jeopardy…