Recently a client of mine, 97 years young, has been struggling with the psychological loss of no longer being able to drive.  I am calling it a psychological loss, because in practical terms she stopped driving over 18 months ago, when she was quite ill for a period of time; ever since, she has talked […]

Just last week the daughter of one of my clients sent me a note, saying “We are struggling with Mum’s short-term memory loss and her general resistance to external help. Is this typical in your experience?” I have to say it IS very common to encounter seniors who are reluctant to accept help that is […]

One of the questions I get asked most frequently is “So what kinds of things do you do for people?” In a recent 7-day stretch, here are some of the less typical activities that made the list: ·        Brushing a dog and clipping her foot hair and toenails ·        Baking bread for Easter gifts ·        Making custom Easter […]

I had to share this lovely story from one of my senior clients this week. She has a beautiful golden retriever who is her constant companion, and who generally tries to keep my client near him as much as possible for “safekeeping”. In fact, whenever the client and I go anywhere in the car, even […]

Recently I posted an article about how physical exercise can give you an immediate mood boost, as well as protect your brain long term from decline. We also know that balance is a key concern for seniors; a single fall can be the event that forces a senior to have to stop living independently in their […]

In case you need any other reasons to exercise on a regular basis, I heard about more research just today, from neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki (wendysuzuki.com), who has been particularly focused on studying the benefits of exercise on 2 parts of the brain: The pre-frontal cortex (key for decision-making, focus, attention, personality) The temporal lobe/hippocampus (key […]