Expert Column
Kay Paggi 
Eldercare Consultant
As a licensed professional counselor, certified gerontological counselor and certified geriatric care manager, Kay...read more
Articles In This Column
- A Checklist of Essential Legal Documents for Aging Parents: What You Need to Know Before It's Too Late
- Things You Need to Know About Your Parent's Finances Before It's Too Late: A Checklist
- The Dementias: Diagnosis, Treatment and Research
- Amazing Tales of Aging
- Activity Directors' Tips for Creating Meaningful Senior Activities
- A Caregiver's Guide to Alzheimer's Disease
- Activities for Alzheimer's and Dementia Patients
- Geriatric Care Manager, Kay Paggi, Makes Headlines in The Dallas Morning News
- Death by Hospital
- How to Choose a Senior Care Facility
- Just When You Thought There Was No One to Help...Part 1 of 2
- Just When You Thought There Was No One to Help...Part 2 of 2
- Guidelines for a More Successful Visit: Visiting Your Elderly Loved One
- Go Ahead, Laugh it Up
- Is Laughter the Best Medicine?
- The Benefits of a Caregiver Support Group
- Talking to Your Elderly Parents: 6 Surefire Ways to Communicate Effectively
Geriatric Care Solutions & Management
A Caregiver's Guide to Alzheimer's Disease
A Caregiver’s Guide to Alzheimer’s Disease: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier, authored by Roger Brumback, Patricia Callone, Connie Kudlacek, Janaan Manternach and Barbara Vasiloff, was recommended to me by Natalie Davis, who instructs activity director certification courses, and whose father died of Alzheimer’s disease a year ago. The book is divided into three sections: tips for making life easier during the progression of the disease, helpful information about Alzheimer’s and related dementias, and resources for people with Alzheimer’s...Read entire article »
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Activities for Alzheimer's and Dementia Patients
Amazon.com Widgets I believe activities are crucial to well-being. In the past ten years, research has shown that activities play a large part in preventing the progression of dementia. We also know that socializing prevents loneliness, despair and suicidal thoughts. For several years I led recreational activities on weekends at a geri-psych hospital. The activities that took place on any particular weekend greatly depended on the patients in the unit at that time. All of the patients there had...Read entire article »
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Geriatric Care Manager, Kay Paggi, Makes Headlines in The Dallas Morning News
Our very own Expert Columnist, Kay Paggi, was recently interviewed in a Dallas Morning News article discussing the role of geriatric care managers and what they can offer families, especially when they are at their wit’s end. As Kay pointed out, “I’m the person you call when you have more questions than answers about your mother’s or father’s care.” Many Americans are unaware of the importance of geriatric care managers—some don't even know they exist! However this will definitely...Read entire article »
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Death by Hospital
As a professional geriatric care manager, client death is an occupational hazard. I try to maintain a level of professional “distance” from my clients in order to see the situation objectively. Occasionally there is a client who becomes especially dear to me in spite of my good intentions. One such client recently died. In this particular case, my client had no nearby family. I was her frequent companion, her friend, a surrogate family member when one was needed for...Read entire article »
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How to Choose a Senior Care Facility
As a geriatric care manager, I frequently visit long-term care facilities. Because each facility offers a distinct setting and array of services, it is difficult to know which one is the best choice for your family member. Most families recognize that choosing a facility based on cost alone is not the wisest decision. Choosing a facility based on its proximity to the primary caregiver is often not the best choice either, even though it should be close enough for...Read entire article »
