If one of your goals for this year is to spend more time reading than you did in 2020, joining a local book club might be an ideal way to do that. For the most part, book clubs in Louisville and beyond have moved online in order to keep their members safe, holding their meetings … [Read more...] about Read a New Book With a Book Club — And a Review on “The Undying: A Meditation on Modern Illness”
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Caregiving is More Than Pretty Flowers
There are a lot of emotions that go into bringing a caregiver into the fold, whether that means hiring someone you don’t know to take care of a loved one or asking someone you do know, like a sibling, to act in a different capacity. Caregiving means establishing trust, and good … [Read more...] about Caregiving is More Than Pretty Flowers
Be Prepared For Doctor Visits
Taking the elderly to a physician’s appointment allows them to get out of the house and be engaged in their own health issues by confiding in their physician and receiving a reassuring response.Developing a good plan for regular medical follow up is important to:• Allow for … [Read more...] about Be Prepared For Doctor Visits
Don’t Be Duped: Red Flags
Scammers are persuasive and believable, whether they are pretending to be an IRS agent collecting taxes, posing as a grandchild who’s in jail and needs bail money, acting like an IT professional to get a virus off your computer, creating a fake social media profile, or professing … [Read more...] about Don’t Be Duped: Red Flags
Don’t Be Duped
How fraudsters are taking advantage of COVID-19 to scam youKathleen (*not her real name) was smitten. She received multiple texts like this each day from her new beau. In her 60s and widowed in 2019 after more than 40 years of marriage, Kathleen found herself lonely during the … [Read more...] about Don’t Be Duped