This week at the Aging Well Conference in Arlington, I was invited to speak about the critical topic,

Decisions a Health Care Proxy Makes

I've written several times about legal documents and selecting an executor and agent. While researching...

The guest article by Wendl Kornfeld appeared in my Aging Matters column.

Wendl determined  'learning to be old' would be her new job, with a focus on older people without family to help them navigate the unique challenges of aging. She has...

Geriatric research describes older adults aging alone as “hidden in plain sight.” That description is accurate. We are not seen. 

That perception that all older adults are married with children is not. Nor are we divorced with...

Several weeks ago, I attended a Care Talk sponsored by JoinHonor in Dallas. The guest speakers, Seth Sternberg, JoinHonor.com, and Robert Kramer, Founder and Strategic Advisor, NIC.org inspired leading edge home care outlooks.

The audience...

The past week, I attended the #NICForum18 in Dallas. Everywhere I turned there were nursing home and assisted living operators, investors, and owners.

The topics circled around Medicare, health care services, joint partnerships, and bundled...

It's a rhetorical question.

If you ask members in the Elder Orphan Facebook group, you'll likely hear, "Duh, of course, the single and unassisted older individuals have very different needs than the married or unmarried with adult children.

The...

Experts in the aging industry know that growing older is normal. It is not a disease nor is it a decline. It means that older adults have an opportunity to age with grace, remain healthy and vibrant, and stay independent and function well while...

The awareness of “aging alone” and its potential issues began after my parents’ passing. At the time, I had been a family caregiver to both, my Mother and Father. He lived with Alzheimer’s Disease and Mother lived with a...

Intention with purpose:

It’s a way to be in the world, living life, on your terms.

Even after retiring from a job, raising a family, earning one or several degrees, and moving into a lifestyle that suits a kick-back perspective, older adults...

Dr. Maria Carney, a geriatric and palliative care physician, whose research inspired the term "elder orphan," will be our first guest expert to join the group and answer questions that you have about aging single (aging alone.) 

The research...