Mobility Challenges: How to Help an Older Parent Adjust to Life in a Wheelchair

Growing older requires us to get used to more than a few changes. Our kids mature and move out. We may opt to sell the family home and downsize. Retiring from a long-term career shifts our purpose and goals. And, medical conditions or mobility challenges may result in the necessity for a wheelchair. This kind […]

How Geriatric Patients Benefits from the Care of a Gerontologist

With most seniors already seeing a variety of doctors, could there be really any benefit to adding yet another? When it comes to a geriatric specialist, the clear answer is a resounding, “Yes!” A geriatrician is board-certified in either internal or family medicine, very much like a primary care physician, but with the additional benefit […]