“There’s a new style of martial arts training sweeping the nation amongst older adults called ‘Cane-Fu Fighting’, “ says Derrick at Elder-Guru.

If you’re concerned about your elderly parents, physically challenged parents, or those who may be targets for attacks, robberies, and physical abuse, check out the possibility of them taking a cane-fu fighting class.  (You may want to take it along with them!)
This is physical defense using a cane.  The cane-fu classes also are good sources of exercise and many senior centers are offering them.
Check out the post about cane-fun fighting at Elder Guru for more information (click on link …read more

Putting someone in a nursing home can be a difficult enough decision. Anyone who has ever had to do it will tell you that it is one of the hardest things a person has to do for someone they love. You often wonder if your grandmother, grandfather, or other relative will be safe and well cared for. Now, with news that someone entering a North Carolina nursing home today and killing six people, the issue of safety has taken on an entirely new meaning.

This is a developing story, but one that will have many people watching with …read more

I was asked about this twice in the last week- As a nurse, do you see many procedures and types of treatments that question “ethics”- with elders? You know that whole quantity or quality? The thing is there is so much technology and advances in medications that we can keep a very sick heart going for a very long time. Is that to say that very same heart is effectively working without discomfort, compromising one’s lifestyle, hospitalizations and every day worries? No, not at all.
Researchers found that 16 percent of these patients reported refusing one or more medical or surgical …read more