by Greater Boston Home Health Care Services | Aging, Family Home Care, Senior Care
How can we protect our loved ones as they age? It’s a common question with an endless amount of answers. As our loved one’s age, families and caregivers can often find themselves in the midst of the legal complexities of elder law. What is elder law, and how can it...
by Greater Boston Home Health Care Services | Family Home Care, Health
This Blog is in honor of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month and dedicated to my Uncle Hugh Sheridan, gone much too soon. It was a purple ribbon. Just a purple ribbon. But I put it religiously on every coat I wore, taking care to make sure the ribbon sat straight...
by Greater Boston Home Health Care Services | Family Home Care, Senior Care
I was in Milwaukee, seated lazily on the couch in my apartment while my friend and I waited for my roommate to get ready. In between small-talk, my friend mentioned his Polish ancestry and how his Grandmother had come over from Poland. When I queried when she had come...
by Greater Boston Home Health Care Services | Aging, Family Home Care, Health
A Response to Joyce Carol Oates’s Statement on How We Talk About Cancer As news broke last week that Senator John McCain had cancer, support poured out from across the country. It was devastating to learn that this American Hero, who survived horrendous treatment as a...
by Greater Boston Home Health Care Services | Aging, Family Home Care, Senior Care
Whoever’s idea it was to get my grandmother an iPhone was going to pay dearly. She was sitting at the table seated next to my mother yelling at Siri, as if the automated voice would listen to her angry instructions to be quiet. I’m sure it’s a familiar scene to many...
by Greater Boston Home Health Care Services | Aging, Family Home Care, Senior Care
Living a Life of No Regrets: A Reflection and Response to Carolyn Rosenblatt’s Article My grandmother’s eyes always sparkled with laughter, even after surviving a stroke, her kindness never diminished. She exuded love and lived for her family. She wasn’t famous,...