Aging in place – Getting Older: Charting the Uncharted

Do We, Or Do We Not, Age in Place?

An elderly couple reviews long term care brochures in their living room.

How to choose where to live when you are older: age in place or in a long term care facility?

The Blessings of a Screened Porch

Listening to the bird songs on a spring day soothes the troubled mind.

AGING IN PLACE OR WAITING TO DIE?

Aging in place wasn’t in vogue when I first became a gerontological nurse practitioner in the early ‘80s. And my patients certainly didn’t know they were aging in place. Especially Helen. She called it waiting to die. The Senior Clinic I worked in had just relocated from a one-bedroom apartment on the 10th floor to…… Continue reading AGING IN PLACE OR WAITING TO DIE?