Comments on: Caregivers Experience Old Age Through Xtreme Aging Workshop

By: Valerie Johnson

Valerie Johnson — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:24:30 +0000

Hi Hattie, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this segment on the Today Show and have contacted the Macklin Institute to see about a local workshop.

By: Things I learned from Caregiving

Things I learned from Caregiving — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:30:15 +0000

[...] me, I could not understand why it took Gladys 1 1/2 hours to get dressed. That is until I saw the Xtreme Aging Workshop segment on the Today Show. Joint problems, vision problems and dexterity problems can add to slow [...]

By: Hattie

Hattie — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:29:00 +0000

Fascinating! It does creep up on you. Ten years ago my parents were both alive, for instance, and now they are gone. I’m losing my hearing, and my sense of balance wasn’t what it was.
The thing is that you come to terms with things and compensate. I wonder how much harder it is for people who don’t have kids and grandkids to accept the losses of old age.