http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Molly+Shomer Family Concerns Molly Shomer Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=358323&ca=Family+Concerns Although most seniors will tell you that they want to remain intheir own home forever, it is not always possible for an elderly person to stay safely at home. Sometimes moving to another residence is the only good option for an elderly person. Expert caregivers who have gone through the process of m... Family Concerns Molly Shomer Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=168034&ca=Family+Concerns If you don't count common little nicks, cuts and stings in the kitchen, the bathroom is the most dangerous room in the house, especially for a senior. For seniors, a bathroom accident can have life-changing consequences. While there is nothing you can do to completely eliminate all risks for older p... Aging Molly Shomer Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=189403&ca=Aging Elderly Driver Injures 6; 90 Year-Old Crashes Into Day Care; Cheerleader Killed By Senior. Seen any headlines like these lately? Of course, it's not true that all drivers over the age of 65, or even 85, are dangerous drivers. It's no more true than thinking that all drivers under the age of 21, or a... Aging Molly Shomer Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=160952&ca=Aging Somewhere in the neighborhood of 60 million Americans, more than half of them women, have problems getting a good night's sleep. Two-thirds of them, about 40 million people, have chronic, or long-lasting, insomnia. Given that anti-aging products, routines and procedures are increasingly popular with... Cooking Molly Shomer Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=173214&ca=Cooking When your joints hurt and it's painful to fix a meal it's easy to let yourself eat poorly. A poor diet will only make things worse when you have arthritis. It's a much better idea to make your kitchen enjoyable to use again. Here are several things you can do to get back in your kitchen with less pa... Family Concerns Molly Shomer Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=164661&ca=Family+Concerns Tell people you're thinking about bringing a parent to live with you and your family in your home and half will say, "I'd rather have root canal without anesthetic!" The other half will show varying degrees of enthusiasm, depending on their relationships with their own parents. If the thought of hav... Aging Molly Shomer Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=74971&ca=Aging Dementia and paranoia seem to go together hand-in-hand. Just try to imagine how frustrating and frightening it must be to live in a world where your things constantly disappear, someone else is in control of your money, conversations often don't make sense, and you wake up every morning in a strange... Aging Molly Shomer Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=61560&ca=Aging "What's the difference between dementia and Alzheimer's?" It's a common question, and doctors are some of the best at confusing us. Physicians seem to prefer the word "dementia," possibly because Alzheimer's has become such a loaded word. "Dementia" somehow sounds less frightening to many people, an...