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Aging Advisor NC’s owner and elder consultant, Liisa Ogburn, has written over 500 columns on the topic of aging for numerous media outlets including the New York Times, WRAL Raleigh’s Aging Well Series, The Huffington Post, Academic Medicine, Psychology Today, and many other places.
Below are some of the articles written to help educate and guide individuals on how to live well as they age.
Occupational therapist provides tips to make a home safer for seniors at high risk of falls
Everyone wants to live at home as long as possible. Occupational therapist LaToya Galberth, who both assesses homes, as well as provides occupational therapy in the home, shares her tips. To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/occupational-therapist-provides-tips-to-make-a-home-safer-for-seniors-at-high-risk-of-falls/19001970/
What seniors need to know now that coronavirus is in North Carolina
The Corona Virus, which affects those over 80 at 15 times the rate as those under 50, is now in North Carolina. Here is what seniors need to know. To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/what-seniors-need-to-know-now-that-coronavirus-is-in-north-carolina/18992520/
New Beginnings: We never outgrow the need for them
What can we learn from the fact that most religions have some tradition, requiring a period of quiet and turning inward, not unsimilar from Lent? Perhaps it's that, young or old, there are times when we all yearn for a new beginning? To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/new-beginnings-we-never-outgrow-the-need-for-them/18979213/
Why the MOST form is one of the MOST important forms for the frail elderly
The MOST form, short for "Medical Orders on Scope of Treatment," is a one-page pink form physicians fill out with their patients, which indicate what type of life-prolonging medical interventions a frail patient with progressive chronic conditions, wants. To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/why-the-most-form-is-one-of-the-most-important-forms-for-the-frail-elderly/18973956/
Can We Talk?
The very thing things we are most afraid to name and talk about may also be the very things that can make a relationship with a loved one richer, deeper, and more intimate. Not always, but probably more often than not. To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/can-we-talk/18946175/
Don’t believe everything you think: Common Emotional Potholes of Aging
In a recent talk, Psychologist Landy Anderton boiled down 36 years of practice into some easy-to-understand wisdoms when it comes to managing the common emotional challenges that arise with aging. To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wral.com/don-t-believe-everything-you-think-common-emotional-potholes-of-aging/18918653/