New Years By Holly J. Bean, PhD, LCPC, CRC, CTRS Happy New Year!  With the end of 2020, we may be taking a collective deep breath.  Looking to the future – 2021 – with hope and positivity, we are offered an opportunity to leave the past behind and work to create a...

Loneliness and Social Isolation By Holly J. Bean, Ph.D., LCPC, CRC, CTRS The pandemic has provided many of us with the opportunity to understand loneliness and social isolation on a personal level, and an undetermined length of time. This perhaps, for the first time...

“No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.” - Buddha Throughout time, celebrating a new year has been a time of renewal, creating future plans, and engaging hope for change. Individuals focus on their own resolutions, goals, or plans for the new year....

Mrs. X lives with her husband of 52 years in their two story home.  Mrs. X’s cognition and over-all health has been deteriorating since she fell down the stairs and broke her hip.  Since returning home, Mr. X has worked to provide his wife with constant care and...

Moving to a long-term care facility or nursing home can be a shock to an individual and to the family. And you’ve probably figured out how expensive it is.

Often when family members seek the guidance of an Aging Life Care specialist, it is at a time of change.