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With advances in healthcare and the demands on caregivers on the rise, it can be overwhelming for most people. Here, I’ll provide insights and helpful advice on what you need to know in identifying needs and ensuring quality care for your aging parents and loved ones.
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Articles and Resources
With advances in healthcare and the demands on caregivers on the rise, it can be overwhelming for most people. Here, I’ll provide insights and helpful advice on what you need to know in identifying needs and ensuring quality care for your aging parents and loved ones.
Planning Ahead for Elder Care: Insights from the Experts
In a recent discussion about navigating healthcare, Abbe Udochi brought together four seasoned experts to discuss essential steps in elder care planning and decision-making. Abbe Udochi, CEO & Care Manager at Concierge Healthcare Consulting Paul Doyle, Certified Senior [Read More]
Be The Change
Be The Change: Organizations Making a Positive Impact In Their Communities. As a key member of the Aging Life Care Association, Abbe Udochi contributes to "The Balancing Act, New York Edition" with TV host-icon Montel Williams. "As the [Read More]
Navigating Downsizing as a Senior
Navigating Downsizing as a Senior: The Vital Role of a Healthcare Concierge with Abbe Udochi. As featured on Harriet Libov's Podcast Episode #35. "When it comes to seniors downsizing, they need substantial support. They need a full-service healthcare [Read More]
What you need to know about caregiving for an aging parent
What you need to know about caregiving for an aging parent...5 caregiving terms to help you access essential services and reduce expenses for an aging parent, as published on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 by Sharon Epperson via cnbc.com. [Read More]
Navigating caregiving – one woman’s journey
Embarking on caring for an aging parent is an experience that often takes unexpected twists and turns. It is a path filled with challenges and rewards, where you must navigate surprises, disappointments and the evolving needs of a [Read More]
The Forecast For Seniors This Winter
I was 9 years old and living in central New Jersey during the winter of 1978 when a catastrophic blizzard hit the entire Eastern Seaboard. For three days in early February, we were battered by high winds as [Read More]
Making the most of short-term rehab
My siblings and I call my 81-year-old father “Pop.” My cousins call him “Uncle Ben.” By any name, he is a fortunate octogenarian. While still in his 70s, he spent nine months of a year in three different hospitals [Read More]
Senior living options – to stay or to go
“I’m very happy where I am now. I’m in a one-bedroom apartment and I love it,” says 93-year-old Cornelia (Connie) Jones, who moved into an assisted living apartment early this year following her husband’s death. Before the move, [Read More]
Choosing senior living options
“This will be my third and final move with my husband,” Pat Mulvey, 73, a social worker, explained as she laid out the plans to move to a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) set to open in the [Read More]
Caring For Elders And Their Caregivers
"While 4 a.m. trips to the ER are not everyday occurrences in the life of a geriatric care manager, they are also never off the table in my role as a certified senior adviser, Aging Life Care Association [Read More]