Aging Matters - Snubbing Aging Challenges

Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 12:30 by Aging.Matters               

Everyone starts out their lives learning.

We learn to walk and talk when we are toddlers. Then we go to school and learn reading, writing and math.  When we become teenagers we begin to learn about relationships.  By our early 20's our brains are filled with marriage, careers and raising children.

All of these ever-changing activities require us to exercise our brains and therefore expand our brain power.  Each new challenge we face creates new pathways, and these new pathways help to grow our ability to do things and increase our memory capacity.

Once we reach our 50's and 60's, we start to rely more and more on routines. While these routines are helpful in managing a busy lifestyle, they are something we do automatically, without thinking.  As a direct result of these routines, our brain capacity starts to reduce which ultimately leads to a declining memory.

It is important not to rely on routines. Start finding ways to challenge your brains such as:

• Using your non-dominate hand to do things such as writing your name or brushing your teeth.
• Read out loud every day. When we read to ourselves we don't read every word, nor do we pronounce each word correctly – reading out loud helps you pronounce each word.
• Take a different route when driving.  How many times to do you drive to the store and never think about how to get there?
• Find things you have never tried before or that you are not good at doing such as crossword puzzles, trivia games, etc.
  

You are in control of your brain, don't let that power disappear!

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Confusion in the storm: Alzheimer's patient refused to evacuate

By JoNel Aleccia, NBC News

Amid the chaos of superstorm Sandy, an 89-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease rebuffed rescuers' efforts and refused to evacuate her New Jersey home this week, raising questions about her safety -- and about the dilemma posed by dementia patients during a disaster.

Caregivers with the group Senior Helpers had taken Helen Gatanis, who lives in Salem County, to a local nursing home for care early Monday. But when the woman with mid-stage Alzheimer's disease realized where she was, she grew distressed and combative, said Valerie Neighbors, president of the local franchise.

"She was pushing people to get them out of the way," Neighbors said. "She actually walked out of the door of the facility."
                 
There was no way to force Gatanis to stay -- she's competent to make such decisions -- so, rather than upset her more, caregivers took her back home to wait out the storm.

"We got her something to eat and handed her a flashlight," said Neighbors, who supervises 60 elderly clients in four counties. "She said, 'Why am I going to need my flashlight?'"

Gatanis survived Monday night with no ill effects; Senior Helpers staff were blocked by downed trees and road closures from reaching her, so they called the Pennsville Township Police Department at least twice to send officers to check on her.

As of Wednesday, Gatanis had power, the roads were being cleared near her house and a caregiver was with her.

But her situation highlights the plight of some 5.4 million people in the United States who have dementia -- and the family members who care for them. Because of their condition, they're more vulnerable than others to the impact of disasters, and less able to cope with them, experts say.

Early estimates suggested that the storm had the potential to affect about 20 percent of the U.S. population, which would include hundreds of thousands of people with dementia. An estimated 1 in 7 Alzheimer's patients lives alone, and nearly half have no appointed caregiver, according to recent figures from the Alzheimer's Association, a national advocacy and education group.

"I was concerned," said Ted Gatanis, 62, of Livermore, Calif., one of Helen Gatanis' two sons. "I know she wants to stay in the home that dad built."

In addition, her son said, she was reluctant to leave Inkie, her 3-year-old tuxedo cat, a constant companion.

"Inkie is like her reason to live," Ted Gatanis said.

He added that his mom was a lifelong homemaker who cherished the house her husband, Ted Gatanis Sr., a chemical plant worker, built himself in 1989. The elder Gatanis, who died in 2009, was an avid collector of antique tools, an obituary said, and the couple loved to garden and sell their vegetables from a nearby stand.

Helen Gatanis' refusal to leave her home, even in the midst of a life-threatening storm, is common, said Ruth Drew, director of family and information services for the Alzheimer's Association.

Because their cognitive abilities are impaired, people with dementia become easily confused, frightened and agitated.

"Sometimes it's heartbreaking," Drew said. "They've misinterpreted what's been said to them. They may perceive themselves to be in very real danger. They may be acting in a way that's completely reasonable when you are in grave danger."

Ted Gatanis saw his mother during a lengthy visit earlier this month and said he talks to her weekly. She seemed to do "OK," during the storm, he said: "She was watching the rain."

Assistance from Senior Helpers, which sends trained nurses and caregivers into patient homes, allows Gatanis' mother to retain her independence, despite her age and illness. She gets care about four hours a day, but is able to tend her own needs most of the time, staff said.

Many of the clients enrolled in the program -- which charges an hourly fee ranging from $19.50 an hour to $23 an hour in the South Jersey area -- are adamant about living on their own, Neighbors said.

"This is something that's extremely important to them," she said. "The men built the homes; it's their pride and joy."

Helping people with dementia amid the chaos of a disaster can be challenging, Drew said. Such patients require clear, calm explanations and instructions -- and lots of time.

"If we seem agitated, upset or panicked, even without saying a word, we telegraph that to the people around us," she said. "If we can take a deep breath and stay calm and talk to someone in simple, slow language, in a warm, friendly way, oftentimes that enables them to respond at the best of their capacity."

Rather than expecting the patients to adapt to the surroundings, caregivers must adapt the environment to them, if possible, Neighbors said.

"That person doesn't have a healthy brain," she said. "We need to modify our approach."

Planning ahead for emergencies is vital. That might involve creating an evacuation plan and preparing an emergency kit that contains vital papers, medications and other necessary supplies.

The Alzheimer Association's 24-hour helpline – 1-800-272-3900 -- logged dozens of calls from East Coast family members worried about patients with dementia, Drew said.

Such concerns are only going to be more common during future disasters as America's population ages. Nearly half of all people older than 85 in the U.S. have Alzheimer's disease, Drew notes.

"This touches families across the board," she said. "It's something we see a lot of now and something that we'll continue to see more of."

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7 Design Secrets for a House You Can Live in Forever

By Paula Spencer Scott, Caring.com senior editor

The words dream house may conjure up fantasy amenities and custom trims. But smart homeowners also imagine a home they can live in forever -- with a young family, through busy midlife, and with many of the common physical limitations that getting older can bring, from arthritis to needing a wheelchair.

Universal design (UD) is the design of products and environments that are usable by most people, regardless of their level of ability or disability, and at little or no extra cost. From entryways to kitchens and bathrooms to bedrooms, they often increase the value of a home. UD brings together the principles of accessible design (meeting standards for handicapped access, using "adaptable" design, meaning "normal"-looking design that can be revised later for disabled use), ergonomic design (allowing people and things to interact most effectively and safely), and green design (environmentally friendly spaces). UD is sometimes also called "lifespan design."

These seven principles, set out by the Center for Universal Design at North Carolina State University, a national resource and technical assistance center, help inform useful design for all ages and stages of life:

1. Design that's equally appealing to all users

What it means
Wherever possible, universal design creates spaces that can be used by everyone equally and that are appealing to all. UD doesn't stigmatize any one group of users -- like those obvious wheelchair ramps tacked onto the fronts of older homes, for example.
What it looks like

• At least one three-foot-wide, gently sloping, no-step entry -- meaning no porch step or tall threshold -- allows someone with a stroller, wheelchair, or walker to easily enter, without screaming "handicap entrance" to the mobile.
• A lever-handled front door (as opposed to a round knob) can be a relief for sore or weak hands or anyone carrying packages, a baby, or a cane.
• Mirrors placed where they can be seen from sitting and standing positions, such as a full-length or tilting mirror, mean you don't have to crane to see yourself.
• Having no changes in floor levels throughout the main level of the house increases safety and accessibility and helps eliminate tripping. That means a just-walking toddler or an older adult who shuffles or has balance trouble can maneuver around as smoothly as someone using an assistive device, like crutches or a walker. And healthy people are less likely to trip and spill what they're carrying.

2. Flexible use

What it means
Good UD accommodates a wide range of preferences and abilities. This means it considers both lefties and righties, and those who move at different paces. It often allows for a variety of usages, as well.
What it looks like

• Ideally, there should be least one bedroom and a full bathroom on the main floor, located away from living areas. It can serve as a study, craft room, or playroom early on, and as a bedroom when getting up stairs becomes difficult because of, for example, illness. There should also be a main-floor laundry room.
• Paddle-handled handles at the kitchen sink have already become the new standard because everyone finds them easier and more convenient. Handedness doesn't matter (nor does whether you have a free hand, if, say, you've been kneading dough and yours is flour-covered).
• A small rolling cart based in the kitchen offers additional workspace wherever needed to save walking around.
• Pull-out work boards near the stove, refrigerator, or counters add space to chop vegetables (and can be slid back after); ideally, there should be boards inset at different heights for users of different heights, or to use when seated or standing.
• Pocket doors wherever possible provide flexibility and privacy, and give a sense of extra space because there's no door blocking anything.

3. Simple and intuitive use

What it means
UD makes things easy to figure out, regardless of cognitive functioning, language, literacy, experience or know-how. Unnecessary complexity is out.
What it looks like

• D-shaped drawer pulls are easy to grasp and pull open.
• Smart shower handles move in one obvious way from hot to cold and don't require three different maneuvers to get the water to flow at the desired temperature.
• Adjustable shelving is easy to customize, so that you can store the tall milk and ketchup where you prefer. Installing lazy Susans makes constructive use of wasted corner cupboard space (because who can reach far back into a corner cupboard?).

4. Presents essential information clearly

What it means
Any information that needs to be conveyed to the user is done using a variety of methods (sensory, pictorial, tactile) so even someone with limitations can manage it.
What it looks like

• Keyless locks use a remote control or keypad that's user-friendly.
• Universally designed appliance controls feature obvious symbols and colors in addition to words to clarify instructions (such as red for hot and blue for cold).
• A circuit-breaker panel that's on the main floor (as opposed to out in the garage) can be easier to access; all the circuits should be clearly labeled for the area they serve, perhaps with a coded floor plan as well as written area names.
• Smoke detectors and carbon-monoxide alarms should ideally provide both audible and visual signals.

5. Allows for user errors

What it means
UD tries to imagine the potential problems and then eliminates them or isolates or shields the user from them. The design itself anticipates the dangers and discourages unconscious unsafe use.
What it looks like

• Handrails on both sides of the staircase give support to a frail older adult, a sick younger one, or anyone carrying loads of laundry.
• A curbless shower stall prevents accidental trips and also allows wheelchair access. A slightly sloping floor aids drainage and cleanup.
• Grab bars securely anchored to the structure of the walls in shower/bath/toilet areas ensure stability when moving in and out. They can double as towel bars.
• Floor surfaces in bathrooms and showers are made of no-slip materials, such as tiles with some texture. Carpeting should be low-pile and tightly woven, such as Berber-style carpets.
• A spring-loaded switch for the garbage disposal that must be held in the "on" position while it's running minimizes fingers or forks accidentally getting caught.
• Contrasting edging on the front of counters telegraphs the edge to someone with lower vision, to avoid spills and bumps. Corners should be rounded, not sharp.

6. Requires low physical effort

What it means
Things should be easy to use: efficient, comfortable, and requiring minimal effort. You shouldn't have to contort yourself or use a lot of physical force.
What it looks like

• Rocker-panel light switches can be easily flipped with a fist or an elbow (unlike standard toggle switches) if you're carrying something and don't have fingers free.
• Switches and controls are placed at easy-to-use heights, more convenient to more people than the standard placements. UD favors light switches that are 42 to 48 inches from the floor, thermostat controls that are about 48 inches off the floor, and electrical outlets and phone jacks that are 18 to 24 inches off the floor.
• Mounting kitchen outlet and garbage disposal controls on the counter makes them handier than in their customary, hard-to-reach position at the sink backsplash.
• Raised, front-loading washers, dryers, and dishwashers don't require stooping or reaching

7. Appropriate size and space for use, regardless of body size or mobility

What it means
No matter what your body size, posture, or level of functioning, you should be able to approach, reach, and manipulate objects easily. There should also be sufficient space for someone who needs to use adaptive devices, such as wheelchairs or walkers.
What it looks like

• An open, spacious floor plan with five-and-a-half foot hallways (instead of the usual four-foot) looks modern and inviting while it accommodates strollers, walkers, and wheelchairs when and if they're needed.
• A variety of work surface heights, such as countertops that are low in some places along the perimeter and higher in a center island, works for a user who's sitting on a tall stool or low chair, or standing. This is friendlier for family members of differing heights, too.
• Fold-back doors under the cooking island permit knee space for those who need to use a stool or a wheelchair.
• A wall-mounted sink with open space beneath loses some common storage but gains access for a wheelchair, especially when the drain is positioned at the back, not in the middle.
• Raised or adjustable toilet seats comfortably accommodate those with back, hip, or knee problems or those who have problems with balance.
• A molded seat in the shower stall can look attractive and modern; it's as handy for a woman shaving her legs or shampooing a small child as for a senior being assisted in the bath.

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Caring for a Parent With Dementia

AARP Caregiving Advisory Panel member Barry Jacobs answers reader questions about caregiving

by: Dr. Barry Jacobs | from: AARP | September 19, 2012

Experts on the AARP Caregiving Advisory Panel answer reader questions and offer helpful advice. Below, clinical psychologist and family therapist Dr. Barry Jacobs responds to two queries about caring for parents with dementia.

Q. My mother has been diagnosed with vascular dementia. She suffers from paranoia — for example, she thinks her phone is tapped and that people come into her apartment and take things — and takes medication to treat it. She wants me to be with her all of the time, yet she suspects even me. Do you think that cognitive therapy will help at this stage?

A. It hurts when the person you are striving to help accuses you of malevolent intent and hostile acts. It's what makes paranoia — an irrational fear of others that's a common delusional symptom of dementia — so exasperating and often stymieing for family caregivers. Try to win over your loved one with sweetness and reassurance and she may regard you with greater suspicion. Confront her, however gently, about her unwarranted mistrustfulness and she's likely to feel threatened, convinced that you're allied with the swarms of enemies who mean her harm.
                  
How might cognitive therapy help your mom? This popular, evidence-based form of psychotherapy (often part of a broader approach called cognitive-behavioral therapy) helps people become more aware of and better able to correct the irrational distortions in their thinking in order to decrease responses of depression and anxiety. There is some research (primarily conducted in England) that suggests that cognitive therapy techniques can be effective in decreasing paranoid distortions. In my clinical judgment, however, such techniques are most likely to work when paranoid delusions are relatively mild — not the severe and myriad distortions your mother has been experiencing. If she won't talk on the phone for fear it is tapped, she is likely to clam up and hunker down in the office of a mind-probing psychotherapist — if you could even persuade her to go.

So how should you deal with your mother's paranoia? Allow the medications enough time to decrease her delusions and make her thinking more reality-based. Once the quality of her thinking substantially improves, ask her primary care physician to refer her to a psychotherapist for a trial of cognitive therapy to help her better recognize and correct whatever distortions in her thinking remain. She won't ever be the cogent and perhaps appreciative person she once was; her dementia, unfortunately, precludes that. But at least, if her fear is reduced, you will suffer less heartache.

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A Risky Lifeline for the Elderly Is Costing Some Their Homes

By JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG | New York Times – Mon, Oct 15, 2012 4:41 PM EDT

The very loans that are supposed to help seniors stay in their homes are in many cases pushing them out.

Reverse mortgages, which allow homeowners 62 and older to borrow money against the value of their homes and not pay it back until they move out or die, have long been fraught with problems. But federal and state regulators are documenting new instances of abuse as smaller mortgage brokers, including former subprime lenders, flood the market after the recent exit of big banks and as defaults on the loans hit record rates.

Some lenders are aggressively pitching loans to seniors who cannot afford the fees associated with them, not to mention the property taxes and maintenance. Others are wooing seniors with promises that the loans are free money that can be used to finance long-coveted cruises, without clearly explaining the risks. Some widows are facing eviction after they say they were pressured to keep their name off the deed without being told that they could be left facing foreclosure after their husbands died.

Now, as the vast baby boomer generation heads for retirement and more seniors grapple with dwindling savings, the newly minted Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is working on new rules that could mean better disclosure for consumers and stricter supervision of lenders. More than 775,000 of such loans are outstanding, according to the federal government.

Concerns about the multibillion-dollar reverse mortgage market echo those raised in the lead-up to the financial crisis when consumers were marketed loans — often carrying hidden risks — that they could not afford.

"There are many of the same red flags, including explosive growth and the fact that these loans are often peddled aggressively without regard to suitability," said Lori Swanson, the Minnesota attorney general, who is working on reforming the reverse mortgage market.

Joan Serioux-Forde, 72, thought that she couldn't feel more devastated after her husband, Christopher, died last year. Then, roughly a month after the funeral, she received a letter from Generation Mortgage, a reverse mortgage lender, informing her that unless she paid $293,000, she would lose her home in San Bernardino, Calif. Ms. Forde said she was never informed that if she wasn't on the reverse mortgage deed, she would have virtually no right to stay in her home unless she bought it outright. "It's a nightmare," she said. Generation Mortgage declined to comment.

Although the numbers of reverse mortgages have declined in recent years, the rate of default is at a record high — roughly 9.4 percent of loans, according to the consumer protection bureau, up from around 2 percent a decade earlier. And borrowers are putting their nest eggs at risk by increasingly taking out the loans at younger ages and in lump sums, federal data and a recent bureau report show.

Peter H. Bell, president and chief executive of the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association, a trade group, said that he met with officials from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to begin hashing out a way for lenders to adopt a uniform standard to determine whether seniors can afford to take on the loans.

Used correctly, reverse mortgages can be a valuable tool for seniors to stay in their homes and gain access to money needed for retirement. Seniors who have built up equity in their homes can borrow against a percentage of that and take out a lump sum or a line of credit. The loan doesn't have to be repaid until the homeowner moves out or dies, but borrowers still have to pay property taxes, maintenance and insurance.

Reverse mortgage lenders and brokers note that the loans are highly regulated and require potential borrowers to speak to a certified housing counselor about the potential pitfalls before taking out the loans. Mr. Bell adds that his trade group strictly monitors the advertising of its roughly 400 members to ensure that it is accurate.

Since the financial crisis, the reverse mortgage market has been in flux, dampened by a drop in property values, complaints about the loans and the recent departure of big lenders. Originations backed by the federal government peaked at about 115,000 in 2007 and totaled about 51,000 loans last year.

MetLife was the latest major player to exit the market, in April. That followed the departure last year of the two biggest reverse mortgage lenders, Bank of America and Wells Fargo, which cited falling housing prices and difficulty assessing borrowers' ability to repay the loans.

Into the void left by the big banks have moved smaller mortgage brokers and lenders. Some of them steer seniors into expensive, risky loans with deceptive sales pitches and high-pressure tactics, according to regulators, housing counselors and elder-care advocates.

Mark S. Diamond, a former subprime mortgage broker in Chicago, who has been sued for fraud by the Federal Trade Commission and the Illinois attorney general, faces a federal lawsuit filed in June by seniors who claim that he sold them reverse mortgages and either pocketed their loan amounts or promised to put the proceeds toward home repairs that never materialized. A lawyer for Mr. Diamond did not return calls for comment. Some solicitations reviewed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau present reverse mortgages as "free money" or mistakenly tell seniors that they could never lose their home. One Maryland reverse mortgage lender tells seniors that they can put the proceeds toward a vacation: "Just because you're retired doesn't mean you don't need a vacation every now and then." Last year, the Massachusetts Commissioner of Banks issued cease-and-desist orders to a handful of reverse mortgage firms for operating without a license. In its advertising, one of those mortgage brokers falsely promised seniors "you won't lose your home."

Officials at the bureau, which issued a report on the industry in June, said they heard from a number of seniors who claimed that lenders encouraged them to make their older spouses the sole borrower on the loan. The brokers earn more money when they make larger loans with the older spouse as the only borrower.

Some surviving spouses complained that brokers told them they could be added later, but they were not. The bureau says those seniors are at greater risk of losing their homes. The complaints, according to elder-care advocates and federal officials, have been rising during the past year, although there are no exact numbers.

Linda McMahon, a 65-year-old widow, watched helplessly as the locks were changed on her home in St. Croix Falls, Wis., last month. She said that in 2005, when her husband was 82 and she was 58, a mortgage broker from Wells Fargo promised her that she could add her name to the mortgage once she turned 62. That never happened because that year, in 2009, she didn't have time to deal with it as her husband's health quickly deteriorated and he died from a heart condition, she said. Soon, she was unable to pay any of the property taxes and insurance. "I am devastated," said Ms. McMahon, who is retired, living on Social Security income and now renting an apartment.

A spokeswoman for the bank declined to comment. Reverse mortgages also have troublesome incentive structures that might encourage brokers to steer seniors toward lump-sum loans, which carry a fixed interest rate, rather than a line of credit with a variable interest rate, the bureau found. In a lump sum arrangement, the interest charges are added each month, and over time the total debt owed can far surpass the original loan.

Brokers earn higher fees on these loans and even more money when they sell the loans into the secondary market, where they can get rates nearly double those for variable loans, according to rate sheets obtained by the consumer bureau.

Some 70 percent of reverse mortgages are taken in lump sums, up from 3 percent in 2008, according to the bureau. When seniors use the money to pay off other debts, especially right before retirement or early into it, that can leave them with scarce resources to pay their property taxes and insurance.

Ms. Forde, who lives in fear of losing her San Bernardino home, said she could not afford to save her house by paying the full $293,000 debt. Now, she said, she spends much of her day standing guard by the window. Her home is already in foreclosure proceedings. With a wavering voice, she said: "I have nowhere to go."

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Alone and at Risk

Staying in touch is good for your health

by: Holly Zimmerman | from: AARP The Magazine | October 2, 2012

Here's a lifesaving health tip: Add "spend time with family and friends" to your to-do list. Research shows that social detachment — having few close relationships — is as bad for you as smoking and worse than obesity. Older adults can become isolated by life situations such as lack of transportation, landing this issue squarely on AARP Foundation's radar screen.

To learn more about solitary Americans, the foundation sent surveys last spring to select AARP Foundation Tax-Aide sites, focusing on the ones more likely to serve a less engaged population.* Ten percent of the 15,000 people who returned the two-page questionnaire reported they had trouble "staying connected" with family, friends and neighbors. Next steps for AARP Foundation: learning how to help repair and strengthen the broken links.

*Site selection was based primarily on U.S. Census data (percentage of people age 65-plus living alone, with disabilities, and percentage of those 60-plus living in rural areas). Findings are not generalizable to the general U.S. population nor to the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide taxpayer population.

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