I’m terrified of getting Alzheimer’s. I didn’t used to be--actually, I never thought much about getting sick or old or even dying. I'm like most Baby Boomers: I prefer happy thoughts! Then I hit 55, gained weight, and began to lose my hearing and my car keys. My mother turned 80, we launched http://www.greatplacesinc.com, and the door to aging opened wide for me and omed me inside.
Over the past couple of years I've visited more than 300 senior housing facilities and dozens of adult day care and in-home care centers. I've networked and taught with hundreds of care providers, financial advisors, senior advocates, assistive device manufacturers, social workers and all manner of folks who are in some way professionally engaged with seniors. My fear? It's gotten worse.