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• Martin I. Saposnick and Lisa DuVal are now friends   1 month ago

• Martin I. Saposnick commented on the blog post U.S. Eldercare: An Introduction   1 month, 2 weeks ago
  

  Thanx for following. Is there anything in particular that you are interested in finding more about?

• Laura Kielhurn, LMSW and Martin I. Saposnick are now friends   4 months, 1 week ago

• Martin I. Saposnick commented on the blog post Balance and coordination   4 months, 1 week ago
  

  Thanks for your interest…..more to come. Perhaps the following may be helpful:
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• Martin I. Saposnick commented on the blog post Tai Chi Chuan: Chi, Balance, Breathing, and Coordination   4 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  Thanks for your thoughts. Swimming of course is a wonderful all around exercise. Tai Chi Chuan in my opinion would be a good complement, especially when it’s not convenient to get to a pool. I like practising every nite before bed, I find it relaxing, meditative. Additionally Tai Chi is a very powerful martial art.

• Martin I. Saposnick commented on the blog post Chi development   4 months, 3 weeks ago
  

  Nickolas:
  Thanks for your comment.

  I have studied privately with Tai Chi Master (and friend) William C.C. Chen for over 40 years. During my lessons he imparts his thoughts and refines his ideas. His Master was Chen Man Ch’ing. Both of them have many books and have taught the Yang Form of Tai Chi Chuan all over

• Martin I. Saposnick wrote a new blog post: Chi development   4 months, 3 weeks ago
  

  Tai Chi Chuan is a Chinese health exercise and martial art that should be practiced daily. Usually eight to fifteen minutes a day. However, the meditative and stress reducing effect is amplified if practiced for longer periods. Even seniors can benefit since it really has no age restriction.

  Tai Chi is as a slow moving

• Martin I. Saposnick wrote a new blog post: Tai Chi for Balance   4 months, 4 weeks ago
  

  Senior’s decrease their chances falling by practising tai chi for a period of time, as it enhances their physical balance. As important is the reduction of their fear of falling; this enhances their emotional balance.

  Both equally important!

• Martin I. Saposnick wrote a new blog post: Developing Chi   4 months, 4 weeks ago
  

  What does “chi” man and what does it feel like. When practicing the Tai Chi Chuan forms the energy, or “chi” is enhanced. Its development can only be effective if you are relaxed.

  After a period of time, usually three to six months, fundemental learning of the tai chi form itself should be mastered. The

• Martin I. Saposnick wrote a new blog post: Focus points for caregivers.   4 months, 4 weeks ago
  

  If your parent doesn’t live with you and you need to provide in-house care, make sure you know where all the bank, cash, jewelry, or other valuables are located. Take an inventory and then make sure the valuables are removed for safekeeping.

  Make a copy of everything in their wallets. Make sure you know the placement

• admin and Martin I. Saposnick are now friends   4 months, 4 weeks ago

• Martin I. Saposnick wrote a new blog post: Vision and dementia risk   5 months ago
  

  Assisted Living Federation of America (www.alfa.com) sent an email update today reporting that seniors with possibly untreated or undertreated vison problems may have a greater chance of developing dementia. (See their website for more information)

  It seems apparant to me that regular checkups as the population ages will have a beneficial effect as they get older.

• Dov Barak and Martin I. Saposnick are now friends   5 months ago

• Nancy and Martin I. Saposnick are now friends   5 months ago

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• Martin I. Saposnick commented on the blog post Tai Chi Chuan: Chi, Balance, Breathing, and Coordination   5 months, 1 week ago
  

  Thank you for the comment. Tai Chi Chuan has been tested in studies that are focused on balance and coordination. I am working on designing protocols so that seniors might have an easier time learning the forms. You can check it out further by visiting http://www.williamccchen.com (I am listed as an instructor on the site.)

• Martin I. Saposnick commented on the blog post Father, where did you go?   5 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  I was in this situation with my father, who had alzheimer’s. although he lived only 30 minutes away? I would like to know if you have suggestions to solve this; since it’s scary when it occurs.

  I was able to call neighbors, but only found him (after he bolted in his shorts) when the police picked

• Martin I. Saposnick wrote a new blog post: Locking in the senior so that they do not leave   6 months ago
  

  Dov:
  When my father was living at home with a full time aid he would walk the halls in the middle of the night. Neighbors (there were eight apartments on the floor in a cooperative building in Queens, New York) would complain because he made noise etc.

  We changed the lock on the door so that

• Martin I. Saposnick wrote a new blog post: Helping parents who are the caregivers for their parents   6 months, 1 week ago
  

  it has occurred to me that there is a large population in their 30s and 40s who are becoming sensitive to the new role their parents have as caregivers for their parents. This younger population is becoming educated in senior care concerns. Perhaps younger generations will be better prepared to assist their parents, the existing

• Martin I. Saposnick wrote a new blog post: Tai Chi Chuan: Chi, Balance, Breathing, and Coordination   6 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  I’m a certified instructor and student of Master William C.C. Chen for over 40 years and still take private lessons every Saturday morning. Master Chen is internationally known as a leading practitioner and teacher of Tai Chi Chuan for five decades. He was the youngest “live in” senior student and favorite disciple of

• Martin I. Saposnick wrote a new blog post: The Dash by Linda Ellis   6 months, 3 weeks ago
  

  I contacted Linda Ellis on facebook regarding her poem “The Dash”; she is an author, speaker and poet, and she replied:

  “Hi Marty, thank you for your post. I’m glad The Dash has helped you in some way. Please feel free to share the following link to the poem on your site for your visitors to

• frederico and Martin I. Saposnick are now friends   7 months, 2 weeks ago

• Martin I. Saposnick wrote a new blog post: Palliative Care   7 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  When it comes time to make the decisions of care for a loved one. who is near the end of life, and it is certain that there is no likely cure, what becomes important is to assure as much comfort as possible. The care given is palliative care.

  Keep in mind as a caregiver, assumming

• Martin I. Saposnick wrote a new blog post: Decreasing the stress   8 months ago
  

  As a caregiver, such as a son or daughter, it is most important to be able to recognize and acknowledge that you, as well as your parent, are going through a transitionary period. Speak about your feelings and the thought of added responsibility and eventual loss is difficult to integrate. Talking to a spouse, a

• Martin I. Saposnick wrote a new blog post: Caring for the caregivers   8 months, 1 week ago
  

  It is of the utmost importance for the caregivers, who are charged with the well being of a parent to make sure that they take care of themselves: eat right, exercise, get enough sleep etc.

  In order to be able to think clearly and make the right decisions, caregivers must be in a phycial and emotional

• Martin I. Saposnick commented on the blog post How to prepare   8 months, 1 week ago
  

  It starts with “the phone call”

  Ever since I got that “phone call” from my brother saying, “dad is on the floor” my life has changed, since it has become clear that my father’s life has changed. I started to worry about how can I help: first with the immediate emergency….. the first of the

• Martin I. Saposnick wrote a new blog post: How to prepare   8 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  It is important to assist your parents as they get older. Do you have a health care proxy, a durable power of attorney, a living will that provides for a DNR and/or DNI…have you discussed what their thoughts are when it becomes necessary to make important end of life decisions?

  This is written so that logistical

• Martin I. Saposnick created a new blog: How to prepare   8 months, 2 weeks ago

• Martin I. Saposnick wrote a new blog post: The Vision   8 months, 3 weeks ago
  

  The Vision

   U.S. Eldercare, is a nascent company, whose mission is to provide a central virtual location for the elderly and their caretakers to receive information and assistance with many of the hurdles that face an aging population. It will strive to enable its audience to communicate, gain access, and receive much needed guidance with compassion